Durham Mining Museum - Memorial Roll

Please note: not all of the sufferers listed here are shown in the other tables - the disaster index only shows those accidents where 5 or more lives were lost. This page is a summary of the information we have in our database - check the listing for the specific colliery (click on the colliery link) - this may provide further information e.g. burial place, family information, cause of death.

					Name	Age	Date	Colliery	Cnty
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					Alder, John Henry	17	08 Jul 1912	Sunnybrow	DUR
					Alder, William	27	26 Dec 1928	Byers Green	DUR
					Alder, William		May 1940	Shilbottle	NBL
					Alderslade, George	39	02 Dec 1890	Castle Eden	DUR
					Alderson, Charles	17	19 Mar 1909	South Pontop	DUR
					Alderson, Charles William Peter	50	13 Sep 1960	Beamish, Mary Pit	DUR
					Alderson, Clarence	41	28 May 1938	Thrislington	DUR
					Alderson, David W. M.		1939	Wallsend, Rising Sun Pit	NBL
					Alderson, Edward	57	03 Aug 1903	Hetton	DUR
					Alderson, George R.	14	10 Feb 1890	Howden	DUR
					Alderson, Henry	19	04 Nov 1902	South Moor, Hedley Pit	DUR
					Alderson, James	53	20 Apr 1854	Littletown	DUR
					Alderson, John	14	02 Feb 1858	Adelaide	DUR
					Alderson, John	27	21 Aug 1874	Deckham Hall	DUR
					Alderson, John	15	03 Feb 1883	East Howle	DUR
					Alderson, Jonas	10	01 Jan 1873	Vane's Hartley	DUR
					Alderson, Joseph	29	14 Feb 1870	Coxhoe	DUR
					Alderson, Joseph	28	17 Sep 1912	North Walbottle	NBL
					Alderson, Matthew	56	05 Feb 1880	Shildon	DUR
					Alderson, Ralph	14	18 Oct 1895	Lady Durham	DUR
					Alderson, Richard	50	11 Dec 1867	West Auckland	DUR
					Alderson, Robert		1961	Beamish, Mary Pit	DUR
					Alderson, Thomas		14 Sep 1851	Willington	DUR
					Alderson, W.	72	03 Mar 1937	Brancepeth	DUR
					Alderson, William	39	02 Mar 1860	Burradon	NBL
					Alderton, William	31	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Aldirs, Henry	41	01 Apr 1905	Beamish	DUR
					Alexander, Andrew	14	09 Dec 1842	Fenwick	NBL
					Alexander, James	61	27 Sep 1898	Upleatham (Ironstone)	NRY
					Alexander, Joseph	20	19 Sep 1919	Usworth	DUR
					Alexander, Robert	8	09 May 1833	Springwell	DUR
					Alexander, T. S.	53	02 Feb 1931	Harraton	DUR
					Alexander, Thomas	24	09 Dec 1842	Fenwick	NBL
					Alexander, Thomas	36	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Alexander, William	13	23 Apr 1888	Cramlington	NBL
					Alford, John	12	26 Feb 1872	Haswell	DUR
					Algar, Henry Joseph	13	31 Oct 1912	Ashington	NBL
					Allan, Benjamin	30	22 Feb 1910	Houghton	DUR
					Allan, David		1928	Cambois	NBL
					Allan, Harry Trohear	39	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Allan, John	35	18 Aug 1869	Crosby	CUL
					Allan, John	19	18 Nov 1898	Eppleton	DUR
					Allan, John	31	24 Nov 1899	East Tanfield	DUR
					Allan, John Douglas	59	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Allan, John Thomas	21	29 Jul 1903	Cowpen	NBL
					Allan, Matthew		12 Jun 1794	Harraton	DUR
					Allan, Peter	45	18 Jun 1932	Bearpark	DUR
					Allan, Robert	boy	06 Jun 1630	Unknown	DUR
					Allan, Robert		12 Jun 1794	Harraton	DUR
					Allan, Robert	50	09 Dec 1878	Cowpen	NBL
					Allan, Robert	20	16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	DUR
					Allan, Thomas	48	24 Oct 1907	North Seaton	NBL
