Stripped of their gallantry awards or Commissions

Stripped of their gallantry awards or Commissions

Accepting that the public morals of the Great War period were much stricter than today, it still seems unfair that some recipients of gallantry awards had them publicly removed because they were later cashiered or convicted of some offence. I haven't the opportunity to research the courts-martial behind these stories, but understand from Internet notes that the 'offences' included serial bouncing of cheques and indecency, not treason or cowardice. There is a happier side - there was at least one incidence of the awards being restored (though not the Kings Commission) for further valuable service. If anyone does have time to research these stories and complete the picture, I would be delighted.

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