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Revealed: Wartime poet Vernon Scannell hailed as hero Desert Rat 'went AWOL a dozen times and savagely beat women' | Daily Mail Online
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Revealed: Wartime poet Vernon Scannell hailed as hero Desert Rat 'went AWOL a dozen times and savagely beat women' | Daily Mail Online
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