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Violin left unfinished by WW1 soldier played at his grave 100 years on as chance discovery reunites his family

When Private Richard Howard began making his violin, he envisaged the day he would return from the battlefield to play it.

It was a dream cruelly shattered when the soldier met his death on the first day of the Battle of Messines in 1917.

Now, 100 years later, the violin - carefully completed after being found - has been played at his graveside.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/07/violin-left-unfinished-ww1-soldier-played-grave-100-years-chance/
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