Letter To An Unknown Soldier

By LetterUnknownSoldier

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This story is a collection of short letters that have been submitted to the Unknown Soldier project. The proj... More

Anonymous, Mother
Leila Bradley, Descendant
Angela McSherry, Arts-producer
Beverley Chipp
Hanna Hagle, Student
Anonymous, Teacher
Caroline M. Davies, Poet
Mateo Lara, Student
Naomi Alderman, Writer
Sean, US Infantry
Dawn French, Writer
Joanna Lumley, Actor
Margaret MacMillan, Historian
Bobbie Blackman, Pupil
David Cameron, Prime Minister
David Kynaston, Writer
Benjamin Zephaniah, Poet
Melvin Burgess, Writer
Malorie Blackman, Writer
Kate Charlesworth, Cartoonist
Nathan Filer, Writer
Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister
Amanda Craig, Writer
Alyssa Hollingsworth, Graduate Student
Neil Bartlett, writer
Nabil M Mustapha, Grandfather
Mark Haddon, Writer
Sean Spain, Student
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Journalist
Stephen Pelton, choreographer
Tanya Landman, Writer
Chelsea Asher
Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Daljit Nagra, poet
Sebastian Faulks, Writer
Jo Clifford, writer/playwright
Kate Pullinger, writer
Rosie Tobutt, Student
Stephen Fry, Writer / Actor / Presenter
Chih-Hsiang Lo, student
Orla & Ella, students
Reginald Webb, ex-RAF
Isobel
Amy Barnard, student
Gary Owen, writer
Alistair Mack, Soldier
Patricia Rogers, writer
Caryl Churchill, Playwright
Emily Duke
Andy McNab, Writer
Sharron Tubb
Alan Warner, Writer
Esther Freud, Writer
Bob and Roberta Smith, artist
Maura Ellis, mother
Anonymous, history-buff
A.L.Kennedy, writer
Patrick Gale, writer
Owen James, writer
Deborah Levy, Writer
Lee Child, Writer
Bonnie Greer, Writer
Miss Darcy, dog-blogger
Geoff Dyer, Writer
Benjamin Zephaniah
Selina Todd
Stella Duffy
Stephen Cleator, Tank Commander
Martin Daws
Christina Reid, Writer
Courttia Newland, Writer
Rosie Maynard
Bernardine Evaristo, Writer
Robert Saleh, Teacher
Kathryn Hughes, Writer
Jean Wilson, Grandmother
Gill Hawkes, Mother
Marina Warner, Writer
Freya Finch Atter, Student
Bryony Lavery, Writer
Dennis Gimes, Veteran
Nathalie Stocks, Student
Jules Phelan, ex-squaddie
Owen Sheers, Writer
Inua Ellams, Word/Graphic Artist
Aminatta Forna, Writer
Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, Poet
Glenn Patterson, Writer
Hollie McNish, Poet/Spoken Word Artist
Louise Welsh, Writer
Bob and Roberta Smith, Artists

Doreen McSherry, great-grandmother

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By LetterUnknownSoldier

Dear Soldier

I was born in 1931 thirteen years after your war to end all wars ended.

I remember vividly seeing survivors of your war begging in the street, mentally and physically injured selling matches. This picture has remained with me - always hoping this would never happen again.

Our soldiers are coming back from Afghanistan in 2014 in the same condition - when will man realise war doesn't solve anything.

Soldier - you would have been so disappointed.

Rest in peace my hero.

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