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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					Boad, G.	60	25 Jan 1943	Dawdon	DUR
					Boddiner, James	21	21 Feb 1895	Cornsay	DUR
					Boddy, George	41	05 Jan 1876	Eldon	DUR
					Bogan, Peter	26	29 Oct 1901	Woodfield	DUR
					Boggan, George Smith	46	27 Apr 1936	Silksworth	DUR
					Boggon, George	27	29 Jan 1869	Springwell	DUR
					Boggon, Gilbert Ridley	46	20 Oct 1915	Horden	DUR
					Boggon, John		09 Jul 1831	King Pit, Wreckington	DUR
					Bohill, John	34	19 Nov 1903	Seaton Delaval	NBL
					Bohill, John Downey		1927	New Delaval	NBL
					Bolam, C. E.	46	08 Nov 1944	Morrison Busty	DUR
					Bolam, George		09 May 1843	Adventure	DUR
					Bolam, George	15	01 Sep 1875	West Sleekburn	NBL
					Bolam, George	56	01 Mar 1879	Auckland Park	DUR
					Bolam, James MacIntosh	20	11 Jun 1912	South Medmosley	DUR
					Bolam, John	56	22 May 1907	Houghton	DUR
					Bolam, Philip	35	18 Dec 1817	Rainton, Plain Pit	DUR
					Bolam, Thomas	69	14 Jul 1865	Black Boy, Gurney Pit	DUR
					Bolam, Thomas	13	09 Apr 1869	Shotton	DUR
					Boland, John William	66	24 Dec 1951	Leasingthorne	DUR
					Boland, Michael P.	36	07 Jun 1906	Framwellgate	DUR
					Boll, Thomas	62	02 Jul 1894	Netherton Hall	NBL
					Bolton, B.		30 Sep 1913	South Hetton	DUR
					Bolton, Christopher Roger	44	11 Sep 1927	Eldon	DUR
					Bolton, E.	46	06 May 1942	Silksworth	DUR
					Bolton, George W.		1934	Hauxley	NBL
					Bolton, J.	49	19 Mar 1952	Dawdon	DUR
					Bolton, James		29 Apr 1857	Sherburn, West Pit	DUR
					Bolton, James Hall	64	02 Aug 1912	Bedlington, A Pit	NBL
					Bolton, John	33	12 Nov 1831	Whitehaven, Croft Pit	CUL
					Bolton, John	35	04 May 1880	Thornley	DUR
					Bolton, R. H.		1922	Preston	NBL
					Bolton, Richard	39	14 Sep 1916	Dean & Chapter	DUR
					Bolton, Thomas	9	19 Apr 1841	Willington, Bigge's Pit	NBL
					Bolton, William	29	31 Oct 1909	Newbiggin	NBL
					Bon, P.	39	02 Feb 1872	West Wylam, Mickley	DUR
					Bond, Alexander	21	26 Dec 1902	Seghill	NBL
					Bond, Charles	50	15 Apr 1943	Elemore	DUR
					Bond, John	50	13 Apr 1898	Parrock (Slate)	LAN
					Bond, Michael	49	31 Jan 1898	Hetton	DUR
					Bond, William S.	36	28 Jun 1893	Hazard	DUR
					Bone, Alexander	27	27 Jan 1921	Whitburn	DUR
					Bone, Henry	15	12 Feb 1903	Ellenborough	CUL
					Bone, J.	31	10 Apr 1941	Kimblesworth	DUR
					Bone, John Emmerson	44	23 Apr 1963	Wardley	DUR
					Bone, Stephen	64	16 Nov 1899	Usworth	DUR
					Bones, George	32	12 Jul 1843	Thornley, A Pit	DUR
					Bones, John	23	05 Nov 1889	Hebburn, A Pit	DUR
					Bones, Matthew	40	06 Feb 1804	Unknown	DUR
					Bones, Robert Daniel	53	28 Feb 1938	Chilton	DUR
					Bones, William		19 Dec 1838	Wallsend, Church Pit	NBL
					Bones, William	19	14 Oct 1859	Haswell	DUR
					Bonsfield, George	53	08 Nov 1888	Waterhouses	DUR
					Boon, Edward		1932	Newsham	NBL
					Booth, George (Jnr)	20	16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	DUR
					Booth, Isaac		30 Mar 1925	Montagu, View Pit	NBL
					Booth, J.	44	24 Jan 1930	Sherburn Hill	DUR
					Booth, John		31 Aug 1857	West Auckland	DUR
					Booth, Lancelot	28	28 Dec 1931	Thornley	DUR
					Booth, Thomas	18	16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	DUR
