George Witton
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George Ramsdale Witton was a lieutenant in the Bushveldt Carbineers in the Boer War in South Africa. He was sentenced to death for murder after the shooting of nine Boer prisoners. He was subsequently
Lieutenant G.R. Witton, Bushveldt Carbineers (1901)
Grave plot (2021).
Grave headstone (2021).
The 1902 court-martial of Breaker Morant was a war crimes prosecution that brought to trial six officers – Lieutenants Harry "Breaker" Morant, Peter Handcock, George Witton, Henry Picton, Captain Alfr
George Witton
…Kitchener on the grounds that he was following the orders of his colleagues. However, Lieutenants Peter Handcock and Harry "Breaker" Morant, who were court martialled with him, were both executed by firing squad on 27 February 1902. Witton was born into a farming family near Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, with at…
Major Thomas standing over the joint grave of Morant and Handcock (1902)