Plaque 1914-18 Miners’ Institute

This plaque was in the Miners’ Institute. See B149.02

The foyer of Bowburn Community Centre

1914-18

Unveiled March 1921 by Rev. T. Wardle;
dedicated by Rev. A.J. Gadd.

Brass in marble and oak frame.

Bell Bros., owners of Bowburn Colliery

W. Ede, Birmingham.

To the glory of God
and in memory of those who fell
in the Great War 1914-1919
( names)

They fought a good fight.

Plaque 36 inches high x  21 inches wide (92mm x 525mm).

There is a double line border with a pattern at intervals.

A smaller similar plaque made to match is underneath.

Lettering is in Roman capitals for the names and lower case italics for the quotation at the bottom.

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 new Miners Institute in 1961. This is now Bowburn 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.

Photos: C. Sanders; Mike Syer; Dorothy Hall; James Pasby

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

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Mike Syer

Bowburn Local History Society have researched the names on the Bowburn memorials

Contact: bowburnlhs@gmail.com