|
Name |
Regiment
|
Date of Courts-Martial |
Offence |
Location |
Sentence |
Action by King |
Ref |
|
Lt-Col JF
Elkington |
Ist Bn.Royal
Warwickshire Regiment |
12/09/1914 |
Shameful
Conduct |
Chouy (F&F) |
Cashiered |
Remitted by HM King ( 22/08/16 ) / Not Guilty of
Cowardice |
WO90/6/28 |
|
Lt-Col AE Mainwaring |
2nd Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
12/09/1914 |
Shameful
Conduct |
Chouy (F&F) |
Cashiered |
Remitted by HM King ( 22/08/16 ) / Not Guilty of
Cowardice |
WO90/6/28 |
|
Lt GDC Tracey
|
1/7th Bn. Gordon Highlanders (
TF
) |
11/06/1915 |
(
S.4
Cowardice ) |
Cornet Malo (F&F) |
Cashiered |
Conditional Pardon by HM King ( 05/12/23 ) |
WO90/6/32 |
|
Maj Lincoln
Sandwith |
late
8th ( King's Royal Irish ) Hussars /
Army Provost Marshal-Indian Army
Cavalry Corps |
17/08/1915 |
(
S. 41* Scandalous conduct. Having carnal
knowledge of girl under 16 ) |
St Omer (F&F) |
Cashiered / *NG of unlawful sex |
Commuted by HM King ( 30/11/15 ) |
WO90/6/33 |
|
Maj Eric C Norman |
15th
Bn. ( Prince of Wales's Own ) West Yorkshire Regiment |
07/04/1916 |
Drunk |
Bus Les Artois (F&F) |
Dismissal |
Pardoned & Reinstated by HM King |
WO90/6/52 |
|
Maj G Langdon |
Army Service Corps |
28/01/1918 |
(
S. 25.1a
) / ( 5 x S.
40 ) |
In field (SEF) |
Dismissal |
Pardoned & Reinstated by HM King |
WO90/8/15 |
|
T/Lt GT Bennet |
10th ( Service ) Bn. Hampshire
Regiment |
26/11/1918 |
Absence / Drunk |
In field (SEF) |
Dismissal |
Commuted to Forfeiture of Service by HM King
|
WO90/8/46 |
|
T/Capt (A /
Maj) Sir DJ Wernher |
Royal Army Service Corps |
21/02/1919 |
(
S.41*
Scandalous Conduct ) / ( 2 x
S. 40
) |
In field (SEF) |
Cashiered |
*Quashed / Commuted to Dismissal
by HM King |
WO90/8/60 |
|
T/Lt. SJ
Dickinson |
1st Bn. The King's ( Shropshire Light
Infantry ) |
10/08/1918 |
Absence |
xxxxxxxx |
Reprimanded |
Pardoned by HM King for Gallantry. HM King
ordered that the record be erased |
WO90/8/46 |
|
2/Lt GM Norman
McLeod |
2nd Bn ( Prince of Wales's Volunteers
) South Lancashire Regiment |
08/05/1913 |
Drunk |
Curragh |
Dismissal |
Commuted to Severe Reprimand by HM King |
WO92/3/15 |
|
2/Lt Arthur J
Goddard |
14th ( Reserve) Bn. Royal Fusiliers (
City of London Regiment ) |
02/12/1915 |
Scandalous behaviour x 3 |
Shoreham |
Cashiered |
Remitted by HM King |
WO92/3/29 |
|
2/Lt William L
Pauer |
3rd Bn. Devonshire Regiment |
17/07/1916 |
( Absence ) / ( Shameful Conduct x 4 ) / ( 4 x
S. 40 Cheque ) |
Devonport |
Cashiered |
Reinstated by HM King ( 08/05/20 ) |
WO92/3/43 |
|
Capt WJ Borlase |
7th ( att 3rd ) Royal
Sussex Regiment ( Garrison ) Royal
Suffolk Regiment |
26/02/1917 |
( Drunk ) / (
S. 11
) / ( 2 x
S. 40 ) |
Gravesend |
Dismissal |
Pardon granted by HM King ( 11/10/22 ) * /
Severe Reprimand. |
WO92/4/5
*43532/15 |
|
2/Lt RF
McMichael |
Royal Flying Corps
( General List ) |
19/06/1917 |
Absence |
Hounslow |
Dismissal |
Commuted by HM King to Forfeiture of Service (
19/06/17 ) |
WO92/4/10 |
|
Lt (A Capt) W A Wyatt |
3rd Bn. East Surrey Regiment |
12/05/1919 |
(
S. 25.1A x 6
) / (
S. 41 x 2 ) |
Watford |
Cashiered / 6 Months Hard Labour |
Hard Labour Remitted / Pardoned ( see
proceedings ) by HM King |
WO92/4/72 |
|
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