Die Gedenktafel wurde nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg an die Angehörigen aller britischen und Empire-Soldaten ausgegeben, die infolge des Krieges getötet wurden. Ernest Sandy Hall war einer der 887.000 Soldaten aus Großbritannien und Kolonien, die im Ersten Weltkrieg starben. Er war ein ehemaliger Bergarbeiter, der in Bradford, West Yorkshire, geboren wurde und den Pseudonym „Sandy Clarkson“ (Commonwealth war Graves Commission, 2014) verwendete. Niemand weiß, warum es unser adoptierter Familienname wurde. Der einzige Rest seiner Existenz, den wir halten, ist ein Artefakt in Form eines Pfennig eines toten Mannes - die bronzene Gedenktafel, die war

• Bildanbieter: © Garry Clarkson / BMT / Alamy Stock Foto
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• Aufnahmedatum: 16. Mai 2018

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The Memorial Plaque was issued after the First World War to the next-of-kin of all British and Empire service personnel who were killed as a result of the war. Ernest Sandy Hall was one of the 887, 000 soldiers from the UK and colonies who died in the Great War. He was a former coal miner born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, who used an alias of ‘Sandy Clarkson’ (Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 2014). No one is certain as to why it became our adopted family name. The only remainder of his existence we hold is an artefact in the form of a dead man’s penny - the bronze memorial plaque that was issued after the First World War to the next-of-kin of all British service personnel who were killed (Imperial War Museum, 2014). The medal, designed by the sculptor and medallist Edward Carter Preston with his design called Pyramus (a representation of Ovid's Metamorphosis), shows an image of Britannia holding a trident and standing with a lion, with the inscription: ”He Died for Freedom and Honour” circling the figure. The name does not include the rank since there was to be no distinction between sacrifices made by different individuals. The plaques (which could be described as large plaquettes) about 4.75 inches (120 mm) in diameter, were cast in bronze, and came to be known as the "Dead Man’s Penny", because of the similarity in appearance to the much smaller penny coin which itself had a diameter of only 1.215 inches (30.9 mm). 1, 355, 000 plaques were issued, which used a total of 450 tons of bronze, and continued to be issued into the 1930s to commemorate people who died as a consequence of the war

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