Recruit found hanged at barracks

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The 29-year-old man, who has not been named, died despite attempts by paramedics to resuscitate him.

He was found at Alexander Barracks at the Pirbright army camp in Surrey, close to Deepcut where four young recruits died as a result of bullet wounds in separate incidents between 1995 and 2002.

A spokeswoman for Surrey Police said: "The Ministry of Defence is fully co-operating with the inquiries being made by police."

It is understood that the man had arrived at the training centre just days ago.

A Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: "It is with deep sadness that the MoD confirms the death of a new recruit at Pirbright Training Centre in Surrey on 21 September 2008.

"Next of kin have been informed and our thoughts and sympathies are with the deceased individual's family and friends at this difficult time. Surrey Police are conducting an investigation so it would not be appropriate to comment further at this stage."

Recruits Sean Benton, 20, of Hastings, East Sussex; James Collinson, 17, of Perth; Geoff Gray, 17, of Seaham, Co Durham, and Cheryl James, 18, of Llangollen, Denbighshire, all died at the Deepcut training camp.

An investigation into their deaths by Nicolas Blake QC found no evidence for families' claims that they had been "bullied to death".

Alexander Barracks at Pirbright opened earlier this year and was designed to offer modern, comfortable accommodation for new recruits.