Jonathan Wright, known as Jon, died at his home address in Didcot in the early hours of May 15, after he may have been suffering from undiagnosed PTSD.

However, the 51-year-old father-of-four may have developed post-traumatic stress disorder in the context of his work as a firefighter and while attending the scenes of fatal incidents.

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Assistant Coroner Nicholas Graham, told an inquest at Oxford Coroners Court: “It seems to me that Jon was perhaps experiencing undiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder.

“This just adds to the tragedy that he was unable to get support for this.

“Whilst there was no formal diagnosis made, there is an indication that Jon may have been experiencing PTSD stemming from work-related incidents.”

In her statement read out by the coroner, Sharon Wright, Jon’s wife of 28 years and mother of his four children, said he had been traumatised by several road accidents in which young people and families had tragically died.

Mrs Wright said: “He tried not to talk about these incidents but I know they affected him over time.”

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Jon’s boss, Lee Newport, also told the inquest that ‘incidents that involved children really hit close to home for Jon.’

Mr Newport said Jon had been referred for counselling by his workplace – but his first session was sadly scheduled on the day he was found dead at his home in Newlands Avenue.

Jon and his wife Sharon had been out for a few drinks at a local public house the evening before but the couple began a discussion about Jon’s ‘declining mental health,’ leading to an argument.

She found him the following morning and emergency services rushed to the home but he was pronounced dead at 6.32am.

 A later post-mortem examination found the cause of death to be hanging.

In a pen portrait statement read out at the inquest, Mr Wright was described by his wife as a ‘generous, hard-working, and determined’ husband, who did three different jobs when she was pregnant with their first child in order to support his growing family.

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The court also heard Jon trained for three full years in order to become a firefighter, due to his struggles with dyslexia.

“He loved his job and he loved his crew at the Didcot fire station”, the statement read.

The coroner recorded that Mr Wright’s manner of death was suicide.

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