by lynnettejane » Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:33 pm
Hello Louis. thankyou for your reply. My great uncle had a rather ignominious and short career with the 5th Battalion. He enlisted in 1917 and shortly after was put on trial for the murder of a Sgt Mante his shooting instructor. Perhaps you could tell me where I could get more information about this as all I have are a couple of newspaper reports of the trial. I would like to know where I could get a copy of his enlistment details and the recorded events following this tragedy. As a point of interest he was not court marshalled but underwent civil procedings, would this be normal procedure? As a result he was committed to Broadmoor mental hospital Any help with this woul be gratefully received, regards Lynnette Atkinson