I WRITE regarding your recent article about the King’s Book of Heroes at York Minster (Sons of York Remembered, February 20).

You said it “records the details of every York man and woman who lost their lives on active service between 1914 and 1918”. That is not so. Secondly, you said it was “commissioned” by the council. Again, not the case.

A number of men (and possibly women) who died on active service are not in the Book for various reasons. And the council did not commission it – they were too busy trying to find a place to put the war memorial.

The entries resulted from an appeal in a York newspaper. Anybody who lived here, but had no family in York, were at risk of not being listed. In addition, some families had religious issues.

Also, you mention that the people in the book lost their lives between 1914 and 1918. However, many died after the war from a variety of reasons, including from the flu epidemic or wounds received during the conflict. More than 40 men died in 1919, eight in 1920 and one in 1921.

Ken Haywood, Acaster Lane, Bishopthorpe, York.