The British Army has rejected calls for mandatory mental health screening for serving soldiers, the BBC has learned.
Regular
screening was recommended by a coroner following an inquest into the
deaths of two infantrymen found hanged in the same Northern Ireland
barracks.
A soldier who went on to take his own life at a County Down barracks wanted to be in a minor car crash in order to get some rest, an inquest has heard. Rifleman Darren Mitchell, 20, was found hanged … Continued
L/Cpl Momonakaya said he was left suicidal through the bullying campaign ‘The racism left me wanting to kill myself. I was going to buy a rope,’ he said He said he sued the MoD as he lost his career through … Continued
By Amie Gordon For Mailonline Published: 11:29, 8 February 2019 | Updated: 17:50, 8 February 2019 21-year-old cadet has been found dead at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst She had been involved in an investigation following a party at the weekend … Continued
The inquest also heard from two friends of Lance Corporal James Ross who said they received phone calls from him saying he had been demoted. The mother of a soldier who died at an “isolated” Army barracks in Co Down … Continued
Belfast Telegraph 19 Jan 2019 BY ALAN ERWIN Bereaved mothers of two soldiers found dead at a Co Down barracks have failed in a High Court challenge to a coroner’s order for them to disclose a psychiatric report. Lance Corporal … Continued
From Belfast Telegraph 4th June 2018 Thomas Pell said an instructor told him not to take off his kit as he could be shot by a weapon fired from a nearby drill. A soldier was told to keep his helmet … Continued
By Rod Ardehali and Alex Matthews and Richard Spillett, Crime Correspondent and Lara Keay For Mailonline Published: 13:40, 25 January 2018 Pte Sean Benton found in June 1995 while undergoing training at Surrey base He was one of four young … Continued
By: Kevin Rawlinson – The Guardian – Tuesday 28 November 2017 12.40 GMT High court rules it is ‘in the interests of justice’ to grant family of soldier who died 16 years ago new inquest The family of a soldier … Continued
Ranger Michael Maguire was training when he was shot in the head by a bullet The stray bullet was fired on a munitions range more than 1,000 yards away Two officers and a sergeant appeared in Bulford Military Court yesterday … Continued