Working Class History on Nostr: #OtD 21 Jul 1915 Herbert Burden of the Northumberland Fusiliers was executed at 17 ...

#OtD 21 Jul 1915 Herbert Burden of the Northumberland Fusiliers was executed at 17 years old for desertion. He had lied about his age to enlist, and was the youngest soldier executed by the British Army. He was granted a parliamentary pardon in 2006 https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9384/herbert-burden-executed?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon