thousands of communities walk past the statue of the unknown soldier at paddington station. he is in uniform and reading a letter. part of the commemoration is people from britain writing a letter of their own to the anonymous warrior. we have more. >> dear man without hope -- >> dear friend -- >> he stands unnoticed at platform one in paddington, capturing a moment at time. 2 million letters a day were delivered to men on the front lines during the world war. thousands more are being written to one soldier. >> how important you think the letters were? >> these 14-year-olds have found a way to connect to events that can seem remote. anre reflections send intensely personal message back through the decades. >> sitting in mud and blood. waiting to run in front of a wall of machine guns. >> we owe you so much. the letter i am writing barely scratches the surface of the depths that we owe you. >> to children, you are unknown. to us, you are the unknown soldier. >> the project went live less than a fortnight ago and thousands have put pen to paper and thousands more have letters

the statue on platform one at paddington station is often passed unnoticed.us for thousands of letters, written to this soldier as part of the commemorations. >> you will be remembered for years to come. >> i know your family and friends will be proud of you as the rest of the world is. you fought with a name, you die nameless. >> you're a soldier that represents everyone and everything. i do know this, you were everyone's soldier. >> we have an unnamed soldier. >> reporter: but the words which flowed from these 14-year-olds were inspired by another letter, sent from the trenches by a former pupil. >> i felt inspired because my dream job is to be in the armed forces. and it is quite personal to me. i've lost two great uncles in the war. >> i think if you can be creative with this, you can interact with it, can't you? >> reporter: since the project went live, less than a fortnight ago, thousands of people have put pen to paper and thousands more letters are waiting to be published online. this statue on platform one helped to inspire a new war memorial, a memo