MoD sorry for dead soldier letter

L/Cpl Brady was a reservist medic serving in Iraq

The MoD has apologised to the mother of a dead soldier after it sent her a letter asking him to join the Army.

Reservist medic, Lance Corporal Dennis Brady, 37, was killed in 2006 by mortar rounds in northern Basra, while serving with 1st Battalion the Light Infantry.

But last month a mailshot was sent to his mother Brenda Brady, 72, of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, asking him to enlist in the Army full-time.

The MoD apologised "unreservedly" and said lessons had to be learned.

Mrs Brady was too upset to comment on the blunder.

But it has been confirmed that she received a personal phone call from the Army's personnel manager, the Adjutant General Lieutenant General Sir Freddie Viggers, last week.

Indirect fire

Defence Secretary Des Browne has also written to Mrs Brady to "apologise unreservedly".

An MoD spokesman said: "We regret to confirm that a letter addressed to a deceased soldier was received by his mother as a result of a recent mailshot.

"An urgent review of processes is under way. All outbound calling and mailshots have been ceased with immediate effect until the problem is rectified."

L/Cpl Brady, 37 died in what the MoD called an "indirect fire attack" in October last year.

He had served in Kosovo, Bosnia and Afghanistan, and left behind a wife, Zoe Brady.