Gordon Brown has said he personally writes to all the families who have paid "the ultimate price" in losing a loved one in Afghanistan.
The Prime Minister was speaking in a radio interview during a visit to Glasgow. He also praised Help for Heroes, the charity which supports wounded service personnel.
Mr Brown said: "I always write to the family if there is any death or casualty that causes death in Afghanistan.
"I write to them personally because I think it is right that I acknowledge to the family, as I think the country would want me to do, the debt of gratitude we owe, not just to the individual but to the whole family.
"They have had to pay the ultimate price of losing a loved one in the service of our country.
"I think Help for Heroes, the British National Legion, all the different organisations that are there to help our forces and to show the support that the public has for our forces are a great and central part of what we are as a country."
Mr Brown’s comments come on the day when the latest soldier to be killed in Afghanistan was confirmed as Edinburgh-based Serjeant Philip Scott from the 3rd Battalion The Rifles.
Last updated: 06 November 2009, 20:01
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