WW1 Death Penny Plaque – EDWARD WHITELEY – 100% Genuine Researched

WW1 Death Plaque – Edward Whiteley (spelt “Whitley” in Soldiers Died)
100% genuine and original. Unique Name  Have been polished.
Rank: Private
Service No: 201590 (formerly 3857)
Date of Death: 25/08/1918
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion: 2nd/4th Battalion.
Grave Reference:  III. K. 19.
Cemetery: ACHIET-LE-GRAND, COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION   
Killed in Action
Theatre of war: France & Flanders
Enlisted: Halifax
Residence: Siddall, Yorks.
Additional info:
Son of Joe and Mary Emma Whiteley; husband of Ada Johnson (formerly Whiteley), of 32, Wilson St., Commercial Rd., Halifax.
1911 lived at 19 Bottoms Siddal, Halifax
Mother: Mary Emma
Father: Joe
Sisters: Lilian and Doris
Brothers: Albert, James, George Clement and Joe

The Bronze Memorial Plaque was issued to the next of kin of servicemen/women who had fallen in the Great War.
Measures 121mm (4.76”) diameter, weighing approx 333 grams, cast in bronze incorporating the following:
Brittania holding a Laurel Wreath in her left hand and a Trident in her right hand.
An imperial lion.
2 dolphins representing Britain’s sea power.
The emblem of Imperial Germany’s eagle being torn to pieces by another lion.
A rectangle containing the serviceman/womans name.
No rank was given as it was intended to show equality in their sacrifice.
Around the edge of the plaque inscribed ” He/She Died For Freedom And Honour”
These plaques are sometimes referred to as –
DEAD MANS PENNY, MEMORIAL PLAQUE , WIDOWS PENNY ,
DEATH PENNY , DEATH PLAQUE  .