Thomas Highgate
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Thomas Highgate
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Private Thomas James Highgate was a British soldier during the First World War and the first British soldier to be convicted of desertion and executed by firing squad on the Western Front. He was born in Shoreham, Kent, and worked as a farm labourer before joining the army in 1913 as a seaman. When the First World War began, he fought with the First Battalion of the Royal West Kents. Highgate was executed 35 days into the war, on 8 September 1914, after being found hiding in a farmhouse wearing
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British soldier and deserter (1895–1914)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Highgate
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2024-01-08T13:38:19Z
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