Kent and Medway inquests

All inquests are held at Oakwood House, Maidstone unless stated otherwise.

The Senior Coroner is Patricia Harding.

Contact Kent and Medway Coroner Service

Call: 03000 41 05 02 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)
Email: KentandMedwayCoroners@kent.gov.uk
Address: Coroner Service Team, Oakwood House, Oakwood Park, Maidstone, ME16 8AE

Inquests to be heard

The following listings are all provisional and may be subject to changes in date or time even at a late stage in proceedings. If you are intending to attend an inquest, check the listing the day before you are expecting the inquest to be heard for any revisions to time or date.

Inquests can also be listed at short notice and may not always appear on this page. If you are expecting an inquest to be listed and it does not appear on the page below call or email general enquiries using the contact details above.

TypeDateTimeNameAge Date of death Place of death
Inquest 18 June to 11 July 2025 10am Azroy Dawes-Clarke 28 10 November 2021 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 2 July 2025 10:30am Derek Geer 87 14 March 2025 Sevenoaks
Pre inquest review 2 July 2025 10:30am Michael Pugh 29 29 June 2024 Isle of Sheppey
Inquest 2 July 2025 11:30am Robert Kew 56 24 March 2025 Chiddingstone
Inquest 2 July 2025 11:30am Robert Kew 56 24 March 2025 Edenbridge
Treasure inquest 2 July 2025 11:30am Treasure 2022 T395 - - -
Inquest 2 July 2025 2pm Maria Pula 54 4 January 2025 Darent Valley Hospital
Inquest 2 July 2025 3:30pm Lawrence Brown 93 28 April 2025 Dartford
Inquest 2 July 2025 3:30pm Kevin Day 54 9 May 2025 Maidstone
Inquest 2 July 2025 4pm Gladys Tompsett 89 9 May 2025 Maidstone Hospital
Inquest 3 to 4 July 2025 10am Katherine Wimble 47 8 June 2024 Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest 4 July 2025 10am Renee Davis 52 11 April 2024 Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest 7 July 2025 10am Stewart Harman 51 17 March 2024 Folkestone
Inquest 8 July 2025 10amGillian Broad6823 February 2025Rochester
Inquest 8 July 2025 12:30pm Alfie Blackman 20 21 December 2024 Maidstone
Inquest 8 July 2025 2pm Carol Cregeen 79 21 May 2025 Sittingbourne
Inquest 8 July 2025 2:30pm Philip James 61 22 December 2024 William Harvey Hospital
Inquest 9 July 2025 10am Peter Osborne 38 11 June 2024 Rochester
Inquest 9 July 2025 10:30am Joan Dawson 90 2 March 2025 Darent Valley Hospital
Inquest 9 July 2025 11:30am John Harding 96 17 March 2025 Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Inquest 9 July 2025 11:30am Leslie Lindridge 78 23 February 2025 Harrietsham
Inquest 9 July 2025 12:30pm Emma Bartle 54 4 March 2025 Larkfield
Inquest 9 July 2025 2pm David Madden 61 26 February 2025 Rochester
Inquest 9 July 2025 3pm Kirandeep Sehmby 36 8 September 2024 France
Inquest 9 July 2025 3:30pm Daphne Burden 83 1 May 2025 Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Inquest 9 July 2025 3:30pm John Glanfield 73 9 April 2025 Maidstone
Inquest 10 to 11 July 2025 10am Jeanie White 75 3 December 2023 St Marys Bay
Inquest 10 July 2025 11am Robert Fludgate 74 5 November 2024 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Pre inquest review 10 July 2025 2pm Roger Sawyer 75 7 September 2024 Pilgrims Hospice
Inquest 10 July 2025 3pm Brenda Klafkowski 89 20 May 2025 Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest 10 July 2025 3:30pmCharles Hollick935 June 2025Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest 11 July 2025 10am Emily Jenkins 58 2 March 2025 Maidstone Hospital
Inquest 11 July 2025 10am Bhim Limbu 73 5 March 2025 Folkestone
Inquest 11 July 2025 11am Anthony Watson 36 5 March 2025 Folkestone
