Get the biggest daily news stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailThe widow of an Army veteran with PTSD who killed himself has been diagnosed with the same devastating illness. And she says mothers and widows of veterans who take their lives are the hidden casualties of military suicide. Jo says she is in touch with at least 15 other women struggling after their husband, son or daughter died by ­suicide. Her husband Dave, an Iraq war veteran and former Lance Corporal in the Staffordshire Regiment, hanged himself a year ago. (Image: Roland Leon/Daily Mirror)More than 140 veterans and service personnel have taken their lives since January last year.

Source: Daily Mirror September 28, 2019 20:58 UTC