A Project to honour the memory of men from Bowburn who lost their lives in WWI is almost at an end with the installation of the commemorative poppies on the houses where the soldiers once lived but did not return. This project was inspired by Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service watch manager Michael Burdon, two of whose great uncles left the same house in Clarence Street, Bowburn, but did not return, having lost their lives on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, on 1st July 1916.
The evening ended with regimental Sergeant Major John Thompson, of the Fifth Fusiliers, reading a poem and Colour Sgt Dick Stacey played The Last Post before a minute’s silence was observed.
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