PRIVATES Thomas Brandon and Jason Rawstron died while serving their country 93 years apart. But today their voices are united across the ages.

Each of their families have discovered writings they produced on the frontline.

These give poignant and moving insights and underline how, no matter the politics of the day, the sacrifices soldiers make.

Pte Rawstron was killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan in September.

In his belongings just returned to his family, his mother found a letter by Pte Rawstron headed ‘to be read at my funeral’.

He gives love to his family for supporting him.

Pte Brandon was killed in the First World War.

But 93 years on, a poem he penned was found on a ‘tatty’ piece of paper in a long-forgotten box while a descendant was researching her family tree.

In it he tells of the ‘living death and living hell’ of the war.

He asks that when the war is over their hardships be remembered.

The fates and words of these two brave soldiers are stark reminders why we should all pay our respects on Remembrance Sunday tomorrow.