Shot at Dawn Memorial

Shot at Dawn Memorial

The memorial in 2014
52°43′29″N 1°43′28″W / 52.7248°N 1.7244°W / 52.7248; -1.7244
Location	National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Designer	Andy DeComyn
Type	Sculpture
Material	Sculpted concrete statue, surrounded by 306 wooden stakes
Completion date	2001
Opening date	21 June 2001
Dedicated to	The servicemen executed by firing squad during World War I

The Shot at Dawn Memorial is a monument at the National Memorial Arboretum near Alrewas, in Staffordshire, UK. It commemorates the 306 British Army and Commonwealth soldiers executed after courts-martial for desertion and other capital offences during World War I.^[1]