George Ramsdale Witton (28 June 1874 – 14 August 1942) was a lieutenant in the Bushveldt Carbineers in the Boer War in South Africa.

After further protests from numerous British and Australian politicians, including the rising Winston Churchill, Witton was released from prison on 11 August 1904.

He returned to Australia on 12 November 1904, embittered after serving nearly three years at HMP Lewes, and wrote a book giving his version of the events involving Morant, Handcock and the BVC.

[7] Witton's main assertion, as indicated by the book's provocative title, was that he, Morant, and Handcock were made scapegoats by the British authorities in South Africa.

In the book, he argued that the trio were unfairly arrested and put on trial, and the subsequent court-martial and executions were carried out for political reasons; partly to cover up a controversial and secret "no prisoners" policy promulgated by Lord Kitchener and partly to appease the Boer government over the killing of Afrikaner prisoners of war in order to facilitate a peace treaty (the Treaty of Vereeniging as signed on 31 May 1902).

[8] Witton also claimed that many of the accusations about them, which led to their arrest and trial, were made by disaffected members of their regiment whose rebellious behaviour had been suppressed by Morant and Handcock.

[citation needed] He lived in Gippsland, Victoria and in Queensland where he was a dairy farmer at 'Dundarrah' property, Coalstoun Lakes, and by 1928, director of the Biggenden cheese factory.

[17] At the time, Maj. Thomas was still unable to forgive himself for having failed to save Morant and Handcock's lives and had continued battling for decades to prove his clients innocence and to keep the case in the public eye.

[21] Committee member Alex Hawke MP stated: "there is in my view serious and compelling evidence that some form of redress should be given, all these years later, to those men executed by the British".