I would like to echo the sentiments of ex-RAF Cyril E W Wood's letter "Never forget heroes who saved Britain" (November 6).
We should all wear a red poppy with pride, preferably with a white one alongside it as a symbol of future peace.
My late father, also ex-RAF, was called up to serve his country at 17 years old.
On his return, unable to understand why he had survived while all his mates had been killed, joked (with an underlying irony) that before war was declared he had never kissed a girl, drunk alcohol or smoked a cigarette.
He did all three with alacrity from that moment on. I was a result of the former, the latter two ended his life prematurely.
To me he is a hero who I shall never forget.
-David Hammond, Hassocks
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