23 FEBRUARY 1991, Page 26

Crocodile tears

Sir: Whether Waugh on war is wrong or not, W.F. White (Letters, 2 February) is not right to assume the school Officer Training Corps limited Auberon's experi- ence.

Who has not wept while reading Evelyn's letters to Lady Acton describing his son's recovery from dreadful wounds during National Service in Cyprus?

Peter Bottomley

House of Commons, London SW1