Ireland asks Britain to pardon soldiers, including 26 Irishmen, executed during World War I

AP Worldstream | October 28, 2004| | Copyright

SHAWN POGATCHNIK, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
10-28-2004
Dateline: DUBLIN, Ireland
The Irish government called Thursday for Britain to issue pardons to more than 300 British soldiers, among them 26 Irishmen, who were executed for alleged cowardice, disobedience or desertion during World War I.

A Department of Foreign Affairs-commissioned report was delivered to the British government via Ireland's embassy in London. It investigated the circumstances surrounding the courts-martial and death by firing squad of the soldiers from Ireland, which was part of the United Kingdom until 1922.

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