It’s the name given to men (or boys in Crozier’s case, as he was only 16 when he enlisted in September 1914) who were executed for cowardice or desertion during the First World War.

A museum is appealing for information about a World War One German pistol handed in during a firearms amnesty. The 1911 Luger pistol, given to Wiltshire Police, is believed to have been taken as a ...