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Executed
Eight Sherwood Foresters were executed during the Great War.
- Private Arthur Briggs, 21801, 9th Battalion. Found guilty of Desertion. Executed 19 July 1918. Son of Harriet Briggs, of 7, Railway View, Locksford Lane, Brimington, Chesterfield. Aged 27. Buried in Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension near Bethune, Pas de Calais, France.
- Private Richard M. Davies, 73372, 11th Battalion. Found guilty of Desertion. Executed 15 November 1917. Buried in Wizernes Communal Cemetery near St. Omer, Pas de Calais, France.
- Private George Henry Lowton, 15251, 17th Battalion. Found guilty of Cowardice and wilful defiance. Executed 31 July 1916. Buried in Brown's Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, Pas de Calais, France. Son of William and Margaret Lowton, of Nottingham.
- Private Bertie McCubbin, 31821, 17th Battalion. Found guilty of Cowardice and wilful defiance. Executed 30 July 1916. Buried in Brown's Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, Pas de Calais, France.
- Private Frank O'Neill, 13612, 1st Battalion. Found guilty of Desertion. Executed 16 May 1918. Buried in Hermonville Military Cemetery near Reims, Marne, France.
- Private William Henry Randle, 13167, 10th Battalion. Found guilty of Desertion. Executed 25 November 1916. Son of William Henry and Harriett Randle, of 26, Vale Drive, Shirebrook, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Buried in Cavillon Communal Cemetery, Somme, France.
- Private William Robinson, 70715, 1st Battalion. Found guilty of Desertion. Executed 10 April 1917. Son of Joseph Robinson, of 3, Church Alley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Buried in Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
- Corporal Jesse Wilton, 23972, 15th Battalion. Found guilty of Quitting his Post. Executed 17 August 1916. Husband of Annie Elizabeth Wilton, of 17, Brooking Dunsaille, Doncaster, Yorkshire. Aged 40. Buried in Bray Military Cemetery, Bray-sur-Somme, Somme, France.
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