Would the family of a soldier who had been court marshalled/shot for cowardice etc be told he had died this way or what would they be told please?
Would the family of a soldier who had been court marshalled/shot for cowardice etc be told he had died this way or what would they be told please?
Don't know, but if you send off for his death certificate it might say how he died. If it is not on it then it would probably mean the family were not informed.
I think that maybe if it was a court marshal the family might know as it would probably be made public. If he was shot for cowardice, this may have happened 'in the field' situation in which his death was just as a result of injuries.
All maybe's and don't really knows, sorry about that.
Ps anyone can send off for someone's death in the UK. It was the only way I could find out how my boyfriend died, as his relations were not forthcoming.