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spoons



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:37 am    Post subject: Bevan Boys? Reply with quote

seeing a couple of recent posts about mines led me to thinking.....

In WW2 a number of men were conscripted to serve in the mines instead of the armed forces (Bevan Boys) and presumably a number died as a result of accidents in the mines. I have never seen a specific memorial or mention of miners on any WW2 memorial (nor in England).

Has anyone else seen Bevan boys mentioned on a memorial? I have seen NAAFI staff, YMCA and even a Munitions Worker but no Bevan Boys.
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Adam Brown
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Me neither, it might be worth having a look at the Scottish Mining website to see if anything is mentioned there.

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Malcolm



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The new Memorial at Cowie has a separate Memorial to all the miners in the same enclosure.
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