Alexander Ireland

Alexander Kenneth Ireland
Surname	Christian Names		Service Number		Rank	Regiment
Ireland	Alexander Kenneth		24842456		Gdsm	Scots Guards
Born	Age	Enlisted at		Address
25 April 1970, Margate, Kent	19
Date of Death	Where killed				Cause of Death
11/09/1990	Northern Ireland				Gun shot wound
Cemetery	Plot				Country
Chippenham (London Road) Cemetery					England
Next of Kin	Next of kin address				Town
John and Pauline Ireland	Hatherell Close				Chippenham
Notes
Included on the Armed Forces Memorial Soldier’s Family Request Report The Chippenham family of suicide soldier Alex Ireland have called on the Ministry of Defence to honour a promise to them reports of his death. Armed Forces Minister, Mr Archie Hamilton, made a commitment to in the House Of Commons to release reports detailing how service personnel came to be injured or killed. The decision follows a series of cases where parents protested they could not discover exactly how their children died. One such case if that of Alex Ireland. His parents, John and Pauline Ireland of Hatherell Close have been campaigning for the right to see the reports into his death. They are now calling for a judicial review and say Mr Hamilton should honour his work and allow them access to the reports. Alex was a guardsman with the 2nd battalion the Scots Guards on a tour of duty in Northern Ireland. He died in September 1990 after shooting himself with an SA80 rifle. His parents claim he was "bullied to death" and an inquest in Co Tyrone revealed he had been the victim of bullying. Mr Ireland said last week "we have not been given vital information about the case. It has been denied to us despite every effort. We are convinced that our lad was bullied to such an extent that he took his own life." "I would like to see Mr Hamilton put his money where his mouth is and hand over the report and also my son’s notebook." Earlier this year, The Cook Report television programme examined the tragic case of the young guardsman. The programme, presented by investigative journalist, Roger Cook, found that Alex had always wanted to be a soldier but was singled out for 15 months of intensive bullying by his section commander when he joined his regiment, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. Mr Ireland added "we have been given the runaround by the MoD and quite frankly, if they say they are going to hand over the report, I don’t believe them." Chippenham News 18 Dec 1992
Armed Forces Memorial, National Arboretum

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