Tragic cadet wrote of fears she would not raise her own family

Her poignant thoughts were discovered by her parents, Derek and Lesley, following the fatal accident in August 2007.

Kaylee died in Loch Carnan in the Outer Hebrides when the overloaded rigid raiding craft in which she was a passenger capsized in storm-lashed seas, trapping her underneath. The cadet officers charged with her care took 90 minutes to realise she was missing.

The details of the moving entries in Kaylee's notebook were disclosed by her heartbroken parents yesterday in a statement released by their lawyers, Thompsons Solicitors.

Mrs McIntosh found the comments in a school notebook in which Kaylee had been asked to write down her hopes and dreams for the future.

She told of her passion for the army, her friends, her sense of humour and her plans to get married and have family of her own.

Kaylee wrote: "When I look at my life I am happy with what I've got and who I've got.

"When I am older I want to join the army and settle down and have kids.

"I hope that I get in the army, get married and have children. I want to be a mum and a wife."

But in another line she wrote: "I think my dreams about family won't come true."

Mrs McIntosh said: "The exercise book is full of her dreams of getting into the army and settling down and having kids.

"I can't think why she would write something like that unless she had some sort of premonition about the future. She was a happy, bubbly carefree girl, and always full of life. It's just not like her to have negative thoughts.

"It's heartbreaking reading Kaylee's dreams for the future. She had all her dreams and all her life ahead of her and the army robbed her of that by failing in their responsibility to take care of our precious daughter.

"She only ever wanted to be in the army and that just makes it worse that the army murdered Kaylee by being so reckless and willfully ignoring all their own safety rules and guidelines."

In her other notebook entries Kylie wrote: "I like myself because I don't care what other people say. The worst thing that could happen to me was that I would lose everyone I love and care about.

"I am upset when I think about people I have lost.

"I feel bad when I shout at my mum and it's not her fault. I am proud that I am going to the army. The best thing about me is my sense of humour.

"My favourite subjects are woodwork and music. My strengths are being me. What I would never change about me is my personality."

Mr and Mrs McIntosh plan to sue the army for negligence and have also called for criminal charges to be brought against those they hold responsible for Kaylee's death.

Jayne Crawford, the family's solicitor said: "Derek and Lesley's legal team consider that there is sufficient evidence to prosecute individuals and we are pursuing inquiries on the family's behalf.

"Derek and Lesley are determined to get justice for Kaylee and the only way they can see to do that is through criminal prosecutions of those they hold responsible.

"They are finding it impossible to live with the fact that nobody has been charged. If Kaylee had died because of someone's careless driving the driver would have been charged with causing her death."