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217704Pte. Walter Dossett
British Army 1/4th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Sheffield, England
(d.25th June 1918)
Walter Dossett was the son of William and Lily Dossett, of Sheffield. He was executed for desertion 25/06/1918, aged 22 and is buried in Hagle Dump Cemetery. His headstone bears inscription 'Until we meet again.' He served from 1916 in three different Machine Gun Companies, 143rd (part of 48 Division), 118th (part of 39 Division) and 63rd (part of 21 Division) until being transferred to 1/4th Battalion Yorks and Lancaster. Private Dossett went absent from his Battalion during the German Offensive in April 1918, the Courts Martial appears to have been on the 8th June 1918. On the 25th June the death sentence having been confirmed, Private Dossett was brought by ambulance to a rifle range near Vlamertinghe, he was bound in a chair, a blindfold applied and a piece of white paper pinned over his heart. The firing squad had been selected from machine gunners in 21st Division.
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