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Old 18th April 2022, 17:17
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Re: WW2 British Shot by firng Sqaud ?

I looked at this some years ago and it seemed that the RAF discharged (most of) their servicemen convicted of capital crimes prior to execution and as such they would not be found on CWGC as they were civilians.

There are a number of military men who were hanged in the UK (presumably buried within prison walls) and are commemorated on Brookwood Memorial, which seemed very odd to me as they are commemorated alongside SOE agents, soldiers lost over the oceans when aircraft crashed or ships were sunk, captured Commandos who were executed by the SS and bodies disposed of (never found) and bomb disposal chaps.
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