SAVE OUR SOLDIERS
The MoD is to study suicides among veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq amid claims it has abandoned those plagued by mental illness
Five men who served their country on the front line have died suddenly in tragic circumstances over six days, exposing the scale of a mental health crisis gripping Britain’s military veterans.
An investigation by The Sunday Times found that four veterans and one serving soldier died between September 26 and October 1. They had served in campaigns from Northern Ireland to Bosnia, Iraq to Afghanistan. We also found that 42 former or current servicemen and women are believed to have taken their lives since January.
Following questions by this newspaper, ministers have announced a study into the “cause of death, including rates of suicide” among veterans who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014.
Campaigners say the plight of thousands more veterans…