Buzzin Disgrace

Rest In Peace

A Royal Marine captain, Bill Hoadley, was laid to rest in Strood cemetery in Kent, ten-years ago but now Medway Council have decided that it grave does not meet cemetery regulations and wants the family to alter it.

Mr Hoadley, died in 1998 aged 76, after devoting his life to his country, serving in the Second World War in places such as Burma, Italy, India and the North Atlantic.

The man is a war hero and later became the commanding officer of the Royal Marine Cadet Unit in Chatham, as well as chairman of the Chatham branch of the Royal Marine Association.

Now someone at the council, with nothing better to do, has apparently given the family 28-days to make alterations to the memorial.

They want two concrete plant pots removed as well as the pebbled top of the grave at an estimated cost of to the family of £2,000, or face the grave being taken down.

The family of Mr Hoadley were informed of this decision by a note stuck on the grave from Medway Council, which supposedly breaches Health & Safety regulations.

The Medway council bereavement and registration services manager said,

“We have placed notices on graves that have memorials without permits.  We try to take a considered approach but there are often extreme circumstances upon which we must act.”

Firstly, how can this man possibly be a bereavement manager, he has no compassion at all and secondly, these people have paid already, why should they have to make further payments to get a permit?

Surely, the council would have known ten-years ago that the grave did not meet their regulations so why wait until now to do anything about it, it’s an absolute disgrace.

So much of the Medway Towns are a disgrace, but instead of sorting these important issues out, the council try to find fault with things that don’t need fixing!