HIST 2360Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Billy Bishop, Execution By Firing Squad, Machine Gun
5 Apr 2016
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The tragedy and poliics of world war i. Harold carter signed up for the army in 1915. Ran away from basic training- absent without leave. Came back and was sent of to england. Fler- courcelete- one of the irst batles the canadians were ighing in: went awol again, this ime got in trouble, convicted of deserion and sentenced to 10 years of prison. But the canadian army needed soldiers so they put him back in. March, 1917 went awol again the ield: atempted to escape, was chased by military police through france, he was eventually captured, charged again with deserion, court marshalled, sentenced for execuion. April 20, 1917 faced a iring squad and was executed: fate was decided by the briish. About 25 canadians were executed during the war: families fought a batle to get their names into the remembrance book. Broke open the underlying ethnic and regional tensions (especially between.
