WW1 Death Plaque – Frederick Edward Booth
100% Genuine & original
Unique name  Believed to be :
Rank: Private
Service No: 8020
Date of Death: 01/10/1916  Killed in Action
Born: 1892
Regiment/Service: Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion: 1st/6th Battalion (Territorial)
(Previous units1/5th North'd Fus 5/4394 Pte, 1/6th North'd Fus 6/8020)
Enlisted: Derby
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and 12 B.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL  
Father: Perry Felix (born 1865)
Mother: Jessie Gertrude (nee Emberton born 1868-1914)
Sisters: Mary Ann (born 1887), Lilly Gertrude  (born 1889-1953) and Jessie Ivy (born1903)
Brothers: Herbert Percy (born 1892-1944)

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, 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  .