Inquest 11 July 2025 11am Teddy Wilkins-Bone 20 11 March 2025 Queenborough
Inquest 11 July 2025 12pm Maurice Nicholas 74 10 March 2025 River Medway
Inquest 11 July 2025 2pm Lamin Manneh 48 24 December 2024 King's College Hospital London
Inquest 11 July 2025 3pm Anthony Winson 62 22 October 2024 Gillingham
Inquest 14 to 21 July 2025 10:30am Michael Pugh 29 29 June 2024 Isle of Sheppey
Inquest 14 July 2025 10:30am Andy Tilbrook 39 11 April 2025 Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest 14 July 2025 11:30am Shirley Brown 85 11 February 2025 Kent and Canterbury Hospital
Inquest 14 July 2025 2pmPatricia Shepheard948 May 2025Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest 14 July 2025 2:30pm Frank Boyden 94 10 May 2025 Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest 15 July 2025 10am Sandra Lynn Relf 58 5 February 2025 Broadstairs
Inquest 15 July 2025 10:30am Lyndon Brand607 February 2025Margate
Inquest 15 July 2025 11:30am Carole Pemble 76 16 June 2025 Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest 16 July 2025 10am Christine Bacon 71 9 May 2025 Gravesend
Inquest 16 July 2025 10am Carolyn Checksfield 57 7 May 2025 King's College Hospital
Inquest 16 July 2025 10am Princess Fatoke 24 18 May 2024 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 16 July 2025 10:30am Pamela Gibbons 77 12 March 2025 Greenhithe
Pre inquest review 16 July 2025 10:30am Thomas Daniel Ruggiero 39 16 November 2024 Eastchurch
Inquest 16 July 2025 12pm Timothy Davis 86 6 May 2025 Hospice in the Weald
Inquest 16 July 2025 2pm Leslie Hallybone 85 20 April 2025 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 16 July 2025 2pm Emma Tinpeloo 42 28 March 2025 Gravesend
Inquest 16 July 2025 3:30pm Andrew Ottaway 71 18 March 2025 Sevenoaks
Inquest 18 July 2025 10am Dean Riley 53 1 February 2025 Gillingham
Inquest 18 July 2025 10am Paloma Shemirani 23 24 July 2024 Royal Sussex County Hospital
Treasure 18 July 2025 10am 2024 T281 - Two medieval short-cross pennies - - -
Treasure 18 July 2025 10:15am 2024 T217 - - -
Inquest 18 July 2025 11am Alexander Heselgrave 80 28 May 2025 Maidstone Hospital
Pre inquest review 18 July 2025 11:30am Sharda Thakkar 75 12 April 2025 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 18 July 2025 12:30pm Malcolm Taylor 66 14 February 2025 Gillingham
Inquest 18 July 2025 1pmBrian Cooper8513 February 2025Harriestsham
Inquest 18 July 2025 3pm Geoffrey Rogers 81 22 March 2025 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 21 to 24 July 2025 10am Artemis Sanson 1 9 June 2024 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 21 July 2025 10:30am Kai Watson-Meyers 13 28 February 2025 Thailand
Inquest 21 July 2025 11am Michael Turnball 73 1 January 2025 Deal
Inquest 23 July 2025 10:30am Sarah Heaver 59 27 May 2025 Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest 23 July 2025 10:30am Adegboye Mukaila 35 23 March 2024 Darent Valley Hospital
Inquest 28 to 31 July 2025 10am Paloma Shemirani 23 24 July 2024 Royal Sussex County Hospital
Inquest 30 July 2025 10:30am Patrick Murphy 78 21 March 2025 Whitstable
Inquest 30 July 2025 10:30am Marc Woollett 50 19 January 2025 Tonbridge
Inquest 30 July 2025 11amLeslie Tilbury 937 April 2025Herne Bay
Treasure 30 July 2025 12pm Treasure 2022 T1155 - - -
Inquest 30 July 2025 12:30pm Barrington Marsh 76 23 May 2025 Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Inquest 30 July 2025 2pm James King 39 26 January 2025 Sevenoaks
Pre inquest review 30 July 2025 3:30pm Carole Farley 80 30 January 2025 Darent Valley Hospital
Inquest 1 August 2025 11:30am David Norton 50 19 May 2024 Dover
Treasure4 August 2025 10:30am Treasure 2023 T355---
Inquest 5 August 2025 10am Glenn Edwards 46 23 February 2025 Langdon Bay
