Памятная плакетка (медальон) Первой мировой войны/Memorial Plaque/Dead Man’s Penny
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notgeld
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Друзья,так кто нибудь знает что это?Неносимая медаль,плакета...?
Memorial Plaque
http://www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk/SoldiersPenny.html
BRONZE DEATH PLAQUES or THE SOLDIER'S PENNY
Soldier's PennyBronze death plaques like the one shown here were sent to the next of kin of every commonwealth man or woman who lost their lives as a result of Great War service. The plaques were also sometimes known as the 'Soldiers Penny', or the 'Dead Man's Penny'. For Home Establishments, Western Europe and the dominions the qualifying dates were from the 4th August 1914 until the 10th January 1920 . For other theatres of war, and for those who died subsequently from attributable causes the qualifying date was 30th April 1920.
The plaques measure approximately 4¾ inches (121mm) and weigh approximately 11¾ ounces (333gms). They were posted to the next of kin protected by a stout brown cardboard, purpose made folder, which was then put into in a white HMSO envelope.
As early as October 1916 the Secretary of State for War, David Lloyd George set up a committee 'to consider the question of a memorial to be distributed to the relatives of soldiers and sailors who fall in the war...'. That the Government was considering providing a personal memorial for the fallen was made public on Tuesday 7 November 1916 when 'The Times' printed an article headlined, 'Memento for the Fallen. State Gift for Relatives'.
Nothing was heard again publicly, until an announcement in 'The Times' of Monday 13 August 1917 stated that 'The Government are offering prizes amounting in all, to not less than £500', in a competition to design a small memorial plaque for the next of kin of the fallen.
It was stipulated that it must have an area of as near as possible to 18 square inches. It may be a circle of 4¾ inches in diameter or a square of 4¼ inches, or a rectangle of 5 inches by 3 to 3½ inches. It must have space for the person's name, and it must also bear the inscription 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR'. 'HE' of course being changed to 'SHE' for women. It was also stipulated that all competitors 'must be British born subjects', and 'that the design should be essentially simple and easily intelligible'.
The competition aroused enormous interest and by the closing date of 31 December 1917 had attracted over 800 entries. Entries had been received from all over the Empire, from the Western Front, the Balkan and Middle East theatres of war and from many artists based at home in Britain.
The result of the competition, which had the King's approval, was officially announced in The Times of Wednesday 20 March 1918. The first prize of £250 went to Mr Edward Carter Preston of the Sandon Studios Society, Liverpool. The second prize of £100 went to Mr Charles Wheeler of Chelsea, and the three third place prizes of £50 each went to Mr William McMillan, Sapper G D MacDonald and Miss H F Whiteside. A further nineteen competitors were considered 'worthy of honourable mention'. Edward Carter Preston's initials are embossed just above the lion's right forepaw.
Production of the plaques commenced during December 1918, and was originally at a disused laundry in Acton, London. Later, the Acton factory closed and production was transferred to the Woolwich Arsenal. Other former munitions factories were also used for production. Thus, sites that once made weapons for killing were now making mementos for men who had been killed. A certain irony?
The original estimate had been for 800,000 plaques, but it has been estimated that some 1,150,000 were eventually produced. Of those about 600 were to women.
It was quite common for bereaved households to prominently display the plaque of their deceased loved one, often with their medals, as a small domestic shrine.
A variety of commercially made holders or frames were offered for sale, which were frowned on by many. But often a home made, lovingly prepared frame would be produced to house the plaque.
http://www.jackclegg.com/Plaque-history.htm
http://www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk/SoldiersPenny.html
BRONZE DEATH PLAQUES or THE SOLDIER'S PENNY
Soldier's PennyBronze death plaques like the one shown here were sent to the next of kin of every commonwealth man or woman who lost their lives as a result of Great War service. The plaques were also sometimes known as the 'Soldiers Penny', or the 'Dead Man's Penny'. For Home Establishments, Western Europe and the dominions the qualifying dates were from the 4th August 1914 until the 10th January 1920 . For other theatres of war, and for those who died subsequently from attributable causes the qualifying date was 30th April 1920.
The plaques measure approximately 4¾ inches (121mm) and weigh approximately 11¾ ounces (333gms). They were posted to the next of kin protected by a stout brown cardboard, purpose made folder, which was then put into in a white HMSO envelope.
As early as October 1916 the Secretary of State for War, David Lloyd George set up a committee 'to consider the question of a memorial to be distributed to the relatives of soldiers and sailors who fall in the war...'. That the Government was considering providing a personal memorial for the fallen was made public on Tuesday 7 November 1916 when 'The Times' printed an article headlined, 'Memento for the Fallen. State Gift for Relatives'.
