HC Deb 27 January 1992 vol 202 cc454-8W
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 Death Ship/Regiment/Corps/Location
1987
Royal Navy/Royal Marines
8 May 1987 HMS Illustrious
19 June 1987 HMS Raleigh
11 July 1987 HMS Orpheus
26 September 1987 HMS Sealion
Army
29 January 1987 The Queen's Regiment
Service and Date of Death Ship/Regiment/Corps/Location
30 March 1987 Queen's Own Highlanders
1 April 1987 The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
29 April 1987 Women's Royal Army Corps
27 May 1987 Royal Pioneer Corps
11 August 1987 Royal Engineers
23 August 1987 Royal Corps of Transport
20 September 1987 The Cheshire Regiment
8 October 1987 The Royal Regiment of Wales
8 October 1987 Royal Corps of Transport
11 October 1987 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
16 October 1987 The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment
7 November 1987 Royal Army Ordnance Corps
13 November 1987 Royal Engineers
23 December 1987 Royal Engineers
Royal Air Force
4 January 1987 Cranwell
12 January 1987 Brawdy
11 February 1987 Waddington
13 February 1987 Stanmore
5 April 1987 Lyneham
21 June 1987 Swinderby
30 November 1987 Laarbruch
29 December 1987 Ayios Nikolaos
Total for 1987: 27
1988
Royal Navy/Royal Marines
2 March 1988 Royal Marine Commando Logistics Regiment
16 May 1988 HMS Gloucester
31 August 1988 HMS Sheffield
7 September 1988 HMS Endurance
28 January 1988 HMS Nelson
Army
5 January 1988 Royal Army Pay Corps
9 January 1988 Royal Signals
22 January 1988 The Royal Irish Rangers
22 January 1988 The Cheshire Regiment
24 January 1988 Scots Guards
6 February 1988 The Light Infantry
7 February 1988 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
16 February 1988 Intelligence Corps
18 February 1988 Royal Signals
15 March 1988 Royal Signals
1 May 1988 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
23 May 1988 Army Catering Corps
16 June 1988 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
23 June 1988 The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
24 June 1988 Royal Army Pay Corps
25 June 1988 Royal Engineers
8 August 1988 Royal Army Medical Corps
14 August 1988 Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
13 September 1988 Royal Engineers
26 October 1988 Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
7 November 1988 Royal Pioneer Corps
8 November 1988 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
11 November 1988 Royal Signals
14 November 1988 The Royal Hampshire Regiment
2 December 1988 Royal Corps of Transport
3 December 1988 The Light Infantry
7 December 1988 Royal Engineers
11 December 1988 The King's Regiment
Royal Air Force
9 January 1988 Wyton
20 February 1988 Bruggen
Service and Date of Death Ship/Regiment/Corps/Location
31 March 1988 Marham
6 October 1988 Finningley
22 November 1988 Coltishall
19 December 1988 Bruggen
30 December 1988 Cottesmore
Total for 1988: 40
1989
Royal Navy/Royal Marines
28 February 1989 HMS Neptune
6 March 1989 HMS Dolphin
28 March 1989 HMS Illustrious
13 June 1989 HMS Nelson
8 November 1989 HMS Ocelot
Army
3 January 1989 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
9 January 1989 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
9 January 1989 The Green Howards
13 March 1989 Royal Tank Regiment
18 March 1989 Royal Artillery
19 March 1989 Royal Signals
19 April 1989 Royal Engineers
23 April 1989 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
17 May 1989 The Royal Hampshire Regiment
27 May 1989 Royal Engineers
29 May 1989 Royal Army Ordnance Corps
11 June 1989 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
13 June 1989 Royal Artillery
13 June 1989 Royal Pioneer Corps
22 June 1989 Royal Army Ordnance Corps
27 June 1989 Royal Army Medical Corps
6 July 1989 The Queen's Regiment
