THE family of a World War I soldier, executed for "cowardice", has won a pardon - signalling the end of a 13-year campaign to clear his name. On Tuesday, it was announced to Farnham's Janet Booth, granddaughter of Private Harry Farr, that all 306 soldiers of the Shot at Dawn campaign had been granted posthumous pardons. Pte Farr was executed by firing squad for "cowardice before the enemy" on October 18, 1916, at Carnoy, near The Somme. However, the 25 year old, who was serving in the 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment, was said to be suffering from shell shock and a psychiatric condition. The announcement marks a triumph for Mrs Booth and her 92-year-old mother, Gertrude Harris. Since 1992, the pair have fought for the pardon, with Home Secretary Des Browne announcing the news this week. An elated Mrs Booth told The Herald: "We are absolutely delighted with the news. It's been a long struggle, a long campaign and to be quite honest I can't believe we got the pardon! I was quite prepared for another 'no' and to go back in September for another appeal. "I'm very pleased for the blanket pardon. Hopefully all the rest of the executed soldiers will have their names cleared as well and they'll all be exonerated. "Some people say "is it a full or a conditional pardon?", but I am pleased that they are going to remove the stigma. To me, a pardon is a pardon. It's a bit like an exam, if you pass, you pass." Paying tribute to her mother, Mrs Booth remarked: "She was in a bit of a state of shock. "There is a god," she said, and if I drank, I would have a sherry! She's over the moon. "We've had a lot of help - I haven't done it on my own. The Shot at Dawn campaign has been fantastic, as has Julian Putoski, a military historian who has done so much research from the start. And of course our solicitors, who obviously said all the right things. "I have worked hard but I couldn't have done it without the other people. Of course my mother has done lots of interviews and she's been wonderful, and I hope if my gran's looking down, she'll say " I told you so"." Asked what she planned to do next, Mrs Booth replied: "I suppose I'd better write the book!" And quite a story it would be. Following the release of documents in 1991 which stated that no evidence had been provided at the court martial of Pte Farr's medical history, the family has campaigned for justice since 1993. A campaign by Labour backbencher Andrew MacKinlay, ensued, alongside attempts by Shot at Dawn - a group formed to obtain pardons for British and Commonwealth soldiers executed during the war. Mrs Booth and her mother petitioned the Queen in 2003, only to be told by the then Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon it was "unreasonable, flawed and wrong in law". In March of this year, a high court visit ensued, following the then Home Secretary John Reid's announcement that he would consider a posthumous pardon."