A retired British Army Colonel has called for more to be done by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to stop UK soldiers committing suicide after leaving the military.
Veteran Baz Melia, 58, served nearly 40 years in the Army and his regiment The Rifles has lost as many as 22 soldiers to suicide since 2011, many of whom might have been saved if they had received better help.
Now he heads the ground-breaking Always A Rifleman organisation which consists of over 200 volunteers, part of the regimental family, which can reach veterans in need of help 24 hours a-day, offering them long-term support.
