addition of names to the wealdstone war memorial following the posthumous pardon of pte farr

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First World War soldier who was shot for cowardice is to have his name carved on a local war memorial for the first time after being pardoned earlier this year. The family of Private Harry Farr, who was shot at dawn as a deserter in October 1916, said that they were 'overjoyed' that he would now be recognised alongside men who died in battle during the Great War. His descendants spent years campaigning for a pardon on the basis that Harry Farr was suffering from mental breakdown due to the horrors of combat - then known as 'shell shock' - and that his execution was a grave miscarriage of justice.

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