WW1 Death Penny Plaque – ARCHIBALD LEONARD WINN – 100% Genuine Researched

WW1 Death Plaque – Archibald Leonard Winn
100% Original and genuine
Unique name  believed to be:
Rank: Private
Service No: 28416
Date of Death: 12/10/1917 Killed In Action
Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Battalion: 7th Battalion
Born: Grimsby.
Enlisted: Lincoln
Residence: Grimsby
Theatre of war:France & Flanders
Panel Reference: Panel 35 to 37 and 162 to 162A.
Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL  
Mother: Ruth (nee Speight born 1873-1911)
Father: Edward (born 1865)
Brothers: Cyril (born 1896), Edward (born 1910)
Sisters: Eva Muriel born (1907)
Half Brothers: John Edward W (B1890), and Rex Samuel (born 1892)
Half Sisters: Besyou Leah (born 1892)

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, 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  .