A wooden Latin cross, two-piece construction, painted brown, the 12 o’clock arm bears a metal plaque inscribed with “ORIGINAL CROSS”, the centre bears three metal plaques, the top inscribed with “PTE GODDARD”, the middle inscribed with “48/ LABOUR COY R E”, the bottom inscribed with “19/8/17”, measuring 412.75 mm (w) x 847.09 (h), very rare; accompanied by a Great Britain “Dead Man’s Penny”, a circular bronze table medallion, the obverse bears Lady Britannia holding a trident and an oak wreath standing with a lion with Edward Graham Percy Goddard inscribed to the right, inscribed with “HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR”, marked on reverse, very fine.
Footnote: Edward Percy Graham Goddard was born at Hamilton Villa, Bairfield, Buxton in England in the spring of 1883 to George Brown and Emma Goddard. Edward was one of eleven children. He enlisted to serve in Buxton and entered the war around December 1915. He served with the Labour Corps of the 48th Company (formerly the 9th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment). Due to regimental name changes, Goddard possessed three service numbers: 66856 , 46245 and 28374. It is estimated that Goddard was injured at the Battle of Langemarck between 16 and 18 August 1917 and succumbed to his wounds on 19 August 1917. Goddard is buried at the Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension in Bailleul, France (Row A, 18).
Goddard’s next-of-kin were sent a bronze commemorative table medallion (known as Great Britain’s Dead Man’s Penny) bearing his name. The obverse bears Lady Britannia holding a trident and an oak wreath standing with a lion with Edward Graham Percy Goddard inscribed to the right. The medallion is inscribed with “HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR” and was designed by British sculptor and medallist Edward Carter Preston.
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