WW1 Death Penny Plaque ALFRED CRONK Unique Name 100% Genuine Researched

WW1 Death Plaque – Alfred Cronk
Unique name.
Number: GS/61648  (formerly 12412 Royal Sussex Regiment)
Regiment: Royal Fusiliers (City of London Reg)
Battalion: 7th. Battalion
Born: Wateringbury
Enlisted: Maidstone
Residence: Wateringbury
Died: 23/3/1918  Killed in Action  Age 33
Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Panel Reference: Bay 3.
Memorial : Arras Memorial   

Son of Charles and Ann Cronk; husband of Ellen Mary Cronk, of 16, Bow Terrace, Wateringbury, Maidstone.

100% genuine Good condition.

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  .