Between Guillemont and Trones Wood, at 3am 19th July 1916, he and ten men were ordered to garrison a post in no man's land at Arrow Head Cop...
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Jesse Wilton
Corporal
Service No. 23972
Age 40
Died on 17 August 1916
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
BRAY MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme, France
Husband of Annie Elizabeth Wilton, of 17, Brooking Dunsaille, Doncaster, Yorks.
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Shot at Dawn for leaving post. Had to be executed by officer with revolver.
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We will remember them.
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Posthumously pardoned. We now understand.
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We will remember them. Today, Tomorrow, Forever.
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