WW1 Death Plaque – Thomas Wilfred Winter
Unique Name
Rank:Sapper
Service No: 478124
Date of Death: 28/11/1917
Enlisted: Sheffield
Born: Rotherham, Yorks
Residence: Rotherham, Yorks
Killed in action
Theatre of war: France & Flanders
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Battalion: 456th Field Coy.
Grave Reference: I. D. 22.
Cemetery: POTIJZE CHATEAU GROUNDS CEMETERY
Front of plaque have been polished.
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 .

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