UK "Blunders" Exposed After Soldiers Found Hanged

Soldiers found hanged: army blunders exposed 
The Sunday Times (UK)
Mark Hookham, Defence Correspondent
Published: 14 June 2015

Darren Mitchell had fought in Afghanistan

AN INQUIRY into the suspected suicides of two Afghanistan veterans and eight further incidents of self-harm at an isolated army base in Northern Ireland has exposed a series of blunders.

Officers at Ballykinler barracks in Co Down were warned that at least one of the soldiers who died was suffering from the symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) four months before he was found hanged, a report reveals.

The army launched an inquiry following the deaths of Lance-Corporal James Ross, 30, in December 2012 and Rifleman Darren Mitchell, 20, two months later. Both men, of the 2nd Battalion the Rifles, had fought in Afghanistan. Like Mitchell, Ross was found hanged.
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