Inquest 5 August 2025 10:30am Kenneth Johnson 78 20 February 2025 Gillingham
Inquest 5 August 2025 10:30am David Miles 79 15 May 2025 Folkestone
Inquest 5 August 2025 11:30am Samindra Gurung 45 1 January 2025 Mersham
Inquest 5 August 2025 2pm Kenneth Cole 82 22 April 2025 William Harvey Hospital
Inquest 5 August 2025 3pm Ashleigh Annett 34 18 February 2025 Dover
Inquest 6 August 2025 10am Charles Ghosh 22 15 November 2024 Tunbridge Wells
Inquest 6 August 2025 10:30am Julie Pratt 66 28 November 2024 Sea Road
Inquest 6 August 2025 3pm Deborah Kefrig 42 9 February 2025 Margate
Inquest 7 August 2025 10:30am Mark Vidler 64 8 May 2025 Maidstone
Treasure 7 August 2025 11am 2020 T350 - - -
Treasure 7 August 2025 11am Treasure 2021 T798 - - -
Treasure 7 August 2025 11am Treasure 2019 T1105 - - -
Treasure 7 August 2025 12pm Treasure 2024 T1105 - - -
Inquest 8 August 2025 10am Rosemary Jackman 76 26 March 2025 Appledore
Inquest 8 August 2025 10am John Wright 82 4 April 2025 William Harvey Hospital
Inquest 8 August 2025 10:30am Terence Davis 80 1 April 2025 William Harvey Hospital
Inquest 8 August 2025 12:30pm Elvira Haycock 71 26 April 2025 William Harvey Hospital
Inquest 8 August 2025 2pm Roy Scoot 90 12 February 2025 William Harvey Hospital
Treasure 8 August 2025 3pm Treasure 2022 T867 - - -
Inquest 8 August 2025 3:30pm Susan Arnold 68 2 June 2025 William Harvey Hospital
Inquest 11 August 2025 10am Kevin Green 68 18 January 2025 William Harvey Hospital
Inquest 11 August 2025 10:30am Jane Butterfield 68 4 November 2024 Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest 11 August 2025 2pm Colleen Cash 59 16 October 2024 William Harvey Hospital
Inquest 12 August 2025 10:30am Paul Lowrey 76 10 May 2025 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 12 August 2025 2pm David Oliver 81 25 May 2025 Maidstone Hospital
Inquest 13 August 2025 10am Paloma Shemirani 23 24 July 2024 Royal Sussex County Hospital
Inquest 13 August 2025 10:30am Edward Parry 54 23 April 2025 Whitstable
Inquest 13 August 2025 10:30am Jack Holden 32 15 August 2024 Northfleet
Inquest 13 August 2025 12pm Jason Wood 53 20 January 2025 Longfield
Inquest 13 August 2025 2pm Kathryn Grewal 54 19 January 2025 Dartford
Inquest 15 August 2025 10am George Light 32 6 July 2023 Ashford
Inquest 18 August 2025 10am Charles Morris 72 28 December 2024 William Harvey Hospital
Inquest 18 August 2025 12pm Matthew Herley 48 22 February 2025 Ashford
Inquest 18 August 2025 12:30pm Rhiana Cassenelli 28 24 March 2025 Folkestone
Inquest 18 August 2025 2pm David Gains 77 7 June 2025 Folkestone
Treasure 18 August 2025 2:45pm Treasure 2024 T1333 - - -
Treasure 18 August 2025 3pm Treasure 2024 T116 - - -
Inquest 20 August 2025 10am David Roomes 67 14 April 2025 Maidstone
Inquest 20 August 2025 10:30am Mark Ansell 52 21 April 2025 Maidstone
Inquest 20 August 2025 10:30am Bradly Ward 58 14 January 2025 Cranbrook
Inquest 20 August 2025 11am Peter Jackson 43 5 December 2024 Maidstone Hospital
Inquest 20 August 2025 12pm Wayne Parchment 61 2 May 2025 Dartford
Inquest 20 August 2025 12:30pm Pawel Janas 46 26 April 2025 Sittingbourne
Pre inquest review 20 August 2025 2pm Stuart Cordner 48 1 November 2024 Sheerness
Inquest 20 August 2025 2pm Brendan Hyland 48 8 May 2025 Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Inquest 20 August 2025 3:30pm Marjorie Collip 91 2 June 2025 Tunbridge Wells
Inquest 22 August 2025 10am Andrew Henderson 53 17 September 2024 Kings College Hospital
Inquest 26 August 2025 10am Jack Ingham 19 28 August 2024 Tunbridge Wells
Inquest 27 and 28 August 2025 10am Dane Henderson 66 30 September 2024 William Harvey Hospital
Inquest 27 August 2025 10am Jack Priebe 65 22 December 2024 Dartford
