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By their own hand
By their own hand
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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Died 1917
British Army 204408 Private Seaforth Highlanders 4th Battalion
More about Richard Downie -
Born 1878
Died 1915
British Army 94150 Sapper Royal Engineers 34th Signal Company
More about James Waters Ward -
Born 1867
Died 1920
British Army G/13104 Private Royal Fusiliers
British Army 783300 Serjeant London Regiment
British Army Sergeant Royal Fusiliers 25th Battalion
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More about James Lovell -
Born 1880
Died 1935
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Deoli Regiment
Indian Army Second Lieutenant 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion
Indian Army 3rd Lancers
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More about Clive Wentworth Lyon -
Born 1868
Died 1918
British Army Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment
Australian Imperial Force Captain 1st New South Wales Bushmen
Australian Imperial Force Major Campocite Regiment Bushmen
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More about Arthur Brander Baker -
Born 1889
Died 1920
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2595841
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2595841 Private Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
More about John Patrick Hoar -
Born 1892
Died 1918
British Army GS/29826 Private Royal Fusiliers
British Army G/29826 Private Royal Fusiliers Depot
British Army 29826 Private Royal Fusiliers
More about Ernest Searle Dobson -
Born 1874
Died 1917
British Army 2551 Private Essex Regiment
British Army 300368 Serjeant Essex Regiment 1st/7th Battalion
More about Edwin Arthur Schirn -
Born 1880
Died 1919
Royal Navy 291029 Petty Officer Stoker H.M.S. "Tumult"
More about Walter Albert Payne -
Born 1881
Died 1917
British Army 4864 Private Dragoon Guards 4th Battalion
British Army 308882 Private Royal Engineers
British Army 308882 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Operating Department
More about Joseph Ireland -
Born 1867
Died 1918
British Army 51578 Battery Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 3C Reserve Bde.
More about Edward Gradden -
Born 1894
Died 1940
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery
British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery
More about Theodore Henry Bovington Oriel -
Born 1885
Died 1916
Australian Imperial Force 1759 Private Australian Infantry 13th Infantry Battalion
More about David Hardie -
Born 1881
Died 1930
British Army Temporary Captain Acting Major Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery
More about George Aubrey Faulkner -
Born 1877
Died 1915
British Army Second Lieutenant King's Shropshire Light Infantry
British Army Lieutenant King's Shropshire Light Infantry
More about John Spread Hamilton Beamish -
Born 1876
Died 1916
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/1360 Private Otago Infantry Battalion
More about William John Willis -
Born 1892
Died 1914
British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment
More about Hubert Francis Patry -
Born 1884
Died 1921
British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps
British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps Attached Shropshire Light Infantry
British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps
More about Rupert Farrant -
Born 1892
Died 1921
Royal Navy S/2780 Stoker Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy S/2780 Leading Seaman Royal Naval Division
Royal Navy S/2780 Seaman Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion
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More about William Henry Bell -
Born 1885
Died 1949
Royal Navy 212851 Boy 1st Class
Royal Navy 212851 Ordinary Seaman
Royal Navy 212851 Able Seaman
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More about Frederick Joseph Rutland