{"product_id":"memorial-plaque-with-memory-page","title":"Memorial QR Code Plaque with Memory Page","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe make one thing, and we make it properly: a small engraved memorial QR code plaque, with a private memory page behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe plaque fixes to a headstone, a memorial bench, an urn or a picture frame. Anyone who finds it points a phone camera at it, and their memory page opens — photographs, video, voice recordings, and the things people wrote about them. No app. No account. About four seconds from lifting the phone to reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat a memorial cannot hold\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNone of what follows applies to everybody. Most families run into one or two of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe stone has room for about twelve words.\u003c\/strong\u003e A name, two dates, and if the mason can fit it, a line like \"much loved\". That is the complete public record of eighty years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe photographs are scattered.\u003c\/strong\u003e Some on a phone, some in a loft, some on a laptop nobody has the password to. Almost none of them captioned, and the people who could say who is in them are the people you have lost.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe family is spread out.\u003c\/strong\u003e A grandchild in Australia cannot visit a grave in Lancashire. For some families the memorial is somewhere most of them will never stand.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNobody wrote the ordinary things down.\u003c\/strong\u003e How he answered the phone. The way she said your name when she was pleased with you. Three generations on, most families cannot say anything specific about an ancestor beyond a name on a certificate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe digital memorial itself lapses.\u003c\/strong\u003e Pages on annual subscriptions come down when a card expires or the person paying dies, and the reminder emails go to an inbox nobody is reading.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow we deal with each of those\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpace, without touching the stone.\u003c\/strong\u003e The memorial keeps the name and the dates exactly as it always has. Everything that would not fit goes behind the code — room for 1,000 photographs, 30 minutes of video and 30 minutes of audio.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSomewhere to put the photographs, with the captions attached.\u003c\/strong\u003e Upload from a phone, caption them, name the people in the frame while there is still someone who knows.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA memorial anyone can reach.\u003c\/strong\u003e Relatives who cannot travel open the same page from anywhere. Order more than one plaque and they all point at the same page, so a headstone and an urn on a mantelpiece in another country are the same memorial.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOther people can add what you never knew.\u003c\/strong\u003e Share the link and colleagues, neighbours and old friends can contribute the version of them you never met. You approve anything before it appears.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaid for once.\u003c\/strong\u003e Hosting is covered at the point of purchase. There is no subscription, no renewal, and nothing that can quietly lapse. You can download a complete archive of everything at any time, in ordinary file formats, and keep your own copy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow it works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCheck permission first\u003c\/strong\u003e, if it is going somewhere public. Cemeteries and churchyards have their own rules. Our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/can-you-put-a-qr-code-on-a-headstone-uk-rules\"\u003eputting a QR code on a headstone\u003c\/a\u003e explains who actually decides — more often the grave deed holder than the council.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrder, and start the page straight away.\u003c\/strong\u003e We email you as soon as you order, so you can begin before the plaque has even arrived.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFill it in your own time.\u003c\/strong\u003e One photograph is a start. Most pages grow slowly, over years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFix the plaque.\u003c\/strong\u003e Peel and press. It takes a minute, and weatherproof fixings and instructions are in the box. Fitting it last means the first person who scans it sees something finished.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eChoosing a size and finish\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003e50mm\u003c\/strong\u003e is the size most people choose, and the standard for memorial plaques of this kind. It sits discreetly on a headstone or bench, and also suits urns, picture frames and keepsakes kept at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003e80mm\u003c\/strong\u003e is easier to scan from further back, so a visitor can hold their phone at a comfortable distance rather than crouching at the stone. Worth considering if the memorial sits low to the ground, or the people visiting are elderly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrushed steel suits granite and modern headstones. Matte black suits pale or polished stone. Antique brass sits better against older weathered stone and churchyard memorials. All three cost the same, and you can mix sizes and finishes across an order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere we have put our money where our mouth is\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIf the cemetery says no, we refund you.\u003c\/strong\u003e Check before you order, and if permission is refused, you get your money back including any engraving.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e60 day guarantee on the plaque.\u003c\/strong\u003e Not happy with it, tell us within 60 days.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIf it is damaged or removed, we replace it\u003c\/strong\u003e, linked to the same page. Nothing you uploaded is lost.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYour page is private by default.\u003c\/strong\u003e Not listed anywhere, and search engines cannot find it. Add a password if you would rather.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe code is dynamic\u003c\/strong\u003e, meaning it can be repointed without re-cutting the plaque. That is the difference between a memorial that can survive a change of provider and one that cannot. We explain why it matters, and how to test any supplier on it, in \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/how-memorial-qr-codes-work\"\u003ehow memorial QR codes work\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEngraving is proofed before it is cut.\u003c\/strong\u003e We send it to you to approve, because it cannot be undone afterwards.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you cannot face building the page yet, that is the ordinary case rather than the exception. Send us what you have and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/we-will-build-the-page-for-you\"\u003ewe will build it for you\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store 7","offers":[{"title":"80mm \/ Brushed steel","offer_id":58518829793612,"sku":"PLQ-30-STL","price":69.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1084\/8967\/0988\/files\/vfwe.avif?v=1787578446","url":"https:\/\/www.thelifebehind.com\/products\/memorial-plaque-with-memory-page","provider":"The Life Behind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}