Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Miners' Institute
Reference
B149.01
Place
BOWBURN
Map ref
NZ 30?37?
Original Location
This plaque was in the Miners' Institute. See B149.02
Present Location
The foyer of the Community Centre
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled March 1921 by Rev. T. Wardle; dedicated by Rev. A.J. Gadd.
Memorial Description
Plaque 3 feet (92mm) high x 1 foot 9 inches (525mm) wide. There is a double line border with a pattern at intervals. A smaller similar plaque made to match is underneath, bearing the same design. Lettering is in Roman capitals for the names and lower case italics for the quotation at the bottom.
Materials used
Brass in marble and oak frame.
Inscription
To the glory of God / and in memory of those who fell / in the Great War 1914-1919 / names)
They fought a good fight.
They fought a good fight.
Names
Who commissioned
Bell Bros., owners of Bowburn Colliery
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
W. Ede, Birmingham.
Notes
1. The names of four men which had been omitted from both 1914-18 plaques was added to this one on 28th October 2001, on a plaque unveiled by Cllr. George Cowper, Mayor of Durham, in Bowburn Community Centre.
2. The marble and oak frame was removed when the plaque was moved to the Community Centre.
3. Rev. A.J. Gadd had been former vicar of St. Paul’s, but was now at Burnmoor. He had been an honorary chaplain to H.M. Forces.
2. The marble and oak frame was removed when the plaque was moved to the Community Centre.
3. Rev. A.J. Gadd had been former vicar of St. Paul’s, but was now at Burnmoor. He had been an honorary chaplain to H.M. Forces.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; Mike Syer
Auckland and County Chronicle 03/03/1921 reports unveiling.
Durham Men in the Great War. John Davison , Durham, History of Education Project, School of Education, c.2001. ISBN 1 870268 26 1.
Source of quotation
“They fought a good fight” 2 Timothy 4 v 7
Auckland and County Chronicle 03/03/1921 reports unveiling.
Durham Men in the Great War. John Davison , Durham, History of Education Project, School of Education, c.2001. ISBN 1 870268 26 1.
Source of quotation
“They fought a good fight” 2 Timothy 4 v 7
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; Mike Syer
Research In Progress
Bowburn Local History Society have researched the names on the Bowburn memorials
Contact: mike.syer@btinternet.com
Plaque 1914-18 Miners' Institute (B149.01)
To the glory of God
and in memory of those who fell
in the Great War 1914-1919
John Gilligan Robert Lawson
John George Purvis George H. Latue
Ernest Robinson James McKeown
William Harrington Jesse Smith
John Walsh John Thomas Griffiths
William Snooks Harold Blackburn
Christopher Carling Jr. Andrew Pearson
Joseph Morley Albert J. Scott
Richard Blenkinsop James Lindsay
William Hall John I. Johnson
David Kellie James Barker
Thomas Allison Thomas Ramshaw
Christopher Waugh Joseph Pyke Wake
Michael Lowery Thomas Brunskill
Robert Bell Henry Moore
Thomas Mitchell Thomas Euen Nesham
Robert Morland William Blenkinsop
James Wood
They fought a good fight.
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On lower plaque
Horace Davies Walter Salisbury
William Foster Frederick Stephenson
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The Auckland Chronicle has variations on the names:
Morler instead of Morley
Moreland instead of Morland
John J. Griffiths instead of John T. Griffiths
NamesB149.01
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