There is evidence that more veterans of the Falklands War have killed themselves in the years since the 1982 conflict ended than died during hostilities.
255 veterans were killed during the conflict.
The poetry was written by Simon Armitage:
"Never having been to the front line, turning the words, phrases and experiences of these soldiers into verse has been the closest I've ever come to writing "real" war poetry, and as close as I ever want to get,"
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