''A Keen Soldier: The Execution of Second World War Private Harold Pringle'' by Andrew Clark is a historical study of the only

execution Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct. The sentence ordering that an offender be punished in ...

of a Canadian soldier for military crimes committed during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Harold Pringle Harold Joseph Pringle (14 January 1920 - 5 July 1945) was the only soldier of the Canadian Army to be executed during the Second World War. Biography Pringle was born in the small hamlet of Flinton, Ontario, near Napanee. He and his father tr ...

was executed for murder shortly after the conclusion of the war in Europe.A Keen Soldier - Reviewed by Dr. Steve Lukits
''Canadian Military Journal''. ''A Keen Soldier'' was published by Vintage Canada in 2002. It was a finalist for Canada's

Governor General's Literary Award The Governor General's Awards are a collection of annual awards presented by the governor general of Canada, recognizing distinction in numerous academic, artistic, and social fields. The first award was conceived and inaugurated in 1937 by the ...

for non-fiction in 2003.2003 Finalists - Nonfiction
The Canada Council for the Arts.

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