Letters by Sussex author Rudyard Kipling reveal the torment of losing his only son in WWI

Letters by Sussex author Rudyard Kipling reveal the torment of losing his only son in WWI

“Deeply personal” letters by the celebrated writer and poet Rudyard Kipling seeking information on his son reported missing in on the Western Front, have come to light.

Have you news of My Boy Jack? Rudyard Kipling's heartrending search for his only son after he went missing fighting in WWI is revealed in pleading letters by The Jungle Book author

In one of the two letters being sold at auction, Kipling pleads with the matron of a military hospital to ask injured soldiers about the whereabouts of his son John.