Love Letters Reveal Heartbreak Of Separation For WWII Couple

John Horton from Wellesbourne has written a book documenting the history and letters exchanged between his parents Peggy and Alan Horton called 'Behind the Wire: A prisoner of War in Nazi Germany'. (SWNS/Zenger)

One of the most complete set of love letters exchanged between a British prisoner of war and his wife reveals the hardship of wartime separation.

Hundreds of letters – described by the Imperial War Museum as one of the most extensive collections of their kind – depict the time young sweethearts Peggy and Alan Horton were separated during WWII and the years he spent held as a prisoner of war.