Prohibition of photographs on headstones

Re St. Margaret Halstead [2026] ECC Roc 1

The Petitioner’s mother died in 2013 and was buried in the churchyard of St. Margaret Halstead. Because the porous stone had not aged well, the memorial stone over her grave was replaced in 2021 including a small ceramic photograph, (see [11]). Her father, Squadron Leader Galletly died in 2024, and permission was now sought for a new and larger headstone with two ceramic photographs, repeating the details of her late mother and adding his details and the RAF crest (for which the appropriate permission had been obtained)[1]. Continue reading