Editing British Free Corps (section)

==Courts-martial==
Newspapers of the period give details of the court-martial of several [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] soldiers involved in the Corps. One Canadian captive, Private [[Edwin Barnard Martin]], said he joined the Corps "to wreck it". He designed the flag and banner used by the Corps,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ifE6AAAAIBAJ&pg=2881,10672224&dq=british+free+corps&hl=en |title=Says he Gave Nazi Salute but Tried to Break Corps |work=Toronto Daily Star |date=5 September 1945 |access-date=9 January 2013 |location=Toronto |pages=4}}</ref> and admitted to being one of the original six or seven members of the Corps during his trial. He was given a travel warrant and a railway pass which allowed him to move around Germany without a guard.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Da8tAAAAIBAJ&pg=2126,605983&dq=british+free+corps&hl=en |title=Martin Denies Aid to Germans |work=Montreal Gazette |date=5 September 1945 |access-date=9 January 2013 |location=Montreal}}</ref> He was found guilty of two charges of aiding the enemy while a prisoner of war.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ifE6AAAAIBAJ&pg=2881,10672224&dq=british+free+corps&hl=en |title=Sees Guilty Verdict in Martin Case |work=The Windsor Daily Star |date=6 September 1945 |access-date=9 January 2013}}</ref>

New Zealand soldier [[Roy Courlander]] claimed at his court-martial that he joined the Corps for similar reasons, to gather intelligence on the Germans, to foster a revolution behind the German lines, or to sabotage the unit if the revolution failed.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rEBAAAAAIBAJ&pg=4243,1727199&dq=british+free+corps&hl=en |title=Wrote Broadcast Talks for Germans |work=The Glasgow Herald |date=6 October 1945 |access-date=9 January 2013|page=6|location=Glasgow}}</ref>

[[John Amery]] was sentenced to death in November 1945 for [[high treason]], and [[Hanging|hanged]] on 19 December 1945.<ref>{{cite news|title=Renegade Amery To Die: Trial Lasted 8 Minutes|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IZY6AAAAIBAJ&pg=3058,10264400&dq=british+free+corps&hl=en|work=The Toronto Daily Star|page=1|date=28 November 1945}}</ref>