To: Great War List, especially Patrick & Steve Please, please, people, take more care with your words and oipinions. This sort of argument is pointless and destructive to what we are all working for, which is enlightenment and enjoyment. And please stay on the list - you have to lot to offer the rest of us. We can disagree without bad words. For example, is there a list of names of men who were shot? Would any have been executed after Armistice? I have been trying to find out how my great uncle (39345 10bn E Yorks regt) William Raymond Botham (b ~1897) died in France 19.11.1918 (buried at Longuenesse). He was my grandmother's 'baby' brother and the whole family were Quakers but he went went called and he told her they had made him a sniper because he was a good shot. She always thought he would have refused to kill anyone, and would therefore have been executed. I very much wanted to find out otherwise before she died, but too late. Another small tragedy out of a greater. Any ideas? Best wishes to all Tony Holkham www.tonyholkham/holkham_ancestry.htm Researching 19th Manchesters and WW1 Royal Navy generally

The best list is in Julian Putkowski's book 'Shot at Dawn' Your uncle does not appear on the list. Regards John In message <200611161111_MC3-1-D117-C8D@compuserve.com>, Tony Holkham <Holkham@compuserve.com> writes >To: Great War List, especially Patrick & Steve > >Please, please, people, take more care with your words and oipinions. This >sort of argument is pointless and destructive to what we are all working >for, which is enlightenment and enjoyment. And please stay on the list - >you have to lot to offer the rest of us. We can disagree without bad words. > >For example, is there a list of names of men who were shot? Would any have >been executed after Armistice? I have been trying to find out how my great >uncle (39345 10bn E Yorks regt) William Raymond Botham (b ~1897) died in >France 19.11.1918 (buried at Longuenesse). He was my grandmother's 'baby' >brother and the whole family were Quakers but he went went called and he >told her they had made him a sniper because he was a good shot. She always >thought he would have refused to kill anyone, and would therefore have been >executed. I very much wanted to find out otherwise before she died, but too >late. Another small tragedy out of a greater. Any ideas? > >Best wishes to all > >Tony Holkham >www.tonyholkham/holkham_ancestry.htm >Researching 19th Manchesters and WW1 Royal Navy generally > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- John Chapman

There is no William Botham in the list of men sentenced to death by Courts Martial 1914 -1924. Soldiers Died in the Great War will tell you how he died. From the cemetery in St Omer he was probably a flu victim from one of the many hospitals in St Omer. Aye Malcolm -----Original Message----- From: greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tony Holkham Sent: 16 November 2006 16:11 To: INTERNET:greatwar@rootsweb.com Subject: [GREATWAR] GREATWAR Digest, Vol 1, Issue 59 To: Great War List, especially Patrick & Steve Please, please, people, take more care with your words and oipinions. This sort of argument is pointless and destructive to what we are all working for, which is enlightenment and enjoyment. And please stay on the list - you have to lot to offer the rest of us. We can disagree without bad words. For example, is there a list of names of men who were shot? Would any have been executed after Armistice? I have been trying to find out how my great uncle (39345 10bn E Yorks regt) William Raymond Botham (b ~1897) died in France 19.11.1918 (buried at Longuenesse). He was my grandmother's 'baby' brother and the whole family were Quakers but he went went called and he told her they had made him a sniper because he was a good shot. She always thought he would have refused to kill anyone, and would therefore have been executed. I very much wanted to find out otherwise before she died, but too late. Another small tragedy out of a greater. Any ideas? Best wishes to all Tony Holkham www.tonyholkham/holkham_ancestry.htm Researching 19th Manchesters and WW1 Royal Navy generally ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message