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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					Archbold, Isaac	45	22 Apr 1876	Murton	DUR
					Archbold, Jonathan		1927	Backworth	NBL
					Archbold, Thomas	21	23 Jun 1871	Cowpen	NBL
					Archbold, William	12	19 Nov 1860	Thornley	DUR
					Archbold, William	28	19 Aug 1905	Choppington	NBL
					Archer, Frederick	17	17 Jan 1884	Bedlington	NBL
					Archer, James		May 1658	Galla-Flatt	DUR
					Archer, James	29	07 Jul 1871	Tudhoe Grange	DUR
					Archer, John	59	22 May 1877	Bowden Close	DUR
					Archer, John Stephenson	35	15 Oct 1909	Nenthead (Lead & Zinc)	CUL
					Archer, Stephen		May 1658	Galla-Flatt	DUR
					Archer, W.	43	25 Jun 1940	Thornley	DUR
					Archibald, Robert	15	22 Dec 1890	Seghill	NBL
					Argent, A. F. C.	29	16 Feb 1925	Esh	DUR
					Argyle, Joseph	45	28 Jun 1839	St. Hilda	DUR
					Argyle, Richard	13	31 Oct 1866	Pelton	DUR
					Argyle, William	13	06 Jul 1872	Hamsteels	DUR
					Argyle, William	17	03 Nov 1884	Handen Hold	DUR
					Arkle, John		09 Oct 1843	Pasture Hill	NBL
					Arkle, John		09 Oct 1843	Pasture Hill	NBL
					Arkle, Robert		1922	Hazlerigg	NBL
					Arkle, William Edgar		1935	Montagu	NBL
					Arkless, John	20	05 Aug 1922	Addison	DUR
					Arkless, Norman		1923	Seaton Delaval	NBL
					Arkless, Thomas	20	Jun 1874	Unknown	DUR
					Arkley, Joseph	10	19 Nov 1835	Burdon Main	DUR
					Arkley, Thomas	50	04 Aug 1862	Rainton, Nicholson Pit	DUR
					Arkley, Thomas	64	26 Dec 1899	Ludworth	DUR
					Arkley, Thomas	61	16 Oct 1920	Silksworth	DUR
					Arkwright, Anthony	14	14 Feb 1874	Washington	DUR
					Armin, George	24	19 Feb 1934	Twizell	DUR
					Armitage, James	64	30 Jan 1870	Shincliffe	DUR
					Armour, Alexander		04 Apr 1923	Ashington	NBL
					Armour, George	11	22 Jul 1850	Low Grange	DUR
					Armour, James	31	13 Nov 1902	East Holywell	NBL
					Armour, Wilfred	38	27 Jul 1950	New Brancepeth	DUR
					Armsby, Henry	22	30 Oct 1899	Lumpsey (Ironstone)	NRY
					Armstrong, -		17 Sep 1895	Oatlands	CUL
					Armstrong, A.	24	12 Oct 1877	Medomsley	DUR
					Armstrong, Albert	17	10 Nov 1909	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Armstrong, Albert H.		1963	Dean & Chapter	DUR
					Armstrong, Benjamin W.	13	07 Jul 1875	Beamish	DUR
					Armstrong, C.		15 May 1947	Chopwell	DUR
					Armstrong, Christopher	53	20 Jul 1882	Middlecleugh	DUR
					Armstrong, David	56	09 Jun 1882	Ellenborough	CUL
					Armstrong, David	38	13 Aug 1916	Woodhorn	NBL
					Armstrong, David		23 Apr 1927	Montagu	NBL
					Armstrong, David	56	28 Dec 1929	Hazard	DUR
					Armstrong, Edward	12	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Armstrong, Fred	37	29 Jan 1931	Haig Pit	CUL
					Armstrong, Frederick		1946	Weetslade	NBL
					Armstrong, G.	12	07 Feb 1867	Thornley	DUR
					Armstrong, G.		01 Nov 1917	Murton	DUR
					Armstrong, George		03 Nov 1823	Rainton, Plain Pit	DUR
					Armstrong, George		25 Oct 1845	South Moor	DUR
					Armstrong, George	46	28 Nov 1848	Lambton Railway	DUR
