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Thomas Highgate : ウィキペディア英語版 | Thomas Highgate
Private Thomas James Highgate (13 May 1895 - 8 September 1914) was a British soldier during the early days of the World War I, and the first British soldier to be convicted of desertion and executed during that war. Posthumous pardons for over 300 such soldiers were announced in August 2006, including Highgate. ==Background== Born the only son of a farm labourer at Oxbourne Farm in the Kent village of Shoreham,〔(Great War Forum entry by Andrew Marshall, 27 June 2005 )〕 Highgate was himself a farm labourer before enlisting as a regular soldier in 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment on 4 February 1913, aged 17 years and nine months. Prior to mobilisation his battalion was based in Dublin's Richmond Barracks and it crossed to France on 15 August 1914. The battalion first saw action at the Battle of Mons, being engaged in both the battle and the subsequent retreat.
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