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Article: CLEAR THEIR NAME; Campaign to pardon 26 Irishmen executed by British army in World War I.(News)
- Article from:
- Sunday Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 18, 2002
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Byline: ANDREW BUSHE
TWENTY-SIX Irishmen, shot for alleged cowardice, disobedience or desertion by the British military authorities in the First World War, were victims of judicial murder it has been claimed.
Now the Irish Seamen's Relatives Association, is calling for pardons for the victims.
Association spokesman Peter Mulvany, said: "These Irishmen were brutally gunned down, not in the name of justice, but as a stupid, spiteful and shameful example to others."
And he claimed more than 300 other innocent British and Commonwealth ...