Nothing was heard again publicly, until an announcement in 'The Times' of Monday 13 August 1917 stated that 'The Government are offering prizes amounting in all, to not less than £500', in a competition to design a small memorial plaque for the next of kin of the fallen.
It was stipulated that it must have an area of as near as possible to 18 square inches. It may be a circle of 4¾ inches in diameter or a square of 4¼ inches, or a rectangle of 5 inches by 3 to 3½ inches. It must have space for the person's name, and it must also bear the inscription 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR'. 'HE' of course being changed to 'SHE' for women. It was also stipulated that all competitors 'must be British born subjects', and 'that the design should be essentially simple and easily intelligible'.
The competition aroused enormous interest and by the closing date of 31 December 1917 had attracted over 800 entries. Entries had been received from all over the Empire, from the Western Front, the Balkan and Middle East theatres of war and from many artists based at home in Britain.
The result of the competition, which had the King's approval, was officially announced in The Times of Wednesday 20 March 1918. The first prize of £250 went to Mr Edward Carter Preston of the Sandon Studios Society, Liverpool. The second prize of £100 went to Mr Charles Wheeler of Chelsea, and the three third place prizes of £50 each went to Mr William McMillan, Sapper G D MacDonald and Miss H F Whiteside. A further nineteen competitors were considered 'worthy of honourable mention'. Edward Carter Preston's initials are embossed just above the lion's right forepaw.
Production of the plaques commenced during December 1918, and was originally at a disused laundry in Acton, London. Later, the Acton factory closed and production was transferred to the Woolwich Arsenal. Other former munitions factories were also used for production. Thus, sites that once made weapons for killing were now making mementos for men who had been killed. A certain irony?
The original estimate had been for 800,000 plaques, but it has been estimated that some 1,150,000 were eventually produced. Of those about 600 were to women.
It was quite common for bereaved households to prominently display the plaque of their deceased loved one, often with their medals, as a small domestic shrine.
A variety of commercially made holders or frames were offered for sale, which were frowned on by many. But often a home made, lovingly prepared frame would be produced to house the plaque.
http://www.jackclegg.com/Plaque-history.htm
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notgeld
Местный
Спасибо,Всем большое спасибо за информацию.Встречал очень часто,но как то не вникал.
Достался мне вот такой медальон (см.фото).
Бронза.
120 мм диаметр.
Полированный,прям затерли.
Дырки,скорей всего был прикреплен к чему то.
Погибший - Joseph Walker.
Вопрос такой.Как,где узнать о погибшем подробнее ?
Спасибо.
Достался мне вот такой медальон (см.фото).
Бронза.
120 мм диаметр.
Полированный,прям затерли.
Дырки,скорей всего был прикреплен к чему то.
Погибший - Joseph Walker.
Вопрос такой.Как,где узнать о погибшем подробнее ?
Спасибо.
Вложения
notgeld
Местный
Похоже, это он.
http://www.pirtonarchive.org.uk/history/ww1/walker-joseph/walker-joseph.htm
Joseph Walker - Private 16092, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died: Wednesday, November 17th 1915, aged 22.
Buried: Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery, Zeeland, Netherlands. Ref. I.9.
Born in Pirton, lived in Offley, enlisted in Hitchin.
As with Fred Thompson, Lynda Smith provided the initial information and again, once identified, more information quickly came to light. The School Memorial lists him, confirming that he attended Pirton School, but he is incorrectly shown as surviving.
Joseph was the son of Stephen and Emma Walker (née Weeden) and he was born in Pirton on December 11th 1890. Parish and census records show the family to be Charles (b 1880), Albert (b 1882), Frederick (bapt 1884), Ellen (b 1887) and Joseph (b 1890). The census of 1881, 1891 and 1901 confirm that the family was living in Pirton during this period and all, parents and children alike, were born in Pirton. Stephen earned his living from agriculture and then, later, non-domestic gardening. Emma earned extra money for the family by straw plaiting - a common source of income in the village. Interestingly Albert and Frederick’s connection to Pirton seems to be confirmed by their inclusion on the lists of Pirton men serving in the Parish Magazine, but Joseph appears to have been missed.
Sometime after 1901, but before the war, at least some of the family including both parents and Joseph moved to Offley and lived in one of the Claypit Cottages. By 1914 Joseph was working for a farmer called Mr Miller, presumably in or around Offley. Whether he was living in Pirton is not known, but he was certainly visiting Pirton and was active in village life, as the Hitchin Express of July 11th mentions him as a steward at the Pirton Transept Fete. Apart from this and the fact that he was single, little else is known of his life before the war, but in early September 1914, just over a month after war was declared, he went to Hitchin and joined up for the duration. He became Private 16092 of the 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. As mentioned, his brothers Albert and Frederick also served, but they survived.
