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Dear Family Historian,
Were your ancestors mentioned in dispatches during WW1? This
is just one of the major releases this month as we continue
to add to our extensive military collection.
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TheGenealogist has released over 81,000 records of people Mentioned
in Dispatches in The First World War. With this collection you are
able to find soldiers and army nurses that had come to the notice of their
superior officers for an act of gallantry, or meritorious action, in the
face of the enemy. The service person's name would have appeared in an
official report, written by a superior officer and then sent on to the high
command.
Soldiers who were mentioned in dispatches (MiD) did not receive a medal for
their action, but nevertheless were entitled to receive a certificate and
wear a decoration. These new records show the date the citation
appeared in The London Gazette, along with a link to the London Gazette so
you can read about your soldier. You can also see an image of the
handwritten card record, and view the actual government publication of the
time, where your ancestor will be listed.
(The image featured above shows the oak leaf decoration awarded to those who
were mentioned in dispatches)
Click here to read about these new records... |
 Military Court Records
Continuing the extensive addition of military records in 2014, TheGenealogist
has now brought online the Home and Overseas General Court Martial
records covering the years from 1879 to 1927.
The new records take into account the hundreds of First World War
British and Commonwealth soldiers that were executed for cowardice and
desertion.
In the records we find Private Thomas James Highgate who was the first
British soldier to be shot for deserting his unit in the retreat from Mons
in 1914. Military justice at the time saw the defendants receive a hasty and
one-sided trial in line with emergency wartime military procedures. Death
sentences had to be agreed by the Commander-in-Chief who was expected to
take the current military situation into account. With the British Army in
retreat after the first battle at Mons, senior officers made a decision to
stamp out any thoughts of desertion and Private Highgate suffered the
highest punishment.
A mass pardon of 306 British Empire soldiers executed for certain offences
during The First World War received Royal Assent on 8 November 2006.
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