Defence chiefs attempted to recruit dead soldier

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.

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."