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The Postcard
This is the reverse side of the Norris Modern Press postcard.
It was posted on Tuesday the 25th. June 1918.
The Military Execution of Walter Dossett
So what else happened on that day when Edie was enjoying herself on the Isle of Man?
You might not want to read on if you are easily upset.
Private Walter Dossett aged 22 from Sheffield was shot at dawn by a firing squad consisting of men from his own division.
Walter fought as a machine gunner from 1916 up until he went absent during the Ludendorff Offensive of 1918, and was sentenced to death.
The execution took place in the Ypres Salient. An ambulance drew up, and Walter was led out to a rifle range. He was bound to a chair, blindfolded, and shot.
British Military Execution Protocol
chrishobbs.com tells us that nearly all executions conducted by the British Army in the Great War more or less followed the pattern described below in this first-hand account:
'The officer had loaded the rifles, and had
left them laying on the ground at our position.
We were warned to fire straight, or we may
have to suffer the same fate.
The prisoner was taken out of a car (we saw
him get out, with a black cap over his head
and guarded) and placed on the other side
of a curtain.
If we did not kill him, the officer would have
to.
As soon as the curtain dropped (the prisoner
was tied to a chair five paces away from us,
a black mark over his heart) we got the order
to fire.
One blank and nine live rounds. It went off
as one. I did not have a blank. The prisoner
did not feel it. His body moved when we fired,
then the curtain went up. The firing squad
only saw him for a few minutes.
We went back to the Battalion Orderly Room
and got a big tumbler of rum each, and we
went back to our billets, ate, and went to bed.
We had the rest of the day off. It was a job I
never wanted'.
(from 'It Made You Think of Home', the journal of Deward Barnes, CEF, on the execution of Private Harold Lodge on the 13th. March 1918).
Chris Hobbs goes on to say that even though the rate of desertion was over 4 times higher in the UK, no soldier was ever executed for desertion at home.
This was because executions abroad could be largely covered up by the Military, whereas any conducted in the UK would have provoked riots. This was especially the case after the futile loss of life that occurred during the Somme Offensive of 1916.
A Typical Execution
The condemned private spends his last night in a small room, alone with his thoughts before his execution at dawn. He might be writing painful letters to family and friends. He is also likely to be encouraged to drink heavily in order to be insensible during execution. The private is guarded by two military policemen (MPs or redcaps) and ministered by a chaplain.
The condemned man’s commanding officer (CO) orders a company of men to witness the execution, wanting to set an example to other would-be deserters. Meanwhile a firing squad assembles, sick with nerves, in the dawn light. Some of the men know the condemned and have mixed feelings about his fate, some even carrying deep resentment at having to execute him. Their rifles have been pre-loaded—one with a blank—to take some of the individual responsibility away from shooting their fighting pal.
The condemned man is led, blind drunk, to a post by two redcaps, his hands tied behind his back. The lieutenant waits at the side of the shooting party, with a medical officer (MO). The lieutenant (Lt.) gives the order to shoot the prisoner. Some deliberately shoot wide. Two of the men vomit on the spot. The MO checks the prisoner over and concludes that the private is mortally wounded, but not dead. The young lieutenant, with shaky hands, administers the coup de grâce: a bullet to the head.
A military ambulance stands by to take the corpse off to be buried. That same evening the battalion colonel writes a letter to the private’s parents informing them that their son has been shot at the front. He leaves the message deliberately ambiguous, sparing the man’s family any difficult feelings about his execution.
Posthumous Pardons
The 'Shot at Dawn' Memorial in Alrewas, Staffordshire, originally contained the names of 306 men who were executed for 'cowardice' or 'desertion'.
With many now recognised as having been suffering from mental illnesses such as post-traumatic stress disorder, these men were posthumously pardoned by Royal Assent in November 2006.
The Staffordshire memorial was created to honour their sacrifices, along with all those who died in combat fighting for the British Empire during the Great War.
200,000 serving soldiers were officially court-martialled by the British High Command during the Great War.
Of these, 20,000 were found guilty of offences that carried the death penalty. 3,000 officially received it, although most of these sentences were subsequently commuted.
In the end, of the 3,000, 346 executions were carried out by firing squad.
Now, of the 40 names left off the Shot at Dawn Memorial, three have been added, thanks to the persistence of memorial creator Andy DeComyn.
They are New Zealander Jack Braithwaite, Gunner William Lewis from Scotland, and Jesse Robert Short, from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
Jack Braithwaite
Braithwaite's 'mutiny', according to the Birmingham Mail, consisted of nothing more than a misdemeanour.
