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Two WWI tommies finally honoured

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".

The names of Privates Harry Farr and James Swaine have finally been engraved on to Wealdstone war memorial in north-west London.

They were among 306 soldiers shot for military offences during the First World War to receive posthumous pardons last year.
Read entire article at Sky News