National Memorial Arboretum

Shot at Dawn' commemorates 309 British and Commonwealth soldiers who were shot and later pardoned during the first world war..

On June the 6th 1944 thousands of ships and landing craft took 160,000 Allied soldiers to the beaches of Normandy.

The 'Shot at Dawn' memorial commemorates 309 British and Commonwealth soldiers who were shot for desertion and cowardice during the First World War.