The bohemian former journalist, who'd confessed at his trial to not being a natural soldier, had tried to calm down a belligerent prisoner at Blargies prison in Rouen by taking the man to his tent to feed him.
The soldier, Private Little, had been a ringleader in a small uprising against the prison guards. But Little was an Australian, and couldn't be executed because Australia's government wouldn't allow Great Britain to execute its soldiers.
Unfortunately Braithwaite was a New Zealander, and could be executed. His attempt to defuse the potential riot (sparked by appalling conditions at the prison) involved him leading Little away from the custody of a staff sergeant, which officially amounted to mutiny.
Jack was subsequently shot by firing squad on the 28th. August 1916.
Gunner William Lewis
Jack's execution occurred within five minutes of Gunner William Lewis, who'd also been involved in the uprising at the prison.
Corporal Jesse Short
Meanwhile, Corporal Jesse Short was condemned to death for uttering:
"Put a rope around that bugger's neck,
tie a stone to it and throw him into the
river".
He was said to be inciting guards barring his exit from the infamous 'Bull Ring' training camp to rebel against their officer.
This was the September 1917 Étaples Mutiny, an uprising by around 80 servicemen rebelling against what are now acknowledged to have been harsh and unreasonable conditions at the camp.
The uprising was depicted in the 1978 book (and 1986 BBC series) 'The Monocled Mutineer', the lead character in which is said to have been based at least partially on Corporal Short.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, confirmed Short's death sentence (as he had Lewis's a year earlier).
Short, Lewis, and Braithwaite received their pardons and have been honoured along with comrades who fell in battle.
The remaining 37 men who were shot, according to Richard Pursehouse of the Staffordshire military history research group the Chase Project, were not executed for mutiny, but murder.
As this also would have resulted in a death sentence even under civil law codes of the time, it was decided that their names should not be added to the memorial.
Murek - The Little Wall in free translation. Phenomena typical for socialistic urbanism. Sometimes low and long so you can walk ower or sit on it :) In this case specially designed for playground - you can hit it with the ball or play hide and seek to it. Good for executions too.
As for the primitive art that covers it Ściana do ruchania means Fucking Wall, L stands for Legia - main Warsaw's football club and david stars and Mazel Tow are suggesting that it's players belong to the god's chosen nation.
Żoliborz, Warsaw, Poland, Summer 2008
Digital, 10 MgPx
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Since the automation emergence, the demand for warehouse execution software is at its peak. This solution is not only available at affordable rates but also can improve the efficiency, productivity, and safety within the environment.
Loft Living project: Design, execution & photography: Alane Golden, EYEWASH design / TRASH NYC, NYC - 2006
Total & complete curbside castaway! This N.Y.P.D. police barracade had been stranded on one of the streets close to where I live for @ LEAST 3 YEARS prior to it's rescue & transformation into this bench in my entrance hall. Custom cut-to- measure & covered in a coat of high gloss enamel with plumber's pipe-fitting affixed as legs.
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Isolated inside its own fenced courtyard, the small building is known simply enough as the execution chamber. Between the years of 1937 and 1989, 39 or 40 (depending on the source) inmates were put to death inside the structure. All of the executions, save one, were conducted in the state's gas chamber where the sealed unit was filled with cyanide gas. The sole exception was the prison's last execution on January 26, 1989.
Missouri State Penitentiary
Jefferson City Missouri
Cole County
The Romanian Minister of National Defense, Mircea Dusa, and Italian Army Lieutenant General Leonardo di Marco, Allied Joint Force Command Naples Chief of Staff, speak to members of the press about exercise TRIDENT JOUST 15 at its location in Cincu, Romania, June 22, 2015. Romania has contributed logistical and airlift support in the execution of the NATO command and control exercise. (NATO photo by German Air Force Master Sgt. Dennis Tappe)
On the execution of a girl for the poisoning of a child she was babysitting
Hertford, 1800
Document reference D/EX/3/3
John Carrington was a farmer at Bacons Farm, Bramfield and kept a number of diaries.
The Registan (Uzbek: Регистон, Registon) was the heart of the city of Samarkand of the Timurid Empire, now in Uzbekistan. The name Rēgistan (ریگستان) means "sandy place" or "desert" in Persian.
The Registan was a public square, where people gathered to hear royal proclamations, heralded by blasts on enormous copper pipes called dzharchis — and a place of public executions. It is framed by three madrasahs (Islamic schools) of distinctive Persian architecture. The square was regarded as the hub of the Timurid Renaissance.
The three madrasahs of the Registan are the Ulugh Beg Madrasah (1417–1420), the Sher-Dor Madrasah (1619–1636), and the Tilya-Kori Madrasah (1646–1660). Madrasah is an Arabic term meaning school.
