<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" id="mw6A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War I">World War I</a>: Private <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Highgate" id="mw6Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thomas Highgate">Thomas Highgate</a> becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.