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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Susie Boniface

Winston Churchill's hero betrayed by his country as commando death 'linked to nuke tests'

When Winston Churchill wanted a statue to honour those who saved Britain from the Nazis, Howard Elliott was chosen as the perfect example.

He was the model for a memorial to the men of Britain's armed forces. It still stands in Westminster Abbey.

Howard landed in Normandy on D-Day, raided Nazi defences, and once arrested an armoured German convoy single-handed.

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