Inspired by the phrase "Death caused by injuries inflicted by own hand" which I first saw in the service record of a soldier who shot himself while serving in India, this community remembers the tormented people who made the decision to take their own lives. It includes some of those who committed suicide while in service, or who did so later due to a war-related reason or illness. The community also includes some of those who attempted suicide. (These people often then found themselves in court, or facing a court martial, because suicide was illegal.) Recognising the sensitivity of the circumstances of the deaths of the people in this community, if any relatives have any issues about the information displayed about individuals, or are unduly distressed by it, please email me.
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Born 1877
Died 1926
British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16 Battalion
Born 1878
Died 1921
Royal Navy CH/9763 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry
Other Empire Force Coastguardsman H.M. Coastguard Buncrana Coast Guard Station
Died 1921
British Army 31688 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British Army 5373728 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Born 1895
Died 1919
British Army 1932 Private Australian Imperial Force
Australian Imperial Force 1932 Private 49th Australian Infantry Battalion 49th Australian Infantry Battalion
Born 1891
Died 1919
British Army 8/13336 Private Royal Irish Rifles
British Army 13336 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles
Born 1886
Royal Navy Z/418 Royal Naval Division
Born 1878
Died 1916
British Army 11788 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 7th Battalion
British Army TR/5/24614 Private Training Reserve 7th Battalion
British Army TR5/24614 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 9th Battalion
Born 1877
Died 1918
British Army Major King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Born 1901
Royal Navy 20385 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division
Born 1899
Died 1917
Royal Navy J48316 Boy 2nd Class H.M.S. Impregnable
Royal Navy J48316 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. Impregnable
Royal Navy J48316 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. Hercules
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Born 1883
Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander
Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander
Born 1871
Died 1919
Royal Navy Midshipman
Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant
Royal Navy Lieutenant
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Born 1879
Died 1914
Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander
Born 1892
Died 1950
Royal Navy Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Royal Marine Artillery Eastney Heavy Battery
Royal Navy Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 7th Battalion
Royal Navy Temporary Captain Royal Marine Artillery How. Brigade
Born 1885
Died 1931
Royal Navy Naval Cadet HMS Britannia
Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Bulwark
Royal Navy Acting Sub Lieutenant
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Born 1887
Died 1917
Royal Navy 222706 Signal Boy
Royal Navy 222706 Signalman HMS Sapphire
Royal Navy 222706 Leading Signalman HMS Victory II
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Born 1887
Died 1917
Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander
Royal Navy Lieutenant
Born 1881
Died 1920
British Army 126439 Private Royal Flying Corps
British Army 30588 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126439 Clerk 3rd Class
Born 1898
Died 1921
Royal Navy M7080 Artificer HMS Fisgard
Royal Navy M7080 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Victory II
Royal Navy M7080 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Dreadnought
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