WW1 Photograph Album With British Court Martial Desertion Orders
Code: 19861
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For sale is a Rare WW1 Photograph Album With British Court Martial Desertion Orders & Research. This photograph album is in mostly good condition, however the back cover of the album is missing.
Included in this photograph album are No66 General routine Orders From Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig for the court martial execution orders of No. S/9696 Private H. Delande, Seaforth Highlanders on the 9th March 1918 at 6am “to suffer death by being shot”. And the court martial orders for 2095 Private H. E. J. Lodge, 1st Central Ontario Regiment, the sentence was carried out at 6.43 a.m. on 13th March, 1918. More research below can be found on each of the men. These orders are exceptionally rare and rarely come up for sale.
Pte. Harold Lodge Born 22 December 1897 in Toronto, Harold Edward James Lodge enlisted in the CEF in April 1915. Lodge was stationed in France, as part of the 19th Battalion. Lodge took a quick leave of absence from his unit in November 1917, during preparations for the Battle of Passchendaele, and was warned by an officer that if he tried again it would be considered desertion, yet nonetheless went AWOL again that same night. He got his hands on a British Red Cross corporal's uniform, and hid in Boulogne until his arrest.
He escaped detention, while awaiting his court-martial hearing in December. However he was found by Military Police three weeks later, aboard a sailing ship about to leave France. Being returned to detention aboard a train, Pte. Lodge once again escaped, but was quickly apprehended. His court martial finally took place on 23 February 1918, charged with four counts of desertion. He was found guilty and sentenced to death by shooting. On 13 March, he was executed by firing squad. His remains are located in Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery Extension, Plot IV, Row B, Grave 5.
5/9696 Private Hector Dalande, 8th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders, executed for desertion, 9th March 1918. Plot II. D. 1. Husband of Jessie Henry (formerly Dalande), of 66, Big Vennel, Cromarty, Ross-shire. A French-Canadian serving with a Scottish regiment, he had enlisted early & was posted to the Western Front in late 1915. Dalande served with distinction & credit for about a year, but in early 1917 went absent without leave - which resulted in a 3-year sentence. However he was soon after invalided with shell-shock — & after 2 months' treatment, returned to his battalion. But he again went absent, compounding his crime by escaping from arrest. Dalande was finally detained in Jan 1918, having discarded his uniform. The priest who attended him before execution reported that Dalande spoke of profound unhappiness, & that he had desired to join the French army, where he would have felt more at home (English was only his second language).
In this photograph album there are 42 large pages holding newspaper clippings, Australian signed poems, an eine mark (german currency), travelling tickets, photos, and an iron cross ribbon etc. in this photograph album there are 323 photographs, including military ones, aftermaths of battles at Passchendaele & arras, a downed British plane behind German lines, photos of the Eiffel Tower, a tank in London for the bank on the tank campaign etc. This is a superb photograph album with some exceptional history.
Most of the photos, clippings, ribbons are annotated by the original owner of the album.
For each of the men that were executed/court martialed there are also scans of their service records. For Delande there are seven scans of his service records, and for lodge there are 16 scans of his service records. If you would like to see these prior to purchase please send me a message.
These will be sent via royal mail special delivery and dispatched within two to three working day’s.
If you would like to see some more photos of the research and each of the photos please message me for more.
