chrisjpainter Posted June 13, 2022 Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 15 hours ago, Minky said: Take no prisioners.! Kill them all.!...... Kill them all.!! Yes. because it's much better to have a house full of carpet mites, flies, midges, mosquitos, fleas, ticks, wasps and so forth. Fair better to have the spiders and appreciate what they do for the house. Makes more sense to have a brain and leave them be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmm243 Posted June 13, 2022 Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 5 hours ago, Rem260 said: The World War One Memorial Plaque was made from Bronze and hence it was popularly known as the “Dead Man’s Penny” among front-line troops, also becoming widely known as, the “Death Penny”, “Death Plaque” or “Widow's Penny”. It was in October 1916 that the British Government setup a committee for the idea of a commemorative plaque that could be given to the next of kin for those men and women whose deaths were due to the First World War of 1914-18. The first a family would know of the death of family member was the arrival of a telegram from the War Office. This would be followed by the World War One Death Plaque and any medals the serviceman would have earned serving his country. The original plaque was a 12 centimetre disk cast in bronze gunmetal, which included an image of Britannia and a lion, two dolphins that represented Great Britain's sea power and the emblem of Imperial Germany's eagle being torn to pieces by another lion. Britannia is holding an oak spray with leaves and acorns. Beneath this was a rectangular tablet where the deceased name was cast into the plaque. No rank was given as it was intended to show equality in their sacrifice. On the outer edge of the disk it bears the inscription, 'He died for freedom and honour'. The memorial plaque was posted to the next of kin protected by a firm cardboard purpose made folder, which was then placed in a white HMSO envelope. Production of the plaques and scrolls, which was supposed to be financed by German reparation money, began in 1919 with approximately 1,150,000 issued. They commemorated those who fell between 4th August, 1914 and 10th January, 1920 for home, Western Europe and the Dominions whilst the final date for the other theatres of war or for those died of attributable causes was 30th April 1920. The next of kin of the 306 British and Commonwealth military personnel who were executed following a Court Martial did not receive a memorial plaque Thank you for that,that is a really concise answer and I think the bronze disc sounds like what I saw all those year ago.I was asking my parents and they thought that it was on the right of a print of the ship (witint he frame) as it was sinking or just after the impact of either bombs or torpedoes. I can't remember anything else about it but remember the disgust my father had when her daughter burnt it. Thank you again for going to the trouble to answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minky Posted June 13, 2022 Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, chrisjpainter said: Yes. because it's much better to have a house full of carpet mites, flies, midges, mosquitos, fleas, ticks, wasps and so forth. Fair better to have the spiders and appreciate what they do for the house. Makes more sense to have a brain and leave them be... Nahh. We have a UV insect killer to deal with those varmints . It's a marvellous tool . It slaughters all sorts of nasty insecct Without fear or favour. Kill them all ... Take no prisioners. I even leave it out on The top step of the landing at night time where it accounts for amounts of spiders and other nasties that must be wandering around. I started leaving it there after one night when the Mrs launched out of bed in a squawking fear . She had a LARGE SPIDER crawling across her.. like the one in the Bond film Dr No. It didn't do much for me also because I had just had on operation to repair a damaged rotor cuff tendon in my shoulder. Edited June 13, 2022 by Minky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted June 13, 2022 Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 1 minute ago, Minky said: Nahh. We have a UV insect killer to deal with those varmints . It's a marvellous tool . It slaughters all sorts. Without fear or favour. Kill them all ... Take no prisioners. I even leave it out on The top step of the landing at night time where it accounts for amounts of spiders that must be wandering around. I started leaving it there after one night when the Mrs launched out of bed in a squawking fear . She had a LARGE SPIDER crawling across her.. like the one in the Bond film Dr No. It didn't do much for me also because I had just had on operation to repair a damaged rotor cuff tendon in my shoulder. boo.hoo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minky Posted June 13, 2022 Report Share Posted June 13, 2022 1 minute ago, chrisjpainter said: boo.hoo. You're more than welcome to come and take my share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rem260 Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 On 13/06/2022 at 18:20, gmm243 said: Thank you for that,that is a really concise answer and I think the bronze disc sounds like what I saw all those year ago.I was asking my parents and they thought that it was on the right of a print of the ship (witint he frame) as it was sinking or just after the impact of either bombs or torpedoes. I can't remember anything else about it but remember the disgust my father had when her daughter burnt it. Thank you again for going to the trouble to answer. Your welcome. Unfortunately too many issued. 😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted July 15, 2022 Report Share Posted July 15, 2022 The resident here was a good size, but camera shy. However I thought his residence was an arachnid estate agents dream! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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