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  1. The Shot at Dawn Memorial is a monument at the National Memorial Arboretum near Alrewas, in Staffordshire, UK. It commemorates the 306 British Army and Commonwealth soldiers executed after courts-martial for desertion and other capital offences during World War I.

  2. Mar 3, 2011 · The Royal British Legion supports calls for a pardon and, for the past two years, has invited the Shot at Dawn campaigners to take part in the march past the Cenotaph in London on Remembrance...

  3. Shot At Dawn, by Julian Putkowski & Julian Sykes, revised edition, 1992. Blindfold & Alone: British Military Executions in the Great War by Cathryn Corns & John Hughes-Wilson, 2001 is now the definitive general account.

  4. Aug 16, 2006 · The Shot at Dawn memorial was modelled on Private Herbert Burden. Ten months later he was court martialled for desertion after leaving his post to comfort a recently-bereaved friend...

  5. Nov 11, 2018 · This touching documentary investigates the tragic stories of the 306 British & Commonwealth soldiers shot for acts of cowardice and desertion during World Wa...

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  6. Nov 11, 2015 · Dewe Mathews’ Shot At Dawn builds upon a campaign of the same name that sought to get information about executions released and furthermore to win official pardons. Academics were given...

  7. May 31, 2014 · The Shot at Dawn sculpture at the National Memorial Arboretum commemorates the 306 men shot for desertion or cowardice in World War One. Shoreham Historical Society/Nigel Chadwick. Thomas...