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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.

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Collection Area

Social & Cultural History

Item Number

F79.157

Historical Associations

Associated Person/Body: Symonds, Charles Ernest
Association Type:
Place: St Fagans
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

Categories

First World War

Classification

ARMED FORCES MEMORIAL AND MOURNING ARMY
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