					Armstrong, George	35	30 Mar 1870	Ellenborough	CUL
					Armstrong, George	35	28 Aug 1888	Haswell	DUR
					Armstrong, George		11 May 1910	Wellington Pit	CUL
					Armstrong, George	42	26 Jun 1950	Fishburn	DUR
					Armstrong, Henry	68	19 Oct 1880	South Garesfield	DUR
					Armstrong, Henry	14	17 Dec 1883	South Pelaw	DUR
					Armstrong, Hugh	19	18 Apr 1882	Tudhoe	DUR
					Armstrong, J.		1915	Backworth	NBL
					Armstrong, J.	44	18 Sep 1930	Deaf Hill	DUR
					Armstrong, J. T.	42	25 Jul 1878	Prudhoe	NBL
					Armstrong, J. T.	57	19 Jan 1921	Hetton Lyons	DUR
					Armstrong, Jacob	44	10 Sep 1923	Tanfield Lea	DUR
					Armstrong, James	28	26 Jun 1877	Walbottle, Union	NBL
					Armstrong, James	22	24 Nov 1880	South Derwent	DUR
					Armstrong, James	29	20 Jul 1882	Middlecleugh	DUR
					Armstrong, James	39	27 Apr 1913	Bebside	NBL
					Armstrong, James		1919	South Tyne	NBL
					Armstrong, James William		20 Jan 1938	Ellington	NBL
					Armstrong, John	18	29 Nov 1805	Oxclose	DUR
					Armstrong, John	28	10 Oct 1812	Herrington Mill Pit	DUR
					Armstrong, John	15	05 Aug 1841	Thornley	DUR
					Armstrong, John	31	10 Dec 1854	Wingate Grange	DUR
					Armstrong, John	10	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Armstrong, John	36	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Armstrong, John	66	26 Dec 1869	Walbottle	NBL
					Armstrong, John		18 Mar 1870	Kepier Grange	DUR
					Armstrong, John	33	25 Jan 1875	Cowpen	NBL
					Armstrong, John	48	22 Apr 1896	Axwell Park	DUR
					Armstrong, John	52	10 Jan 1898	Seaham	DUR
					Armstrong, John	44	20 Sep 1906	Tanfield Lea	DUR
					Armstrong, John	32	10 Nov 1909	North Seaton	NBL
					Armstrong, John	46	23 Feb 1910	Marley Hill	DUR
					Armstrong, John		11 May 1910	Wellington Pit	CUL
					Armstrong, John	55	29 Aug 1911	Cashwell (Lead Ore)	CUL
					Armstrong, John	18	30 May 1912	East Hetton	DUR
					Armstrong, John	47	21 Jun 1932	Silksworth	DUR
					Armstrong, John D.		1940	Hauxley	NBL
					Armstrong, John Edward	55	06 Jul 1951	Hollin Hall	DUR
					Armstrong, John G.		1928	Throckley	NBL
					Armstrong, John James	35	06 Sep 1906	Ashington	NBL
					Armstrong, John Robert	37	03 Jun 1909	Guddamgill (Lead & Zinc)	CUL
					Armstrong, Joseph		20 Sep 1831	Willington, High Pit	NBL
					Armstrong, Joseph	24	03 Oct 1874	Walbottle	NBL
					Armstrong, Joseph	27	11 Apr 1891	Usworth	DUR
					Armstrong, Joseph	72	14 Aug 1912	Wearmouth	DUR
					Armstrong, Joseph	51	23 Feb 1915	Brancepeth, A Pit	DUR
					Armstrong, Joseph Jobling	66	10 Jan 1901	Usworth	DUR
					Armstrong, Joseph Lancaster	50	26 Nov 1957	Risehow	CUL
					Armstrong, Joseph Robert	20	30 Jul 1889	Oakenshaw	DUR
					Armstrong, Joseph William	14	09 Jul 1881	Haswell	DUR
					Armstrong, Matthew		19 Nov 1824	Dorothea Pit, Newbottle	DUR
					Armstrong, Matthew	50	29 Dec 1892	Clara Vale	DUR
					Armstrong, N.	17	30 Nov 1930	Allerdene	DUR
					Armstrong, Oliver	15	20 May 1875	Lumley, 6th Pit	DUR
					Armstrong, R.	16	25 Aug 1931	Swalwell	DUR
					Armstrong, R. C.	29	17 Dec 1927	Dean & Chapter	DUR