Joseph’s death is recorded as November 17th 1915. He did not die as a result of injuries received on that date, but died as a consequence of the conditions in which he had been fighting.
His Regiment was formed in October 1914 and they spent a lot of time training, mostly in Bedford, but with additional training in Surrey. They were finally mobilised to fight at 11pm on August 28th 1915 and by September were fighting in France in the Battle of Loos. By the end of September conditions were awful and then got worse and wetter as the year progressed. In November the Regimental War diary makes references to the conditions; ‘Wet weather. Pumping and draining trenches, many trenches falling in. Garden Street (a trench) full of water.’ ‘Trenches very muddy and in bad condition.’ ‘Trenches very full of water it rained heavily during the day’. Joseph had written home on November 7th ‘I am going in the trenches again tonight (Sunday) for six days, and then we are starting our holidays when we come out.’ So he was expecting leave and he added that he was looking forward to his visit home.
In excessively wet conditions men could suffer from an infection known as trench foot - a very painful condition. This could turn gangrenous and, if so, amputations were necessary. This seems to have been the case for poor Joseph as Luton papers reported that he had lost both legs though trench foot. He must have suffered terribly, but was considered strong enough to be returned to England, but to what future? On November 17th 1915 he joined 390 injured officers and soldiers, together with doctors, nurses and crew of 56 on the hospital ship the HMHS Anglia and headed back to England. Unfortunately they could not know that the German submarine UC-5 had been laying mines in the English Channel and at 12:30pm, just one mile east of Folkestone Gate they struck one. Within fifteen minutes the ship had sunk and despite another ship racing to her aid, the estimated loss of life was between 120 and 164 including 25 crew and sadly, Joseph Walker. As a ‘cot case’, one of two hundred on board, he would have stood little chance of survival.
The news of his death came as a terrible shock to his parents and the Hertfordshire Express of December 4th 1915 reported that they had not been aware that he was incapacitated and was on his way to England. In fact they were under the impression that he was with his Battalion in the trenches. The same report refers to Joseph as ‘the first old boy of Pirton School to lose his life in the present war.’ The Dover local paper, incorrectly, reported that the ship had been sunk by a torpedo.
Captain Manning, who was in command of the ship, had no doubts that it was a deliberate act to target the hospital ships. The mines had been laid near one of the buoys placed on the route for the hospital ships. These ships were clearly marked and no other ships were allowed to follow their route.
Interestingly the German submarine UC-5 later came to grief after she became stranded on a sandbank and was captured by the Royal Navy. She was later put on display at Temple Pier on the Thames and then transported to the U.S.A. to be displayed.
Joseph’s life ended on that day and he was within a mile of being buried in England, but sadly his body was washed out to sea and was not recovered until January 11th 1916, when, complete with his ‘dog tags’, he was washed up on the beach at West Capelle, in the Netherlands. Unsurprisingly, after two months in the water, the paper reported that his burial was to take place immediately. His burial and the associated ceremony caused quite a stir and were reported in the Amsterdam papers and the war time magazine, Land and Water. The reports were accompanied by the drawing, which is reproduced here, by the distinguished war artist Louis Raemaeker.
For his funeral his white wooden coffin rested on a bier in the church. The service was undertaken by an English clergyman, the Rev. Mr Fraser and the Vice-Consul from Flushing attended the service. He laid the Union Flag over the coffin, which was then carried to the grave by four local men. The following words were read:
‘Who is Walker, No. 16092, Pte. Joseph Walker Bedfordshire Regiment? Who in loving thoughts, thinks of him with hope even now when we strangers to them, stand near to him in death? Where is home? We know not, but in our inmost hearts we pray for a message of comfort and consolation for his people.’
http://www.pirtonarchive.org.uk/history/ww1/walker-joseph/walker-joseph.htm
Joseph Walker - Private 16092, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died: Wednesday, November 17th 1915, aged 22.
Buried: Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery, Zeeland, Netherlands. Ref. I.9.
Born in Pirton, lived in Offley, enlisted in Hitchin.
As with Fred Thompson, Lynda Smith provided the initial information and again, once identified, more information quickly came to light. The School Memorial lists him, confirming that he attended Pirton School, but he is incorrectly shown as surviving.
