Charl91 Posted 4 January 2012 Posted 4 January 2012 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hello-mum-this-is-going-to-be-hard-for-you-to-read-1753008.html Not sure if this has been posted before, or if you've already read it, but I think it's worth reading. Not going to lie, it made me feel a bit teary.
ajthefox Posted 4 January 2012 Posted 4 January 2012 Saw this a while back, pretty emotional and a generally an interesting read if not a showcase for his English teachers.
MikeyT Posted 4 January 2012 Posted 4 January 2012 That last letter, for obvious reasons was a hard read. Admit i welled up too, to be honest. Died doing what he loved. R.I.P.
dave the caveman Posted 4 January 2012 Posted 4 January 2012 well at least these young lads are all dying for a worthwhile cause, isn't that what you say george, gordon, tony, david, barack, nick....
Haydos Posted 4 January 2012 Posted 4 January 2012 Horrible thing to have to do and probably a horrible thing to have to read. Wouldn't have made as many mistakes as him but I couldn't right nearly as heartfelt a letter. RIP.
LcFc_Smiv Posted 4 January 2012 Posted 4 January 2012 Wow that really sums a lot of things up, so much respect for him, RIP
Stadt Posted 4 January 2012 Posted 4 January 2012 I didn't read the link and having read the comments I don't want to, should I?
EnderbyFox Posted 4 January 2012 Posted 4 January 2012 Could barely finish the last letter, very emotional. RIP
Narborough_fox Posted 5 January 2012 Posted 5 January 2012 Reminds me of this... http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Poignant-letter-Pte-Gray-s-mother-tells-young/story-12813606-detail/story.html If anyone hasn't read either of the letters do give them a read. Show's how tough it can be for a mother of someone in the Army.
J.Lisemore Posted 5 January 2012 Posted 5 January 2012 I also filled up a little reading that, takes a very brave lad to go out there.
Bloomer Posted 6 January 2012 Posted 6 January 2012 This is the reality of life for a combat soldier in Afghanistan. All who are deployed there know the risks, its drummed in to you, but few really believe it will happen to them. For every death of a young servicman or woman, there are around 5 seriously wounded, many losing limbs, sight or both. We ask a great deal of these young people, teenagers or blokes in their early twenties for the most part. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
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