The Military Cross and the (dead man’s) Penny – Steve Adcock and the AGM (each c 30 minutes)

There will be a short AGM (lasting about 30 minutes) and a talk by Steve Adcock (also lasting about 30 minutes). Steve will take us through the story of Valerie Emerson who discovered her grandfather’s Military Cross and a Memorial Plaque amongst his belongings. There were two main two questions: for what action during the Great War of 1914-18 was he awarded the Military Cross, and how did the plaque, known also as the death penny, of a person unknown to the family, come to be in their grandfather’s possession?