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Suicides

Volume 202: debated on Monday 27 January 1992

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Mr. Ashley

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many suicides there have been in the armed forces in the last five years; and if he will list them according to date, the barracks where they took place and the regiment of the person committing suicide.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The number and dates of the suicides which have taken place within the Armed Forces during the five years 1987–1991, and the available information on the ships, regiments, corps or location where the suicides occurred, are as listed.

Service and Date of DeathShip/Regiment/Corps/Location
1987
Royal Navy/Royal Marines
8 May 1987HMS Illustrious
19 June 1987HMS Raleigh
11 July 1987HMS Orpheus
26 September 1987HMS Sealion
Army
29 January 1987The Queen's Regiment
Service and Date of DeathShip/Regiment/Corps/Location
30 March 1987Queen's Own Highlanders
1 April 1987The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
29 April 1987Women's Royal Army Corps
27 May 1987Royal Pioneer Corps
11 August 1987Royal Engineers
23 August 1987Royal Corps of Transport
20 September 1987The Cheshire Regiment
8 October 1987The Royal Regiment of Wales
8 October 1987Royal Corps of Transport
11 October 1987Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
16 October 1987The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment
7 November 1987Royal Army Ordnance Corps
13 November 1987Royal Engineers
23 December 1987Royal Engineers
Royal Air Force
4 January 1987Cranwell
12 January 1987Brawdy
11 February 1987Waddington
13 February 1987Stanmore
5 April 1987Lyneham
21 June 1987Swinderby
30 November 1987Laarbruch
29 December 1987Ayios Nikolaos
Total for 1987: 27
1988
Royal Navy/Royal Marines
2 March 1988Royal Marine Commando Logistics Regiment
16 May 1988HMS Gloucester
31 August 1988HMS Sheffield
7 September 1988HMS Endurance
28 January 1988HMS Nelson
Army
5 January 1988Royal Army Pay Corps
9 January 1988Royal Signals
22 January 1988The Royal Irish Rangers
22 January 1988The Cheshire Regiment
24 January 1988Scots Guards
6 February 1988The Light Infantry
7 February 1988Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
16 February 1988Intelligence Corps
18 February 1988Royal Signals
15 March 1988Royal Signals
1 May 1988Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
23 May 1988Army Catering Corps
16 June 19885th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
23 June 1988The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
24 June 1988Royal Army Pay Corps
25 June 1988Royal Engineers
8 August 1988Royal Army Medical Corps
14 August 1988Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
13 September 1988Royal Engineers
26 October 1988Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
7 November 1988Royal Pioneer Corps
8 November 1988Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
11 November 1988Royal Signals
14 November 1988The Royal Hampshire Regiment
2 December 1988Royal Corps of Transport
3 December 1988The Light Infantry
7 December 1988Royal Engineers
11 December 1988The King's Regiment
Royal Air Force
9 January 1988Wyton
20 February 1988Bruggen
Service and Date of DeathShip/Regiment/Corps/Location
31 March 1988Marham
6 October 1988Finningley
22 November 1988Coltishall
19 December 1988Bruggen
30 December 1988Cottesmore
Total for 1988: 40
1989
Royal Navy/Royal Marines
28 February 1989HMS Neptune
6 March 1989HMS Dolphin
28 March 1989HMS Illustrious
13 June 1989HMS Nelson
8 November 1989HMS Ocelot
Army
3 January 1989Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
9 January 1989Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
9 January 1989The Green Howards
13 March 1989Royal Tank Regiment
18 March 1989Royal Artillery
19 March 1989Royal Signals
19 April 1989Royal Engineers
23 April 1989Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
