HC Deb 07 March 1932 vol 262 cc1483-4W
Mr. McGOVERN

asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office the number of commissioned officers who were sentenced to death during the late War, 1914–18; and in how many cases the sentence was carried out?

Mr. COOPER

During the period 1914 to 1918, six commissioned officers were sentenced to death after trial by court-martial. The sentence was carried into effect in three cases.