I WOULD like to add a comment to A Caws letter reference our local MPs and the Gurkhas.

I wrote to John Denham and asked him to support these heroes that fought for us during the war and any other conflict that this country has been involved in since.

In fact one of these heroes was flown back to this country today in a coffin. In this letter to Mr Denham I explained to him that these men had fought with my father during the second world war, and he had nothing but praise for these men.

This was a couple of weeks ago, and I thought I would receive a reply. I will probably get a reply eventually, but I won’t hold my breath.

MIKE McCARTHY, Southampton.