					Armstrong, Richard		1922	Backworth	NBL
					Armstrong, Robert	14	29 Sep 1864	Thornley	DUR
					Armstrong, Robert	15	06 Dec 1897	Ashington	NBL
					Armstrong, Robert	20	22 Jun 1911	Urpeth, Busty	DUR
					Armstrong, Robert	20	13 Feb 1914	Bowden Close	DUR
					Armstrong, Robert		1933	Newbiggin	NBL
					Armstrong, Robert	56	14 Oct 1936	Tanfield	DUR
					Armstrong, T. W.	50	16 Sep 1929	Spen	DUR
					Armstrong, Thomas	20	01 May 1865	Haswell	DUR
					Armstrong, Thomas		18 Mar 1866	Cambois	NBL
					Armstrong, Thomas	14	16 Dec 1870	Flimby	CUL
					Armstrong, Thomas	13	30 Nov 1877	South Hetton	DUR
					Armstrong, Thomas	15	18 Jun 1879	Blenkinsop	NBL
					Armstrong, Thomas	22	24 Jun 1879	Midgeholme	NBL
					Armstrong, Thomas	15	18 Apr 1882	Tudhoe	DUR
					Armstrong, Thomas	33	18 Apr 1886	Beamish	DUR
					Armstrong, Thomas	26	24 Nov 1896	Auckland Park	DUR
					Armstrong, Thomas	35	12 Feb 1897	Deaf Hill	DUR
					Armstrong, Thomas	43	13 Aug 1916	Woodhorn	NBL
					Armstrong, Thomas (Jnr)	16	14 Jul 1899	Handen Hold	DUR
					Armstrong, Thomas Henry		1930	Wallsend	NBL
					Armstrong, Thomas W.	45	13 Apr 1937	Hedley Hope	DUR
					Armstrong, W. Renner		1922	Newbiggin	NBL
					Armstrong, William	42	26 Mar 1854	Brandon (Landsale)	DUR
					Armstrong, William	13	05 Aug 1872	South Durham	DUR
					Armstrong, William	64	1896	Brayton Domain	CUL
					Armstrong, William	46	1897	Swalwell	DUR
					Armstrong, William	22	26 May 1898	Dinnington	NBL
					Armstrong, William	43	18 Sep 1911	Roachburn	CUL
					Armstrong, William	43	20 May 1917	Chilton	DUR
					Armstrong, William	55	29 May 1951	Easington	DUR
					Armstrong, William George	19	29 May 1894	South Pontop	DUR
					Armstrong, William Robert	20	29 Apr 1904	Cramlington	NBL
					Arnell, Joseph		1944	Montagu	NBL
					Arnold, James	12	28 Nov 1877	East Hetton	DUR
					Arnold, James	16	17 Dec 1912	Thornley	DUR
					Arnold, Robert William	14	02 May 1914	Wallsend, Rising Sun Pit	NBL
					Arnold, Stephen	16	05 Dec 1877	Wearmouth, B Pit	DUR
					Arnold, William	42	29 Jan 1870	Wearmouth	DUR
					Arnott, Robert James Hogarth	47	26 Jan 1904	Pegswood	NBL
					Arnott, W.		1899	Newsham	NBL
					Arnott, William		17 Jan 1826	Jarrow	DUR
					Arnott, William	46	07 Sep 1899	Cowpen, Mill Pit	NBL
					Arrel, Thomas	53	28 Nov 1907	Seaton Burn	NBL
					Arrowsmith, Ralph	24	21 Aug 1845	Jarrow	DUR
					Arscott, James		1938	Montagu	NBL
					Arthur, Robert	22	17 Feb 1900	Easington	DUR
					Artus, Robert	45	18 Apr 1882	Tudhoe	DUR
					Arundel, Alexander	17	14 Nov 1922	Marsden	DUR
					Arundel, H.	31	13 May 1939	Marsden	DUR
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 names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by The Wheatley Hill History Club and are marked with .
Some of the details of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by The Woodhorn Colliery Museum and are marked with .
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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