A heart-wrenching read

Cyrus Thatcher as a rifleman. He was killed on 2 June 2009.
(Photo: John Lawrence)
Following is a link to an article at The Independent. It isn't really an article so much as a short compilation of letters written by a soldier from the UK to his family. The final letter is the one he wrote in the event of his death.

I do not recall the last time I was moved to tears in such a manner as I was after reading this.

'Hello mum, this is going to be hard for you to read ...'