Memorial Plaque

Date: 1919
Campaign: World War I
Reciptent: Lance Corporal William Stanning 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.), who died on Monday, 9th April 1917.
Medal: Bronze
Number issued: 1,355,000 (men) 600 (women)

Presented to the next of kin of any service personnel whom lost their lives, doing their duty for King and country. The medal shows Britannia laying a laurel wreath on a stone engraved with the persons name. Aside Britainnia stands the British Lion. Below is the letter from King George Vth.