EXCLUSIVE: We expose an Army scandal as the widow of Lance corporal Bernard Mongan says it’s ‘beyond belief’ no-one looked for her husband and ‘it feels like a cover up’
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Army rejects call for mental health checks
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.
Ballykinler soldier ‘wanted car crash to get rest time’
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
Black soldier wins record £500,000 in compensation from the MoD for having to play Taliban terrorist in Army training video
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
Female cadet, 21, is found dead at the elite Sandhurst military academy in an apparent suicide ‘after senior officers quizzed her over a drunken night out’
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
Soldier gutted to be sent to isolated Army base, mother tells inquest
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
Judge orders mums to hand over report on Army base deaths
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
Soldier warned of ricochet risk during training exercise, court martial told
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
Army apologises to family of young private who died at notorious Deepcut Barracks after telling sister he had been shackled and humiliated
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
Fresh inquest to be held into death of Pte Geoff Gray at Deepcut
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