Two First World War soldiers shot for cowardice but pardoned 90 years later have been formally honoured on a war memorial.
The granddaughter of one of the men said her family now had the chance to "put everything to rest and carry on with our lives".
(RG)It is only right and fitting that these me have been pardoned. Some of these men were suffering from Shell Shock or in today’s parlance PTSD. The tragedy of these men being murdered by the Crown is the fact that 90 years ago they went to their graves in the eyes of this country as cowards and their friends and pears are all probably dead as well. There good names were destroyed then when it mattered most, but at least their ancestors will now know the truth. R.I.P.Read It Here
© Mack (RG) The thoughts of a Falklands War Veteran.
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