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Plaque
Bronze memorial plaque, often known as the 'Dead Man's Penny'. Relief of Britannia holding a laurel wreath, surrounded by the inscription: 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR CHARLES ERNEST SYMONDS'. Mounted in a circular wooden frame.
Charles Ernest Symonds died of heat stroke in Aden on 4 July 1915. He served with the South Wales Borderers.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F79.157
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Symonds, Charles Ernest
Association Type:
Associated Person/Body: South Wales Borderers
Association Type:
Date: 1914 - 1915
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
diameter
(mm): 115
Width
(mm): 213
Material
bronze
Location
In store
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