WW1 Death Plaque – Frank Valle Elvidge
Unique name

100% Genuine & original  Believed to be:
Rank: Corporal
Service No:145159
Date of Death: 03/01/1918  Killed in Action
Age: 23 Born: July 1894
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
 222nd Field Coy. R.E
Grave Reference: I. E. 19.
Cemetery: POTIJZE CHATEAU GROUNDS CEMETERY  
Theatre of war : France & Flanders
Enlisted : Doncaster, Yorks 8/2/1916
Born : Doncaster, Yorks
Additional Information:
Son of George and Mary Jane Elvidge (nee Valley) , of 40, Cunningham Rd., Doncaster.
Brothers: George, John William, Herbert (half brother), Alfred, Fred, Frank, Charles, Ralph F and Harold
Sisters: Alice T, Frances Alice (half sister), Valle and Florence

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  .