					Booth, William	13	21 May 1891	North Biddick	DUR
					Booth, William	48	15 Oct 1923	Thornley	DUR
					Bootiman, Lionel	50	18 Apr 1906	Edlingham, Sandstone quarry	NBL
					Boreland, James	20	09 Apr 1900	Roanhead (Iron Ore)	LAN
					Borrowclough, Charles		14 Jul 1868	Coxhoe	DUR
					Borthwick, Thomas	21	27 Jan 1913	Ashington	NBL
					Borthwick, Walter	19	09 Sep 1868	Eppleton	DUR
					Borwick, Frederick	17	18 Jul 1893	Dalton Crossgates (Metalliferous)	LAN
					Borwick, Patrick	17	20 May 1912	Whitburn	DUR
					Bosanko, Benjamin	21	28 Jan 1881	Ryhope	DUR
					Bothright, Robert	18	08 Oct 1877	Tudhoe, East Pit	DUR
					Bott, William	50	05 Feb 1938	Dean & Chapter	DUR
					Bottom, Robert	46	09 Mar 1807	Unknown	DUR
					Bottomley, Charles Henry	26	24 Aug 1953	Lingdale (Ironstone)	NRY
					Bottoms, John	16	18 Aug 1879	Cowpen	NBL
					Bottoms, Terrace	32	16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	DUR
					Bottoms, Thomas	17	28 Sep 1844	Haswell	DUR
					Bottoms, Thomas		07 Aug 1857	Framwellgate Waggon Way	DUR
					Boult, Benjamin	13	02 Apr 1872	Shincliffe	DUR
					Boulton, H. V.	49	19 Feb 1924	Marsden	DUR
					Boulton, James	59	26 Mar 1904	Elliscales (Iron Ore)	LAN
					Boultwood, William	45	25 Feb 1925	Brandon	DUR
					Boundy, Alfred William	14	03 Aug 1894	Wearmouth	DUR
					Boundy, David	29	12 Apr 1881	Shankhouse Pit	NBL
					Bourne, John		03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	DUR
					Bourne, William	13	05 Jun 1878	Eppleton	DUR
					Bousfield, David	20	25 Nov 1913	Brandon, C Pit	DUR
					Bousfield, Paul	15	07 Dec 1879	Huntcliffe (Ironstone)	NRY
					Bousfield, Thomas	49	25 Oct 1871	Seaham, No. 3 Pit	DUR
					Boutland, John	46	24 May 1812	Felling	DUR
					Boutland, William	19	24 May 1812	Felling	DUR
					Bowart, Edward	42	17 Nov 1866	Cowpen	NBL
					Bowater, Benjamin	37	21 Sep 1907	Lumley, 6th Pit	DUR
					Bowden, Andrew	21	24 Feb 1891	Oakenshaw	DUR
					Bowden, Henry	59	03 Mar 1923	Merrington Lane	DUR
					Bowden, John	46	25 Oct 1871	Seaham, No. 3 Pit	DUR
					Bowden, Joseph	28	14 May 1868	Brancepeth	DUR
					Bowden, Joseph	22	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Bowden, Joshua	45	02 Oct 1922	Leasingthorne	DUR
					Bowden, Robert	27	23 Oct 1821	Wallsend, Russell's	NBL
					Bowden, Robert	57	08 Aug 1878	West Pelton	DUR
					Bowden, William A.	46	07 Apr 1921	Philadelphia	DUR
					Bowe, Joseph	44	17 Jan 1881	Brayton Domain	CUL
					Bowell, George	23	26 Feb 1869	Haswell	DUR
					Bowell, Luke	61	12 Sep 1905	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Bowen, Frederick	23	16 Feb 1882	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Bowen, John	22	06 Jan 1874	Rosedale, East (Ironstone)	NRY
					Bowen, John	62	10 Jul 1914	Twizell	DUR
					Bowen, John James	54	04 Jul 1885	Elemore	DUR
					Bowen, Joshua Stephenson	19	28 Jul 1903	Ryhope	DUR
					Bowen, Robert	32	25 Jul 1922	Seaham	DUR
					Bowen, William	24	14 Jul 1863	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Bowerbank, Joseph	42	29 Dec 1897	Tursdale	DUR
					Bowers, George	32	16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	DUR
					Bowers, Reuben	43	08 Apr 1885	Upleatham (Ironstone)	NRY
					Bowes, Frederick	49	19 Nov 1938	Brandon	DUR