					Allan, Thomas	33	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Allan, W.	32	17 Sep 1925	Dean & Chapter	DUR
					Allan, William	36	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Allan, William	23	13 Jan 1876	South Medomsley, Mary Pit	DUR
					Allan, William	39	10 Jun 1886	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Allan, William		22 Jun 1893	Seaton Delaval	NBL
					Allan, William	63	08 Feb 1918	Twizell	DUR
					Allan, William	38	30 Jan 1942	Dorothea Pit, Newbottle	DUR
					Allanby, Edward	4	11 Dec 1896	Newfield	DUR
					Allanby, William	19	28 Jul 1899	North Skelton (Ironstone)	NRY
					Allcock, Henry	28	26 May 1883	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Allen, A. G.	29	07 Jun 1888	Westwood	DUR
					Allen, Albert	14	24 Aug 1909	South Moor	DUR
					Allen, Alexander	64	21 Jan 1886	Herrington	DUR
					Allen, Alfred	30	02 Mar 1860	Burradon	NBL
					Allen, Andrew	11	24 May 1812	Felling	DUR
					Allen, Anthony	15	05 Mar 1868	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Allen, Benjamin	60	30 Jan 1912	Cowpen, North Pit	NBL
					Allen, Edward		1946	Mickley	NBL
					Allen, Frank	36	19 Dec 1932	Usworth	DUR
					Allen, Henry	26	06 Dec 1867	Choppington	NBL
					Allen, I.	43	10 Jan 1958	Fishburn	DUR
					Allen, J. H.	51	30 Mar 1949	Horden	DUR
					Allen, Jacob	14	24 May 1812	Felling	DUR
					Allen, James	15	30 Jun 1817	Harraton, Row Pit	DUR
					Allen, James	38	20 Dec 1913	Wythemoor	CUL
					Allen, John	14	09 Dec 1872	Bedlington	NBL
					Allen, John	14	07 Jun 1876	Pegswood	NBL
					Allen, John	57	21 May 1902	Herrington	DUR
					Allen, John	45	13 Aug 1907	Ashington	NBL
					Allen, John	66	02 Jul 1940	Boldon	DUR
					Allen, John Henry		1935	Cowpen	NBL
					Allen, Patrick		04 May 1865	Blaydon Main	DUR
					Allen, Peter	14	27 May 1882	Dorothea Pit, Newbottle	DUR
					Allen, Phillip	17	24 May 1812	Felling	DUR
					Allen, Ralph	18	30 Jun 1817	Harraton, Row Pit	DUR
					Allen, Ralph	30	27 Sep 1889	Washington	DUR
					Allen, Robert	12	30 Jun 1817	Harraton, Row Pit	DUR
					Allen, Robert	45	31 Oct 1867	Cramlington	NBL
					Allen, Robert	50	04 Aug 1891	Brancepeth, C Pit	DUR
					Allen, Robert Anderson	21	15 Jan 1911	Harrington	CUL
					Allen, Samuel	55	07 Jan 1924	Burnhope	DUR
					Allen, Scott		1918	Backworth	NBL
					Allen, Thomas	51	30 Jul 1851	Murton, Polka Pit	DUR
					Allen, Thomas	14	31 Aug 1868	Adelaide	DUR
					Allen, Walter George	15	20 Jul 1916	Blackhall	DUR
					Allen, William	50	24 Jul 1891	Eppleton	DUR
					Allen, William	15	28 Feb 1919	Houghton	DUR
					Allenby, William	46	22 Aug 1895	West Wylam	NBL
					Allenby, William	17	30 May 1923	Bearpark	DUR
					Allendale, Thomas	9	29 Apr 1872	Hamsteels	DUR
					Allerton, William		19 Dec 1838	Wallsend, Church Pit	NBL
					Allin, John T.		1903	Cowpen	NBL
					Allington, George Frederick	49	06 Oct 1905	Barrington	NBL
					Allinson, George	19	31 Jul 1906	Eldon	DUR
					Allinson, James	61	02 Dec 1901	Middleton (Whinstone)	NRY
					Allinson, John	40	1896	Brancepeth	DUR
					Allinson, Mark	32	26 Oct 1882	Green Hurth	DUR
					Allinson, William	14	14 Jul 1922	Urpeth, C Pit	DUR
					Allison, Abraham	29	22 Jan 1914	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Allison, Adam	28	29 Dec 1891	Walker	NBL
					Allison, C. H.		[unknown]	Walkmill	CUL
					Allison, Cuthbert	44	18 Oct 1905	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Allison, Francis	33	16 Oct 1874	Chaloner (Ironstone)	NRY
