Mousie’s A-Z of Thurnscoe: W

Mousie at the War Memorial

Dear All,
This is the village War Memorial in the village park.
Love,
Mousie

W is for War Memorial

Like a lot of places, Thurnscoe has a war memorial marking the local boys who died in World Wars I and II in the village park (in fact, Thurnscoe Park).

While conscription was active for all of World Wars I and II, many of the men in Thurnscoe would have been exempt from call up as coal mining being classed as a vital industry / occupation (although this didn’t stop people volunteering from those jobs or conscription from less vital roles within the industry). From 1943, conscripts were even sent to bolster the number of men working in the collieries. These were known as Bevin Boys.

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