Inquest 27 August 2025 11am Sarah Smith 54 1 January 2025 Cowden
Inquest 29 August 2025 2pm Gloria Melani 64 27 May 2025 William Harvey Hospital
Inquest 29 August 2025 3pmIrish Green7325 June 2025Lydd
Pre inquest review 3 September 2025 10:30am Bradley Norman 18 23 February 2025 Eastchurch
Inquest 3 September 2025 10:30am Stuart Donald Post 40 15 March 2025 Dartford
Inquest 3 September 2025 10:30am Sam Stone 43 6 June 2025 Canterbury
Inquest 3 September 2025 11amBrian Buten8819 June 2025Margate
Pre inquest review 3 September 2025 11:30am Daman Bridger 54 28 February 2025 Margate
Inquest 3 September 2025 12pm Marie Busbridge 87 6 May 2025 Darent Valley Hospital
Inquest 3 September 2025 12:30pm Norman Scott 70 21 May 2025 Gravesend
Pre inquest review 3 September 2025 2pm Kamil Lawniczak 46 18 April 2025 Maidstone
Inquest 3 September 2025 2pm Laura Osler 91 6 May 2025 Hospice in the Weald
Inquest 3 September 2025 3pm Antonio Santini 44 16 November 2024 Pembury
Inquest 4 to 5 September 2025 10am Liam Sutton 54 25 December 2024 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 5 September 2025 10am Mariam Ibrahim 31 30 November 2024 Ashford
Pre inquest review 5 September 2025 10am Catherine Morgan 37 4 September 2024 St Margarets at Cliffe
Inquest 5 September 2025 2pm George Evans 25 12 May 2025 New Romney
Inquest 8 September 2025 11:30am Nigel Phethean 80 23 May 2025 Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest 8 September 2025 2pm Stephen Taylor 70 26 May 2025 Broadstairs
Inquest 9 September 2025 10am Braylon Denman 1 week 4 October 2024 William Harvey Hospital
Inquest 9 September 2025 2:30pm Jade Traynor 27 17 May 2025 Dover
Inquest 9 September 2025 3pm Janet Simpson 76 21 April 2025 Dover
Inquest 10 September 2025 10am Leszek Luszczynski 63 25 October 2024 King's College Hospital London
Inquest 10 September 2025 12pm Mark Shields 60 19 May 2025 Dartford
Inquest 10 September 2025 2pm Daphne Beard 83 21 May 2025 Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Inquest 10 September 2025 2:30pm Eric Hellyer 90 24 May 2025 Paddock Wood
Inquest 10 September 2025 3:15pm Stephanie Cobbold 36 15 January 2025 Sevenoaks
Inquest 12 September 2025 10am Gary Fiddler 58 14 December 2024 Maidstone
Inquest 12 September 2025 10am Serina Harvey 55 10 November 2024 William Harvey Hospital
Inquest 12 September 2025 12pm John Avery 88 8 January 2025 Maidstone
Inquest 12 September 2025 2pm Barbara Wingate 71 21 May 2025 King's College Hospital
Inquest 15 September 2025 10am Stephen Packman 38 23 May 2025 William Harvey Hospital
Inquest 16 September 2025 10am David Yeman 75 16 August 2024 Sittingbourne
Pre inquest review 16 September 2025 11:30am Olamiposi Kynge 4 days 11 December 2024 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 17 September 2025 10am Lisa Smith 43 14 February 2025 Knockholt
Inquest 17 September 2025 2pm Edward Smith 43 7 March 2025 Essex
Inquest 17 September 2025 3:30pm David Simpson 92 27 May 2025 Tunbridge Wells
Inquest 18 September 2025 10am Freya Fuller 6 months 27 April 2024 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 19 September 2025 10am Susan Cox 70 6 April 2025 William Harvey Hospital
Inquest 22 to 30 September 2025 10am Tommy Kneebone 7 months 21 January 2023 Tunbridge Wells
Inquest 22 September 2025 10am Doreen Mozley 73 20 May 2025 William Harvey Hospital
Inquest 22 September 2025 10:30am Mark McGowan 38 4 March 2025 Canterbury
Pre inquest review 24 September 2025 10:30am Tony Collins 37 23 January 2025 Rochester
Pre inquest review 24 September 2025 12pm Nickolas Fretwell 49 16 October 2024 Sheerness
Inquest 24 September 2025 2pm Susan Field 67 5 June 2025 Rainham
