Iraq tour marine hanged himself  A Royal Marine who narrowly
avoided being killed when he witnessed five colleagues die in a
helicopter crash in Iraq hanged himself on board his warship, an
inquest heard yesterday.  The parents of David Ward, 21,
described how the Royal Navy brushed aside requests for help
after their son began drinking heavily and became depressed on
returning from a six-month tour of duty in Basra in 2003.  His
mother, Ann Ward, told the hearing in Plymouth that after she
contacted his unit, 42 Commando, with concerns about his
depression a sergeant humiliated him in front of other Marines
by saying "Mummy has been on the phone telling us to look after
you". She said her son went to see an officer but was told to
"go back to bed" hours before he hanged himself on HMS Albion as
it was docked at Devonport naval base, Plymouth, in March.
David, from Whiston, Merseyside, joined the Royal Marines in
2001 and was sent to Iraq two years later. When he returned to
the UK he changed from a "joking,