War Memorials Elsewhere, - Bowburn, Co. Durham - Miners Institute

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The Bowburn Miners Institute War Memorial
Photo : James Pasby of the North East War Memorials Project website

The War Memorial plaque for the Bowburn Miners Institute is now located in the foyer of the Bowburn Community Association Building located on the Durham Road.

The plaque is 36 inches high x 21 inches wide. There is a double line border with a pattern at intervals. A smaller similar plaque made to match is underneath.
The lettering is in Roman capitals for the names and lower case italics for the quotation at the bottom.

The main plaque commemorates 35 names of those who lost their lives in the First World War. The smaller plaque beneath it commemorates 4 men who lost their lives in the First World War.

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Corporal William Foster. 11043. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. n: Son of George Scott Foster and Margaret Foster, of Bowburn, Co. Durham; husband of Elizabeth Foster, of 68, Attwood Terrace, Tudhoe Colliery, Spennymoor, Co. Durham. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 27.
Born Croxdale (Durham), Enlisted Felling.
Commemorated on Panels 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.

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The Bowburn Miners Institute War Memorial, Showing William Foster's name
Photo : Dorothy Hall of the North East War Memorials Project website

The Bowburn Community Association Building, Bowburn
Photo : Google Earth

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