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Originally Posted by Retlaw
The most severe punishment below imprisonment, was Field Punishment Nu 1, a man would be shackled in crucifiction manner to a post or a gun carriage wheel for 2 x 2 hour periods each day, usually in an area subject to enemy shell fire. No man wanted that punisment twice, and it would be a vivid demonstration to all the others. Later F.P. 1 was banned
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Retlaw, I was astonished when I read that.Such savage punishment so little time ago.
Looked it up on Wikipedia-' it was issued on 60,201 occasions'! 'Sometimes applied within range of enemy fire' as you said. I wonder how many of the poor devils actually got hit? 'Applied three days out of four for up to 21 days'! It's like something from the Dark Ages.