					Allison, George	10	31 May 1889	East Hedley Hope	DUR
					Allison, J. G. Vipond	15	06 Nov 1908	Bowden Close	DUR
					Allison, Jacob Wilson	54	11 Jul 1914	New Lambton	DUR
					Allison, James		21 Jun 1917	Lumpsey (Ironstone)	NRY
					Allison, James	66	02 Jul 1919	Lambton, D Pit	DUR
					Allison, John	19	16 Feb 1882	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Allison, John	54	07 Mar 1900	Binchester	DUR
					Allison, John	15	24 Nov 1913	North Hetton	DUR
					Allison, John	29	29 Sep 1930	Bowburn	DUR
					Allison, John Henry		12 May 1916	Lambton, Lady Ann Pit	DUR
					Allison, Joseph Thompson	20	12 Dec 1905	East Pontop	DUR
					Allison, Robert	64	09 Oct 1855	Kelloe South Pit	DUR
					Allison, Robert	56	29 Mar 1867	Bournmoor	DUR
					Allison, Robert	71	29 Mar 1869	Low Bitchburn	DUR
					Allison, Robert		1941	Dinnington	NBL
					Allison, Stephen	18	15 Feb 1933	Bowburn	DUR
					Allison, Thomas		28 Jul 1837	Workington	CUL
					Allison, Thomas	13	11 Jul 1870	Shotton	DUR
					Allison, Thomas	14	07 Feb 1877	Ryhope	DUR
					Allison, Thomas	16	24 Dec 1880	Brancepeth	DUR
					Allison, Thomas Francis	17	03 Jun 1938	Horden	DUR
					Allison, Thompson	38	18 Feb 1913	Spa Wood (Ironstone)	NRY
					Allison, Walter	66	10 Oct 1946	St. Helen's, Workington	CUL
					Allison, William	71	24 Jan 1921	Browney	DUR
					Allison, William S.		03 Oct 1942	Ashington	NBL
					Allister, William	14	21 Sep 1878	Throckley	NBL
					Allon, Robert	40	03 Dec 1947	Washington, F Pit	DUR
					Allport, William	33	26 Nov 1892	Haswell	DUR
					Allsop, Mark	18	19 Apr 1883	Hamsteels	DUR
					Allsopp, William	16	02 Sep 1924	Hedley Pit	DUR
					Almes, Samuel	14	13 May 1869	Wingate Grange	DUR
					Almond, Charles	50	19 Nov 1888	Houghton	DUR
					Almond, Michael		29 May 1841	Derwent Crook	DUR
					Alsop, Robert	14	05 Jul 1886	Stanley Drift	DUR
					Alsop, Thomas	67	08 Nov 1915	Broomhill	NBL
					Alston, Robert William	53	23 Sep 1922	Springwell	DUR
					Alton, James	31	09 May 1878	Old Gang	NRY
					Alton, John Henry	45	04 Oct 1900	Randolph	DUR
					Alton, Joseph	36	28 Jan 1886	Old Gang	NRY
For those names marked a web page providing more details of the accident is available online. Click on the icon to display the page.
For those names marked the text of the Mines Inspectors report into the incident is available online. Click on the icon to display the report.
Those names marked with , were killed in a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.
Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.
For those names marked we have a digital photograph of the tombstone, see the information page for further details.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre and are marked with , further details may be obtained by contacting Ian by email at ian.winstanley@blueyonder.co.uk
Some of the details of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by The Woodhorn Colliery Museum and are marked with .
The list of the fatalities from the 1860 Burradon disaster were kindly provided by Bill Henderson.
Many of the fatalities for Brayton Domain Colliery were kindly provided by Terry Carrick.
Some of the fatalities for Walkmill Colliery were kindly provided by Colin Denwood.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with .

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