The danger passed, and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted.

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Col Wakefield said the soldier's "courage and his sacrifice will not be forgotten".

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Friends and family say the soldier did not pack the pistol himself and a brain injury meant he had forgotten it was still among his belongings.

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