'My life's not worth living without my family': Inquest hears how ex-head of Royal Marines, 54, who was pallbearer at Pr
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 5:01 pm
A former head of the Royal Marines hanged himself at his marital home after his wife left him and he lost his job, an inquest has concluded.
Major General Matthew Holmes, who was a pallbearer at Prince Philip's funeral, was found dead in a bedroom at his £1million home in Winchester, Hampshire on October 2, 2021, a court heard.
The hearing was told that in the months before his death Maj Gen Holmes had lost his position as leader of the Royal Marines in a management restructuring, faced the collapse of his marriage, and had been left 'angry' at the UK's withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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