Post by Admin on Oct 25, 2011 22:05:35 GMT
How can the MOD be so cold hearted to a dead soldier grieving family.
What are you views on this, should we should now picket downing street to stop the wars.
The west should have learnt from Iraq and Afghanistan wars. My advice to NATO is to evade Yemen, Syria and Zimbabwe. I am sure NATO will not yield to my advice because there is no OIL GOLD in these countries. Hypocrites!
By STAFF REPORTER
PENNY-PINCHING Army chiefs have enraged the family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan by docking £433.13 from his final wage - because he died in the middle of the month.
The Ministry of Defence wrote to the grieving family of Lance Corporal Jordan Bancroft stating that, because he had been paid for a full month but died on August 21, 2010 he had been overpaid by 10 days.
And they added that they were docking the amount from the 25-year-old hero's final pay settlement.
His dad Tony, 47, has branded the move a disgrace, especially after his family raised £10,000 for his former Duke of Lancaster Regiment.
He said: "Jordan gave his life for this country and this is how they treat him. It is disgusting and words fail me.
"When I read the letter you could have knocked me down with a feather. I had to read it twice as I really couldn't believe it.
"When it sunk in what it said, it felt like I'd been poked in the eye with a stick.
"They say he had been paid for the whole month of August so there had been an overpayment, which they were taking off an amount Jordan was owed in holiday pay.
"I want to make it clear that this is in no way a question of money, but one of respect for my son, a hugely brave and dedicated soldier who died serving his country.
"He didn't ask to be shot. I think it is undignified and petty to be sent a bureaucratic letter like this.
"When we closed Jordan's estate, my wife Shelia noticed they had paid him up to the end of the month and we thought that was decent of them - but now they do this.
"We were given no warning. The money had been deducted before the letter arrived."
Full story
www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3893575/Final-insult.html
What are you views on this, should we should now picket downing street to stop the wars.
The west should have learnt from Iraq and Afghanistan wars. My advice to NATO is to evade Yemen, Syria and Zimbabwe. I am sure NATO will not yield to my advice because there is no OIL GOLD in these countries. Hypocrites!
By STAFF REPORTER
PENNY-PINCHING Army chiefs have enraged the family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan by docking £433.13 from his final wage - because he died in the middle of the month.
The Ministry of Defence wrote to the grieving family of Lance Corporal Jordan Bancroft stating that, because he had been paid for a full month but died on August 21, 2010 he had been overpaid by 10 days.
And they added that they were docking the amount from the 25-year-old hero's final pay settlement.
His dad Tony, 47, has branded the move a disgrace, especially after his family raised £10,000 for his former Duke of Lancaster Regiment.
He said: "Jordan gave his life for this country and this is how they treat him. It is disgusting and words fail me.
"When I read the letter you could have knocked me down with a feather. I had to read it twice as I really couldn't believe it.
"When it sunk in what it said, it felt like I'd been poked in the eye with a stick.
"They say he had been paid for the whole month of August so there had been an overpayment, which they were taking off an amount Jordan was owed in holiday pay.
"I want to make it clear that this is in no way a question of money, but one of respect for my son, a hugely brave and dedicated soldier who died serving his country.
"He didn't ask to be shot. I think it is undignified and petty to be sent a bureaucratic letter like this.
"When we closed Jordan's estate, my wife Shelia noticed they had paid him up to the end of the month and we thought that was decent of them - but now they do this.
"We were given no warning. The money had been deducted before the letter arrived."
Full story
www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3893575/Final-insult.html