WW1 Tribute Medal / Memorial Plaque to Durham Pals - from Manchester

According to the owner, this was given to the next of kin by the mine owners for those employees (miners) who died in WW1. I have never encountered another, but from the design it is clear that a space has been left for customising it to each recipient. In this example it is to a Jonathan Riding, Army Number 16068 of the 12th (Service) Battalion Durham Light Infantry (DLI).
The wood appears to be oak and measures 18cms wide and 14.5cms tall. It has some minor staining to it. The black printers ink rubbed over the bronze panel presumably to make it look more funerial. Copy of CWGC certificate to be provided. In good condition and a rare item.

Edmondsley is a small village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles south-west of Chester-le-Street, near the villages of Craghead and Sacriston.

Coal mining once provided the village's main source of employment, but the last mines in the area had closed by the mid-1980s.

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