Memories of T Dawdry, 11th Hussars, item 19

• March 9, 2017 19:58:52 Matthew Morrow

  A letter featuring the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom in red ink.

  BUCKINGHAM PALACE ...in red ink

  
  

  I join with my grateful people in

  sending you this memorial

  of a brave life given for others

  in the Great War.

  
  

  George R. J.

  
  

  Along with the letter is a bronze medallion called The Memorial Plaque. It depicts Britannia standing alongside a lion. It also is personalized with the name "Thomas Dawdry". This medallion was given to the next of kin of British service personnel who lost their lives in WW1. The medallion is also commonly known as the "Dead Man's Penny". 

  
  

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• March 9, 2017 19:58:39 Matthew Morrow

  A letter featuring the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom in red ink.

  BUCKINGHAM PALACE ...in red ink

  
  

  I join with my grateful people in

  sending you this memorial

  of a brave life given for others

  in the Great War.

  
  

  George R. J.

  
  

  Along with the letter is a bronze medallion called The Memorial Plaque. It depicts Brittannia standing alongside a lion. It also is personalized with the name "Thomas Dawdry". This medallion was given to the next of kin of British service personnel who lost their lives in WW1. The medallion is also commonly known as the "Dead Man's Penny". 

  
  

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• February 22, 2017 01:31:00 Meghan Bowyer

  I join with my grateful people in sending you this memorial of a brave life given for others in the Great War.

  
  

  George R. J.

  
  

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