Gunner Beck, a 19-year-old Army service member, was found dead ten days before Christmas. Her mother, Ms McCready, revealed her daughter had been upset by her uncle's suicide in August 2020 and recently ended a relationship. Gunner Beck also complained of being assaulted by a sergeant at Thorney Island, near Emsworth, Hampshire, in July 2021, which may have influenced her failure to report other incidents. The Army service inquiry report cited three contributory factors: a sexual relationship with a married colleague, a troubled relationship that ended in November 2021, and unhealthy alcohol habits. Ms McCready described Gunner Beck as the "heart of our family" and expressed her family's grief, stating their hearts will be forever broken but the light will never fade.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14380981/female-soldier-19-took-life-boss-hacked-phone.htmlAeran Taylor, a 38-year-old Iraq War veteran who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), died in October 2023 after an accidental overdose. Taylor had been discharged from the Army in 2006 for substance misuse and had struggled with addiction since then. Despite working with a mental health charity called Combat Stress, he had not fully recovered from PTSD and relapsed into addiction. The coroner's report highlighted a lack of awareness among regimental welfare staff about the support available to veterans struggling with PTSD, and a shortage of long-term rehabilitation and substance abuse recovery programs for veterans.
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