Grenadier Guardsman Jamie Janes, 20, from Brighton, was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan on October 5th.
His mother Jacqui received a hand-written letter from the prime minister following his death.
The Sun newspaper has now claimed the letter was in fact riddled with errors and barely legible.
Mrs Janes, 47, told the paper the letter had even started incorrectly with 'Dear Mrs James'.
'He couldn't even be bothered to get our family name right. That made me so angry,' she said.
'Then I saw he had scribbled out a mistake in Jamie's name. The very least I would expect from Gordon Brown is to get his name right.
'The letter was scrawled so quickly I could hardly even read it and some of the words were half-finished. It's just disrespectful.'
The Sun claims there were four other spelling mistakes in the letter.
A statement released by Downing Street in response to the allegations said the prime minister, who only has 30 per cent vision in both eyes, spent a 'great deal of time' writing to the families of dead soldiers.
'The reason he personally writes to every family is to acknowledge the debt of gratitude owed by the country to those who have died to protect the people of Britain,' a spokesperson said.
'He would never knowingly misspell anyone's name.'
The allegations of insensitivity come as Mr Brown and the government continue to attempt to placate the public's fears the war in Afghanistan has now become unwinnable as the campaign extends into its eighth year.
His mother Jacqui received a hand-written letter from the prime minister following his death.
The Sun newspaper has now claimed the letter was in fact riddled with errors and barely legible.
Mrs Janes, 47, told the paper the letter had even started incorrectly with 'Dear Mrs James'.
'He couldn't even be bothered to get our family name right. That made me so angry,' she said.
'Then I saw he had scribbled out a mistake in Jamie's name. The very least I would expect from Gordon Brown is to get his name right.
'The letter was scrawled so quickly I could hardly even read it and some of the words were half-finished. It's just disrespectful.'
The Sun claims there were four other spelling mistakes in the letter.
A statement released by Downing Street in response to the allegations said the prime minister, who only has 30 per cent vision in both eyes, spent a 'great deal of time' writing to the families of dead soldiers.
'The reason he personally writes to every family is to acknowledge the debt of gratitude owed by the country to those who have died to protect the people of Britain,' a spokesperson said.
'He would never knowingly misspell anyone's name.'
The allegations of insensitivity come as Mr Brown and the government continue to attempt to placate the public's fears the war in Afghanistan has now become unwinnable as the campaign extends into its eighth year.
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