The excellent coverage in The Argus of Remembrance Sunday and the "Old letters in your attic" article (The Argus, November 11) prompted me to write in.

This year's Remembrance Sunday was particularly poignant for me as I had just found a postcard from my grandad, dated August 7, 1917, sent from a field hospital near the trenches in World War One. He wasn't allowed to use his own words for fear of giving away information to the enemy. He was only allowed to cross out lines to leave the most relevant ones to describe how he was. It must have been awful for my gran to simply read that he had "been admitted to hospital" was "sick"and "going on well".

In addition to that postcard my brother-in-law has recently returned from serving in Afghanistan.

Discussing his experiences with him only emphasised to me that whatever we feel about particular conflicts we must not undermine our forces in the incredibly dangerous work they undertake on our behalf.

I was against the war in Iraq because from the outset I felt the repercussions were likely to be too grave.

I believe that it is right that Gordon Brown has pledged that any future decisions to enter into conflict will be voted on in Parliament.

If I am elected to be the next Brighton Kemptown MP then the most difficult decision I might have to make is whether British forces go into conflict.

Such a challenging decision is something I was thinking about as we remembered the fallen at the Peacehaven ceremony I attended - we must never forget the terrible price so many have paid.

  • Simon Burgess, Labour candidate for Brighton Kemptown, Preston Road, Brighton