Ulugh Beg Madrasah (1417–1420)
The Ulugh Beg Madrasah, built by Ulugh Beg during the Timurid Empire era of Timur, has an imposing iwan with a lancet-arch pishtaq or portal facing the square. The corners are flanked by high minarets. The mosaic panel over the iwan's entrance arch is decorated by geometrical stylized ornaments. The square courtyard includes a mosque and lecture rooms, and is fringed by the dormitory cells in which students lived. There are deep galleries along the axes. Originally the Ulugh Beg Madrasah was a two-storied building with four domed darskhonas (lecture rooms) at the corners.
The Ulugh Beg Madrasah (Persian: مدرسه الغ بیگ) was one of the best clergy universities of the Muslim Orient in the 15th century CE. Abdul-Rahman Jami, the great Persian poet, scholar, mystic, scientist and philosopher studied at the madrasah. Ulugh Beg himself gave lectures there. During Ulugh Beg's government the madrasah was a centre of learning.
Sher-Dor Madrasah (1619–1636)
In the 17th century Uzbek ruler of Samarkand, Yalangtoʻsh Bakhodir, ordered the construction of the Sher-Dor (Persian: شیردار) and Tillya-Kori (Persian: طلاکاری) madrasahs. The tiger mosaics with a rising sun on their back are especially interesting for their depiction of living beings and use of Turko-Persian motifs. The name of the madrasah comes from the patterns on the portal of the building as the word "Sher" means tiger.
Tilya-Kori Madrasah (1646–1660)
Ten years later the Tilya-Kori (Persian: طلاکاری, meaning "Gilded") Madrasah was built. It was not only a residential college for students, but also played the role of grand masjid (mosque). It has a two-storied main facade and a vast courtyard fringed by dormitory cells, with four galleries along the axes. The mosque building (see picture) is situated in the western section of the courtyard. The main hall of the mosque is abundantly gilded.
Mausoleum of Shaybanids
To the east of the Tilya-Kori Madrasah, the mausoleum of Shaybanids (16th century) is located (see picture). The real founder of Shaybanid power was Muhammad Shaybani—grandson of Abu'l-Khayr Khan. In 1500, with the backing of the Chaghataite Khanate, then based in Tashkent, Muhammad Shaybani conquered Samarkand and Bukhara from their last Timurid rulers. The founder of the dynasty then turned on his benefactors and in 1503 took old Tashkent. He captured Khiva in 1506 and in 1507 he swooped down on Merv (Turkmenistan), eastern Persia, and western Afghanistan. The Shaybanids stopped the advance of the Safavids, who in 1502 had defeated the Akkoyunlu (Azerbaijan). Muhammad Shaybani was a leader of nomadic Uzbek tribes. During the ensuing years they substantially settled down in oases of the Central Asia, Caspian shore, Tian Shan valleys, Russian steeps and Indostan . The one of the last and vast Uzbek invasion of the 15th century CE was the large component of today's Uzbek nation ethnogeny.
Chorsu trading dome
The trading dome Chorsu (1785) is situated right behind the Sher-Dor. Chorsu located at southeast of the Registan at the intersection of the cross-roads connecting Samarkand, Tashkent, Bukhara, and Shahrisabz. Chorsu is a word of Persian origin meaning "crossing roads," referring to this famous intersection of busy roadways. The building is old. It has a rather rich centuries-old history. At the moment, it is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List along with the rest of the historical part of the glorious city.
Chorsu was originally a bazaar constructed in the 15th century but was rebuilt in the 18th century, becoming a hat market. The current building was built during the reign of Amir Shahmurad, in 1785. Today, the bazaar which was previously located at Chorsu is nowadays the Siyob Bazaar near the Bibi-Khanym Mosque.
In 2005, ownership of Chorsu was transferred to the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan. While renovating the building, three meters of dirt were removed from the building revealing the original base construction. Chorsu now serves as an art gallery which offers the work of artists both contemporary and historical. The art of in the Chorsu gallery displays the arts, culture, history, and diversity of the multi-national Uzbek people.
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We got a new printer for the box office. So, really, we had to get rid of the old one. Quoting office space in the process.
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The work of Hrair Sarkissian (SY) "Execution Squares" is hosted in the Teaching Room of the prison within the frame of the 21st Photobiennale.
Thessaloniki, May 2010
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Clinica del Pie is the success story of Roberto Mejia and his wife, Zayda. Roberto spent several years working at a foot care clinic, and later decided to start his own clinic. In six year Roberto went from a small location with a single char and limited resources to operating three stores. Roberto had never operated a business before, and in 2007 went to Agora for advice. Now Roberto is buying new equipment, developing a marketing strategy, and improving its management process. Roberto aspires to one day turn Clinica del Pie into a national brand.
