SIR – The letter from D Rhodes (T&A, March 31) referring to a local serviceman being mentioned on a TV programme as a result of his bravery under enemy fire almost made me laugh out loud.

To be awarded a “mention in dispatches” is a high military honour, but the same cannot – at least not yet – be said for having one’s name mentioned on the Channel 4 current affairs programme Dispatches.

Whether Aircrewman Sunderland can laugh at the letter without hurting may depend on how well he has recovered from the wounds he received in Afghanistan.

Andrew Guest, Bradford Road, Birkenshaw, Bradford

  • EDITOR’S NOTE: You’re quite right – but it was nothing to do with Mr Rhodes, to whom we apologise most sincerely. It was a careless error by a confused sub-editor who has been instructed to urgently brush up on his military history.