WW2 British Shot by firng Sqaud ?

[harryurz]

Alex, I posted this in another thread on the Luftwaffe /axis part that might be of interest regarding your specific question;



With respect to the RAF; I can find 5 executions for murder, 4 presumably after "dishonorable discharge" and a civil hanging?

Aircraftman 1st Class Frederick James Codling at Constantine, Algeria. He was executed by shooting on the 21st of July, 1943

Gordon Frederick Cummins (the 'Blackout Ripper'), executed 25 Jun 1942 at Wandsworth Prison.

Aircraftsman Charles William Koopman, aged 23 was executed for the murder of a woman and her child. He was hanged on 15 Dec 1943 at Pentonville Prison.

Aircraftman Sidney James Delasalle, aged 39 executed for the shooting murder of Flight Sergeant Ronald John Murphy (4 Feb 1944), hanged on 13 April 1944 at Durham Prison

Leading Aircraftsman Andrew Brown, aged 26 executed for the murder of Amelia Elizabeth Ann Knowles (69). hanged on 30 Jan 1945 at Wandsworth Prison.