13 July 1989 Royal Tank Regiment
22 July 1989 The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
3 August 1989 Coldstream Guards
14 August 1989 Army Air Corps
19 August 1989 Coldstream Guards
29 September 1989 Royal Signals
13 October 1989 Royal Army Ordnance Corps
20 October 1989 Royal Army Ordnance Corps
12 November 1989 Royal Engineers
12 November 1989 Royal Signals
Royal Air Force
22 March 1989 North Luffenham
29 June 1989 Bishop's Court
17 July 1989 Chivenor
11 August 1989 Gutersloh
8 November 1989 Benson
16 November 1989 Gutersloh
Total for 1989: 38
1990
Royal Navy/Royal Marines
5 January 1990 HMS London
3 April 1990 HMS Cleopatra
31 May 1990 HMS York
6 June 1990 HMS Superb
25 June 1990 HMS Illustrious
26 June 1990 HMS Cambeltown
14 September 1990 HMS Cornwall
26 December 1990 HMS Neptune
Army
3 January 1990 Royal Signals
9 January 1990 Royal Military Police
10 January 1990 Royal Army Ordnance Corps
16 January 1990 Scots Guards
23 January 1990 Grenadier Guards
25 January 1990 Royal Army Pay Corps
18 February 1990 Royal Signals
Service and Date of Death Ship/Regiment/Corps/Location
5 April 1990 The Royal Green Jackets
6 April 1990 The Royal Green Jackets
29 April 1990 Royal Engineers
5 May 1990 The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment
27 May 1990 Royal Army Medical Corps
6 June 1990 Royal Signals
23 June 1990 Women's Royal Army Corps
28 June 1990 The Royal Green Jackets
1 July 1990 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
6 July 1990 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
21 July 1990 Royal Army Ordnance Corps
11 September 1990 Scots Guards
29 September 1990 Royal Engineers
23 November 1990 Royal Army Veterinary Corps
3 December 1990 Army Catering Corps
18 December 1990 Royal Artillery
Royal Air Force
3 January 1990 Lyneham
12 January 1990 Stafford
23 January 1990 Neatishead
2 February 1990 Kinloss
21 February 1990 Locking
28 March 1990 Wyton
17 April 1990 Headley Court
23 April 1990 Wroughton
8 May 1990 Gutersloh
14 May 1990 Cranwell
16 May 1990 High Wycombe
30 August 1990 Marham
11 September 1990 Laarbruch
16 September 1990 Finningley
14 October 1990 West Raynham
24 November 1990 Linton-on-Ouse
Total for 1990: 47
1991
Royal Navy/Royal Marines
4 March 1991 HMY Britannia
19 March 1991 HQ CDO Forces RM
26 April 1991 HMS Defiance
10 August 1991 HMS Dolphin
16 October 1991 HMS Gloucester
11 November 213 Ministry of Defence
Army
1 January 1991 Army Catering Corps
5 January 1991 Royal Engineers
6 January 1991 Royal Military Police
4 February 1991 The Gordon Highlanders
19 February 1991 Royal Engineers
15 April 1991 Royal Artillery
22 April 1991 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
29 May 1991 Royal Engineers
29 June 1991 Royal Artillery
6 July 1991 The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment
14 July 1991 The Black Watch
28 July 1991 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
3 August 1991 Royal Engineers
9 September 1991 Royal Army Medical Corps
17 September 1991 Army Catering Corps
23 September 1991 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
11 October 1991 Royal Corps of Transport
21 October 1991 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
26 October 1991 Irish Guards
30 October 1991 Royal Army Medical Corps
3 November 1991 Royal Corps of Transport
13 November 1991 Royal Signals
16 November 1991 Royal Artillery
Service and Date of Death Ship/Regiment/Corps/Location
18 December 1991 The Royal Green Jackets
Royal Air Force
12 February 1991 Benson
17 February 1991 Kinloss
8 May 1991 Ascension Island
6 June 1991 Akrotiri
17 June 1991 Rheindahlen
18 August 1991 Hereford
7 October 1991 West Raynham
10 October 1991 Bruggen
14 October 1991 Brize Norton
18 November 1991 Stafford
Total for 1991: 40