This is my entry to 'Letters to the Unknown Soldier which is here https://www.1418now.org.uk/letter/new-read/

Hi Mate,

I write this letter to briefly thank you for your service, your efforts and your sacrifice which you and your friends made 100 + years ago.

Having served in the British Army for 22 years myself, I can identify with some of the things you have experienced. The boredom, the routine, the camaraderie and laughter, and all the other things soldiers can and do share worldwide as they go about their duties.

I thank you personally for the things you experienced and went through so that my generation and others didn’t have to experience. The fear, the noise, the horrors that were yours during the intense fighting and shelling of the war you were sent to.

I thank you on behalf of all my generation for what you done for us.

All the best. 

Alex Sinclair

Alex Sinclair