					Bowes, George	48	18 Apr 1882	Tudhoe	DUR
					Bowes, James	18	24 Nov 1885	Harrington, No. 7 Pit	CUL
					Bowes, James	72	09 Aug 1901	Clara Vale	DUR
					Bowes, James M.	34	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Bowes, James William	14	10 Dec 1918	Wheatley Hill	DUR
					Bowes, John	14	07 Aug 1858	Heugh Hall	DUR
					Bowes, John	65	29 Dec 1897	Bolam (quarry)	DUR
					Bowes, Percy	41	14 Nov 1882	North Skelton (Ironstone)	NRY
					Bowes, Robert Thomas	15	16 Nov 1928	Sherburn Hill	DUR
					Bowes, Thomas	26	17 Aug 1896	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Bowes, Thomas	21	07 Feb 1907	Malton	DUR
					Bowey, James		01 May 1857	Londonderry Pit	DUR
					Bowey, Thomas	22	21 Apr 1891	Murton	DUR
					Bowey, Thomas	24	23 Apr 1911	Cowpen	NBL
					Bowhill, Henry Lamb	17	14 Feb 1914	Wallsend, Rising Sun Pit	NBL
					Bowlam, Henry	77	23 Oct 1821	Wallsend, Russell's	NBL
					Bowman, David	43	12 Apr 1879	Montagu Main	NBL
					Bowman, George	55	24 Feb 1876	Framwellgate	DUR
					Bowman, Jackson	32	26 May 1904	Woodifield	DUR
					Bowman, John	22	29 Sep 1924	South Moor	DUR
					Bowman, Joseph Willis		27 Feb 1967	East Hetton	DUR
					Bowman, Matthew	23	13 Feb 1893	Norwood	DUR
					Bowman, Robert James	33	20 Feb 1911	Waterhouses	DUR
					Bowman, Thomas		14 Jun 1736	Washington	DUR
					Bowman, Thomas	15	11 Feb 1915	Black Boy	DUR
					Bowman, William	19	05 Mar 1879	Montreal (Iron Ore)	CUL
					Bowman, William	35	10 Sep 1918	Harton	DUR
					Bowness, D. D.	40	24 May 1888	Elterwater (Slate)	WES
					Bowness, John	53	27 Jun 1905	Banks, Elterwater	WES
					Bowran, Thomas	31	27 Jan 1922	Sherburn House	DUR
					Bowron, Charles	40	05 Nov 1912	Park End (Whinstone)	NRY
					Bowron, J.		30 Jun 1886	West Auckland	DUR
					Bowry, John	19	13 Mar 1874	Shipcote	DUR
					Box, James	20	20 Dec 1860	Hetton, Minor Pit	DUR
					Box, Thomas	54	29 Jan 1891	Hetton	DUR
					Box, Thomas Laverick	54	06 Jul 1951	Eppleton	DUR
					Boyd, George		1902	Wallsend	NBL
					Boyd, George	62	02 Apr 1902	Broomhill	NBL
					Boyd, George	21	11 May 1910	Wellington Pit	CUL
					Boyd, John	35	11 Jul 1892	Dunston	DUR
					Boyd, John	59	08 Aug 1904	Byermoor	DUR
					Boyd, Robert	32	17 May 1877	East Hetton	DUR
					Boyd, S.	68	02 Apr 1943	Greenside	DUR
					Boyd, Stephen		1941	Shilbottle	NBL
					Boyd, Thomas		19 May 1759	Unknown	CUL
					Boyd, Thomas William	14	17 Apr 1912	North Seaton	NBL
					Boyes, William	37	09 Mar 1893	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Boyle, Daniel	25	03 Apr 1895	Seaham	DUR
					Boyle, James	47	21 Nov 1878	Seaham	DUR
					Boyle, James	61	21 Dec 1883	Usworth	DUR
					Boyle, John		05 Jan 1858	Monkwearmouth	DUR
					Boyle, John	46	08 Jan 1920	Brandon, A Pit	DUR
					Boyle, Richard	36	31 Jan 1898	Holmside	DUR
					Boyle, Thomas		15 Aug 1917	Usworth	DUR
					Boyles, W.	19	11 Jun 1930	Eden	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 Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with .
Some of the details of mining fatalities on this web site have been generated from Parish/Bishop's Transcript's burial records kindly supplied by Julie Thompson and are marked with .

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