I happened across the BBC's VE Day Celebrations programme last night and watch Jane Horrocks read a letter written to his mother, by a soldier who went on to die shortly after in North Africa. She did a helluva job, barely keeping it together. It's only a few minutes long but is definitely worth a watch.
Chris Evans introduces the reading which starts at about 1:34 on this iPlayer link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02p6wp8/ve-day-70-4-a-party-to-rememb...