Original British WWI 2nd Battle of the Somme KIA 1918 Death Penny Soldier Memorial With Research - Pte William Lamb, 15th Battalion (1st Birkenhead Cheshire Regt.) “Birkenhead Bantams” French Helmets 300 graduate students attend Widener

300 graduate students attend Widener in eight degree-granting schools

it most likely did not have a leather tab on the back originally

and there are not really any other markings that we can see

"The reply is decidedly not affirmative"

There were also 492 horses/mules

Original British WWI 2nd Battle of the Somme KIA 1918 Death Penny Soldier Memorial With Research - Pte William Lamb, 15th Battalion (1st Birkenhead Cheshire Regt.) “Birkenhead Bantams” French Helmets 300 graduate students attend WidenerOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent example of an item issued out to the families of soldiers who met their untimely death on the battlefield. This particular penny was awarded to the next of kin for Private William Henry Lamb, a young soldier who served with the 15th Battalion (1st Birkenhead Cheshire Regiment) during WWI. Unfortunately Pte Lamb made the ultimate sacrifice on the battlefield during the Second Battle of the Somme.