Joseph was the son of Stephen and Emma Walker (née Weeden) and he was born in Pirton on December 11th 1890. Parish and census records show the family to be Charles (b 1880), Albert (b 1882), Frederick (bapt 1884), Ellen (b 1887) and Joseph (b 1890). The census of 1881, 1891 and 1901 confirm that the family was living in Pirton during this period and all, parents and children alike, were born in Pirton. Stephen earned his living from agriculture and then, later, non-domestic gardening. Emma earned extra money for the family by straw plaiting - a common source of income in the village. Interestingly Albert and Frederick’s connection to Pirton seems to be confirmed by their inclusion on the lists of Pirton men serving in the Parish Magazine, but Joseph appears to have been missed.
Sometime after 1901, but before the war, at least some of the family including both parents and Joseph moved to Offley and lived in one of the Claypit Cottages. By 1914 Joseph was working for a farmer called Mr Miller, presumably in or around Offley. Whether he was living in Pirton is not known, but he was certainly visiting Pirton and was active in village life, as the Hitchin Express of July 11th mentions him as a steward at the Pirton Transept Fete. Apart from this and the fact that he was single, little else is known of his life before the war, but in early September 1914, just over a month after war was declared, he went to Hitchin and joined up for the duration. He became Private 16092 of the 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. As mentioned, his brothers Albert and Frederick also served, but they survived.
Joseph’s death is recorded as November 17th 1915. He did not die as a result of injuries received on that date, but died as a consequence of the conditions in which he had been fighting.
His Regiment was formed in October 1914 and they spent a lot of time training, mostly in Bedford, but with additional training in Surrey. They were finally mobilised to fight at 11pm on August 28th 1915 and by September were fighting in France in the Battle of Loos. By the end of September conditions were awful and then got worse and wetter as the year progressed. In November the Regimental War diary makes references to the conditions; ‘Wet weather. Pumping and draining trenches, many trenches falling in. Garden Street (a trench) full of water.’ ‘Trenches very muddy and in bad condition.’ ‘Trenches very full of water it rained heavily during the day’. Joseph had written home on November 7th ‘I am going in the trenches again tonight (Sunday) for six days, and then we are starting our holidays when we come out.’ So he was expecting leave and he added that he was looking forward to his visit home.
In excessively wet conditions men could suffer from an infection known as trench foot - a very painful condition. This could turn gangrenous and, if so, amputations were necessary. This seems to have been the case for poor Joseph as Luton papers reported that he had lost both legs though trench foot. He must have suffered terribly, but was considered strong enough to be returned to England, but to what future? On November 17th 1915 he joined 390 injured officers and soldiers, together with doctors, nurses and crew of 56 on the hospital ship the HMHS Anglia and headed back to England. Unfortunately they could not know that the German submarine UC-5 had been laying mines in the English Channel and at 12:30pm, just one mile east of Folkestone Gate they struck one. Within fifteen minutes the ship had sunk and despite another ship racing to her aid, the estimated loss of life was between 120 and 164 including 25 crew and sadly, Joseph Walker. As a ‘cot case’, one of two hundred on board, he would have stood little chance of survival.
The news of his death came as a terrible shock to his parents and the Hertfordshire Express of December 4th 1915 reported that they had not been aware that he was incapacitated and was on his way to England. In fact they were under the impression that he was with his Battalion in the trenches. The same report refers to Joseph as ‘the first old boy of Pirton School to lose his life in the present war.’ The Dover local paper, incorrectly, reported that the ship had been sunk by a torpedo.
Captain Manning, who was in command of the ship, had no doubts that it was a deliberate act to target the hospital ships. The mines had been laid near one of the buoys placed on the route for the hospital ships. These ships were clearly marked and no other ships were allowed to follow their route.
Interestingly the German submarine UC-5 later came to grief after she became stranded on a sandbank and was captured by the Royal Navy. She was later put on display at Temple Pier on the Thames and then transported to the U.S.A. to be displayed.
Joseph’s life ended on that day and he was within a mile of being buried in England, but sadly his body was washed out to sea and was not recovered until January 11th 1916, when, complete with his ‘dog tags’, he was washed up on the beach at West Capelle, in the Netherlands. Unsurprisingly, after two months in the water, the paper reported that his burial was to take place immediately. His burial and the associated ceremony caused quite a stir and were reported in the Amsterdam papers and the war time magazine, Land and Water. The reports were accompanied by the drawing, which is reproduced here, by the distinguished war artist Louis Raemaeker.
For his funeral his white wooden coffin rested on a bier in the church. The service was undertaken by an English clergyman, the Rev. Mr Fraser and the Vice-Consul from Flushing attended the service. He laid the Union Flag over the coffin, which was then carried to the grave by four local men. The following words were read:
‘Who is Walker, No. 16092, Pte. Joseph Walker Bedfordshire Regiment? Who in loving thoughts, thinks of him with hope even now when we strangers to them, stand near to him in death? Where is home? We know not, but in our inmost hearts we pray for a message of comfort and consolation for his people.’