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James Crozier was one of 306 British or Commonwealth soldiers executed after being court-martialled for cowardice or desertion during that war.

From The Guardian • Jun. 29, 2014

Another senior officer would be court-martialled in absentia for deserting his position and fleeing a battle, the government said.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2014

Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning directly to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday at a hearing to determine whether Manning will be court-martialled in the biggest leak of classified documents in American history.

From Reuters • Dec. 20, 2011

Twenty-one Americans refused to return to the United States; forty announced that they had become Communists; and fourteen were court-martialled, and eleven of those were convicted.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 8, 2003

But he was court-martialled, and now he's in command of a small boat—the Yellowhammer.

From The Spy in Black by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)