José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino nationalist and reformist. He was the most prominent advocate for reform in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era, which made him one of the Philippines greatest national heroes. He was wrongly accused of being the leader of the Katipunan Revolution. This false charge led to his execution on December 30, 1896. December 30th is now celebrated as Rizal Day in the Philippines.
On April 8, 1927, Horace DeVaughan, was the first person to be electrocuted in the "Yellow Mama" at the old walled Kilby Prison in Montgomery. Shortly thereafter on April 23, W. Virgil Murphy, was also electrocuted.
The story of the Yellow Mama is interesting. Edward Mason, a cabinetmaker from London, England, received a 12 to 60 year sentence for burglary and grand larceny in Mobile. Mason worked in the woodworking shop at Kilby making picture frames, cradles and baskets.
With several impending executions drawing nearer, the Board of Administration-Convict Department needed the means to carry out the capital sentences.
In November of 1926, Mason agreed to make the chair. He made a squat sturdy chair with flat armrests and an adjustable head rest from some maple wood and oak. It took Mason six days to finish the Yellow Mama.
As the story goes, Governor Graves gave Mason a month's furlough from prison for making the chair as had been previously agreed. Mason left and was never seen again. The chair and equipment was valued at $2,983.96.
The Yellow Mama is currently housed at the Holman Correctional Facility near Atmore Alabama. Lethal injection is also administered at Holman.
It typically cost approximately a gallon of gas to run the generator for testing the circuits and the actual execution. This in addition to overtime incurred by attending officers before, during, and after the execution.
For a list of those executed, please visit the Alabama Department of Corrections website.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rizal_Monument
The Rizal Monument (original title: Motto Stella, Latin, "guiding star") is a memorial in Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines built to commemorate the executed Filipino nationalist, José Rizal. The monument consists of a standing bronze sculpture of Rizal, with an obelisk, set on a stone base within which his remains are interred. A plaque on the pedestal's front reads: "To the memory of José Rizal, patriot and martyr, executed on Bagumbayan Field December Thirtieth 1896. This monument is dedicated by the people of the Philippine Islands".
The perimeter of the monument is guarded continuously by the Philippine Marine Corps’ Marine Security and Escort Group, the changing of the guard having become a daily ritual. About 100 m (330 ft) north-northwest of the monument is the exact location where Rizal was executed, marked by life-size dioramas depicting his final moments.
An exact replica of the Rizal Monument can be found in Madrid, Spain at the junction of Avenida de Las Islas Filipinas and Calle Santander.
Isolated inside its own fenced courtyard, the small building is known simply enough as the execution chamber. Between the years of 1937 and 1989, 39 or 40 (depending on the source) inmates were put to death inside the structure. All of the executions, save one, were conducted in the state's gas chamber where the sealed unit was filled with cyanide gas. The sole exception was the prison's last execution on January 26, 1989.
Missouri State Penitentiary
Jefferson City Missouri
Cole County
i still don't understand why people used to enjoy public executions so much. it used to be one of the top entertainments of those days.
I did get the shot that I had been wanting in Comstock Park for a while. Next time, I need to take care of some of that brush.
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Mary is shown entering the Hall towards the top left. She is then shown being disrobed on the platform in the middle.
This image is taken from the book 'Notes on the Authentic Portraits of Mary Queen of Scots'. The book was published by John Murray of Albemarle Street, London W in 1903. The book is based on the researches of the then late Sir George Scharf - rewritten in the light of new information obtained by Lionel Cust. The work was instrumental in finalising and fixing which contemporary and near contemporary images were of Mary and which were not. The conclusions are still used to this day.
This image therefore has been taken by me from a book I purchased in 2000 and the copyright does not belong to me. In view of the extreme age of the publication I believe them to be in the public domain and am including them here so that they can be seen - as the book is not readily available.
Whilst the underlying images are in the public domain - some work has been done by me to convert the images as scanned into what you see here. I am therefore asserting my copyright in the elements that I have amended. If you would wish to use the images - please contact me and I will probably grant permission to use them in view of the age of the images.
Recent experiences with use of other scanned images on Wikipedia spring to mind.
CCM presents Emily Mann's EXECUTION OF JUSTICE April 18 – 20 in UC's Cohen Family Studio Theater. This chilling examination of the trial of Dan White for the murder of Harvey Milk and George Moscone is directed by CCM's Michael Burnham.
Admission to EXECUTION OF JUSTICE is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, April 15 – visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order. This production contains mature subject matter. Photo by senior Lighting Designer major Nikolas Robalino.