<Tr> <Th> Completion date </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Opening date </Th> <Td> 21 June 2001 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dedicated to </Th> <Td> The servicemen executed by firing squad during World War I </Td> </Tr> <P> The Shot at Dawn Memorial is a monument at the National Memorial Arboretum near Alrewas, in Staffordshire, UK . It commemorates the 309 British Army and Commonwealth soldiers executed after courts - martial for desertion and other capital offences during World War I . </P>

How many british soldiers were shot for desertion in ww1