Mike
I've checked my old notes and what I had was a reference to a half-size version of the Death Plaque. This was 22mm in diameter and 3mm thick (about the size of the old penny and hence the name "Death Penny").
Apparently the plaque was issued to the next of kin of all British and Commonwealth soldiers who died in the Great War.
Graeme
PS - Thanks for the condolences re the hard drive. Most of the files seem to have escaped relatively unscathed but I'm having to go through each to try and spot any obvious gaps. So far only a handful of Military Cross citations seem to have gone AWOL but the file on Mentions in Despatches looks decidedly dodgy.
As if that's not bad enough, I can't scan in the stuff I'd already printed out 'cos the scanner's gone loopy! Still, what elase is there to do on cold, dark nights?
