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  • Daughter, 93, goes into battle for soldier who was shot as a 'coward'

    10/23/2005 9:49:41 PM PDT · by 1066AD · 6 replies · 845+ views
    The Times(UK) ^ | 10/24/2005 | David Sandersen
    The Times October 24, 2005 Daughter, 93, goes into battle for soldier who was shot as a 'coward' By David Sanderson IN THE two years before Private Harry Farr was executed, he had served with distinction in the First World War. A survivor of the Somme, he had gone over the top many times until in 1916 he protested that he could not go on. After a 20-minute court martial, he was shot for cowardice on October 18, aged 26. His daughter takes her 15-year campaign to clear his name to the High Court today, arguing that he had been...