17 May 1989The Royal Hampshire Regiment
27 May 1989Royal Engineers
29 May 1989Royal Army Ordnance Corps
11 June 1989Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
13 June 1989Royal Artillery
13 June 1989Royal Pioneer Corps
22 June 1989Royal Army Ordnance Corps
27 June 1989Royal Army Medical Corps
6 July 1989The Queen's Regiment
13 July 1989Royal Tank Regiment
22 July 1989The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
3 August 1989Coldstream Guards
14 August 1989Army Air Corps
19 August 1989Coldstream Guards
29 September 1989Royal Signals
13 October 1989Royal Army Ordnance Corps
20 October 1989Royal Army Ordnance Corps
12 November 1989Royal Engineers
12 November 1989Royal Signals
Royal Air Force
22 March 1989North Luffenham
29 June 1989Bishop's Court
17 July 1989Chivenor
11 August 1989Gutersloh
8 November 1989Benson
16 November 1989Gutersloh
Total for 1989: 38
1990
Royal Navy/Royal Marines
5 January 1990HMS London
3 April 1990HMS Cleopatra
31 May 1990HMS York
6 June 1990HMS Superb
25 June 1990HMS Illustrious
26 June 1990HMS Cambeltown
14 September 1990HMS Cornwall
26 December 1990HMS Neptune
Army
3 January 1990Royal Signals
9 January 1990Royal Military Police
10 January 1990Royal Army Ordnance Corps
16 January 1990Scots Guards
23 January 1990Grenadier Guards
25 January 1990Royal Army Pay Corps
18 February 1990Royal Signals
Service and Date of DeathShip/Regiment/Corps/Location
5 April 1990The Royal Green Jackets
6 April 1990The Royal Green Jackets
29 April 1990Royal Engineers
5 May 1990The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment
27 May 1990Royal Army Medical Corps
6 June 1990Royal Signals
23 June 1990Women's Royal Army Corps
28 June 1990The Royal Green Jackets
1 July 1990Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
6 July 1990Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
21 July 1990Royal Army Ordnance Corps
11 September 1990Scots Guards
29 September 1990Royal Engineers
23 November 1990Royal Army Veterinary Corps
3 December 1990Army Catering Corps
18 December 1990Royal Artillery
Royal Air Force
3 January 1990Lyneham
12 January 1990Stafford
23 January 1990Neatishead
2 February 1990Kinloss
21 February 1990Locking
28 March 1990Wyton
17 April 1990Headley Court
23 April 1990Wroughton
8 May 1990Gutersloh
14 May 1990Cranwell
16 May 1990High Wycombe
30 August 1990Marham
11 September 1990Laarbruch
16 September 1990Finningley
14 October 1990West Raynham
24 November 1990Linton-on-Ouse
Total for 1990: 47
1991
Royal Navy/Royal Marines
4 March 1991HMY Britannia
19 March 1991HQ CDO Forces RM
26 April 1991HMS Defiance
10 August 1991HMS Dolphin
16 October 1991HMS Gloucester
11 November 213Ministry of Defence
Army
1 January 1991Army Catering Corps
5 January 1991Royal Engineers
6 January 1991Royal Military Police
4 February 1991The Gordon Highlanders
19 February 1991Royal Engineers
15 April 1991Royal Artillery
22 April 1991Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
29 May 1991Royal Engineers
29 June 1991Royal Artillery
6 July 1991The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment
14 July 1991The Black Watch
28 July 1991Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
3 August 1991Royal Engineers
9 September 1991Royal Army Medical Corps
17 September 1991Army Catering Corps
23 September 1991Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
11 October 1991Royal Corps of Transport
21 October 1991Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
26 October 1991Irish Guards
30 October 1991Royal Army Medical Corps
3 November 1991Royal Corps of Transport
13 November 1991Royal Signals
16 November 1991Royal Artillery
Service and Date of DeathShip/Regiment/Corps/Location
18 December 1991The Royal Green Jackets
Royal Air Force
12 February 1991Benson
17 February 1991Kinloss
8 May 1991Ascension Island
6 June 1991Akrotiri
17 June 1991Rheindahlen
18 August 1991Hereford
7 October 1991West Raynham
10 October 1991Bruggen
14 October 1991Brize Norton
18 November 1991Stafford
Total for 1991: 40