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SALONIKA · 08-07-2011, 18:56

Hi Retlaw. Just read this entry from the 9th Battalion K O R L R dated 30 May 1918. Court marshall took place for 24 men of the 9th East Lancs who six weeks before had refused to obey the orders of their company commander. A few were let off . The NCOs were reduced to the ranks and the ring leaders sent to military prison. As Pte Crabtree was sent to prison, it would seem that he was viewed as a ring leader. Not bad as he only joined the East Lancs in December 1917. The fact that news of this court marshall was spred around the Battalions of the Salonika Army must have been seen as a warning.

08-07-2011, 18:56	#214
SALONIKA Junior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 6 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: World War 1 Hi Retlaw. Just read this entry from the 9th Battalion K O R L R dated 30 May 1918. Court marshall took place for 24 men of the 9th East Lancs who six weeks before had refused to obey the orders of their company commander. A few were let off . The NCOs were reduced to the ranks and the ring leaders sent to military prison. As Pte Crabtree was sent to prison, it would seem that he was viewed as a ring leader. Not bad as he only joined the East Lancs in December 1917. The fact that news of this court marshall was spred around the Battalions of the Salonika Army must have been seen as a warning.