Death for desertion : the story of the court martial and execution of Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Edwin Leopold Arthur Dyett Nelson Battalion, 63rd (RN) Division, during the First World War / by Leonard Sellers.

By:

Sellers, Leonard, 1945-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Barnsley : Leo Cooper, 2003.Description: xi, 179 pages : 8 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmISBN:

0850529778
9780850529777

Uniform titles:

For God's sake shoot straight

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

343.410143 21

LOC classification:

KD6323.D94 S45 2003x

Summary: "It is a soldier's tale cut in stone to melt all hearts" Thus Winston Churchill in his introduction to AP Herbert's novel The Secret Battle, a book inspired by and quite clearly based upon the execution of Sub-Lieutenant Edwin Dyett of the Nelson Battalion, 63rd (Royal Navy) Division on 5 January, 1917, for desertion in the face of the enemy. This moving and thought-provoking book cuts a path through the cloud of secrecy which for years has enveloped all the documents relating to First World War courts martial, to tell the tragic tale of the death of one such young man and the truth behind his conviction.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction	Waimate Located at Event Centre	Non Fiction	343.410143 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not For Loan		A0034238X

Originally published: as For God's sake shoot straight. 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"It is a soldier's tale cut in stone to melt all hearts" Thus Winston Churchill in his introduction to AP Herbert's novel The Secret Battle, a book inspired by and quite clearly based upon the execution of Sub-Lieutenant Edwin Dyett of the Nelson Battalion, 63rd (Royal Navy) Division on 5 January, 1917, for desertion in the face of the enemy. This moving and thought-provoking book cuts a path through the cloud of secrecy which for years has enveloped all the documents relating to First World War courts martial, to tell the tragic tale of the death of one such young man and the truth behind his conviction.

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