Inquest 24 September 2025 2:30pm James Waters 35 11 June 205 Aylesford
Inquest 24 September 2025 3:30pmRonald Weeks-Galton8819 June 2025Maidstone
Inquest 25 to 26 September 2025 10am Adrian Erry 70 30 October 2024 Maidstone Hospital
Inquest 26 September 2025 10am John Spearpoint 72 28 August 2025 King's College Hospital
Inquest 26 September 2025 2pm Aurica-Floarea Lazar 55 2 June 2025 William Harvey Hospital
Inquest 29 September to 3 October 2025 9:30am Catherine Morgan 37 4 September 2024 St Margarets at Cliffe
Inquest 29 September 2025 10am Ian Elton 44 6 September 2025 Folkestone
Inquest 29 September 2025 10am Dimitar Todorov 63 5 June 2025 Ashford
Inquest 29 September 2025 11am William Ellis 72 22 March 2025 Ashford
Inquest 1 October 2025 10am Ian Mills 66 21 May 2025 Rochester
Inquest 1 October 2025 10am Colin Webster 68 3 December 2025 Rochester
Inquest 1 October 2025 10:30am Jason Bones 38 26 May 2025 Maidstone
Inquest 1 October 2025 11am William Cassell 86 2 March 2025 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 1 October 2025 12pm Doreen Lucas 80 29 December 2024 Sheerness
Inquest 1 October 2025 2pm Dylan Cradduck 20 11 February 2025 Cranbrook
Inquest 3 to 10 October 2025 10am Kerry Hollens 41 19 November 2024 Maidstone
Inquest 3 October 2025 10am Richard Thackery 74 22 December 2024 Rochester
Inquest 3 October 2025 10am Ryan Tingle 31 14 June 2025 Folkestone
Inquest 6 to 8 October 2025 10:30am Margaret Day 86 18 November 2023 Herne Bay
Inquest 6 to 8 October 2025 10:30am Ernest Gray 95 24 November 2023 William Harvey Hospital
Inquest 6 October 2025 10:30am Jack Carey 37 2 June 2025 Whitstable
Inquest 8 October 2025 10am James Barton 33 21 March 2025 Swanley
Inquest 8 October 2025 11:30am Dylan Wilson 15 22 May 2025 Goudhurst
Inquest 8 October 2025 2pm Babu Jacob 49 19 February 2025 Dartford
Inquest 9 to 10 October 2025 10am Danielle Tuohy 25 23 January 2025 Ashford
Inquest 14 October 2025 10:30am Paul Makoff-Clark4419 June 2025Rochester
Inquest 14 October 202511:30am Robert Day 60 15 January 2025 Sittingbourne
Inquest 22 October 2025 10am Michael Kneller 69 19 April 2025 Staplehurst
Inquest 22 October 2025 10:30am Liam Elston 36 11 February 2025 Isle of Sheppey
Inquest 24 October 2025 10am Peter Turner 85 6 February 2025 Sheerness
Inquest 24 October 2025 11:30am Dorin Ilie 58 7 February 2025 Chatham
Inquest 24 October 2025 2pm Brian James 81 23 February 2025 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 29 October 2025 10am Daniel Smith 19 14 January 2025 Chatham
Inquest 29 October 2025 10:30am Henryk Gorniak 65 9 March 2025 Pembury
Inquest 29 October 2025 12pmNathanial Hadrill2120 June 2025Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Inquest 31 October 2025 10am Audrey Durrant 80 19 June 2025 Folkestone
Inquest 3 to 10 November 2025 10:30am Nickolas Fretwell 49 16 October 2024 Sheerness
Inquest 12 November 2025 10am Winifred Fraser 90 11 May 2025 Tunbridge Wells
Inquest 12 November 2025 10am Edward Minster 36 3 June 2025 Tonbridge
Inquest 12 November 2025 11:30am Marisusz Maniecki 41 24 May 2025 Tunbridge Wells
Inquest 19 November 2025 10am Adrian Gherghe 37 11 April 2025 Gravesend
Inquest 19 November 2025 2pm Matilda Knight 17 9 May 2025 Tunbridge Wells
Inquest 25 November 2025 10:30am Michael Hilden 28 31 May 2025 Stockbury
Inquest 25 November 2025 2pm Jennifer Humm 67 25 November 2024 Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Inquest 26 November 2025 10am Ayoolaoluwa Daranijo 26 6 April 2025 Stone
Inquest 26 November 2025 2pm Carolyn Groom 76 24 April 2025 Gravesend
Inquest 10 December 2025 10am Peter Maughan 4 1 June 2025 Darent Valley Hospital
Inquest 22 January 202610:30am Trevor Brazier5517 June 2025Rochester