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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					Diaden, -		1896	Wearmouth	DUR
					Dial, Matthew		03 Nov 1823	Rainton, Plain Pit	DUR
					Diall, Thomas	63	02 Dec 1858	Thornley	DUR
					Diamon, John	36	21 Jul 1864	Woodfield	DUR
					Diamond, H. S.	14	29 Aug 1923	Axwell Park	DUR
					Diamond, Joseph G.	33	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Diamond, William	41	08 May 1899	Loftus (Ironstone)	NRY
					Dick, Aaron	55	15 Jul 1881	Ryhope	DUR
					Dick, Andrew	13	25 May 1870	Nedderton	NBL
					Dick, John	29	12 Feb 1891	Beamish, Second Pit	DUR
					Dickens, John	19	14 Sep 1874	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Dickenson, John	30	15 Sep 1904	Shotton	DUR
					Dickerson, John	12	15 Aug 1848	Murton, Polka Pit	DUR
					Dickinson, David	51	12 Jul 1900	Wearmouth, A Pit	DUR
					Dickinson, Edward Dodd	46	26 Oct 1903	Dinnington	NBL
					Dickinson, George	48	25 Sep 1880	Waterhouses	DUR
					Dickinson, George	51	11 Apr 1911	Bowden Close	DUR
					Dickinson, Hugh	30	15 Nov 1864	Nettlesworth	DUR
					Dickinson, J.	46	01 Jun 1943	Ravensworth	DUR
					Dickinson, John	12	28 Jun 1839	St. Hilda	DUR
					Dickinson, John	49	28 Jun 1839	St. Hilda	DUR
					Dickinson, John	13	02 Jan 1883	Brandon	DUR
					Dickinson, John	57	1897	West Sleekburn	NBL
					Dickinson, John	67	16 Aug 1904	North Walbottle	NBL
					Dickinson, Joseph	12	30 Jun 1817	Harraton, Row Pit	DUR
					Dickinson, Joseph G.		1919	North Seaton	NBL
					Dickinson, Martin	33	21 Feb 1893	Murton	DUR
					Dickinson, Robert	34	26 Sep 1860	South Hetton	DUR
					Dickinson, Robert Frost	32	08 Jan 1909	Whitburn	DUR
					Dickinson, Samuel	25	17 Mar 1887	Framwellgate	DUR
					Dickinson, Stanley	19	12 Dec 1938	Chilton	DUR
					Dickinson, Thomas	71	08 Oct 1870	Bedlington	NBL
					Dickinson, Thomas	42	26 Jun 1907	Littleburn	DUR
					Dickinson, Thomas		1918	Cowpen	NBL
					Dickinson, Thomas	44	21 Apr 1926	Watergate	DUR
					Dickinson, W.		31 May 1911	Hedley Hope	DUR
					Dickinson, Walter	29	16 Aug 1907	Chopwell	DUR
					Dickinson, William	52	19 May 1915	Littleburn	DUR
					Dickinson, William	15	10 Jan 1917	Blackhall	DUR
					Dickinson, Wright	41	31 Jan 1903	Stanley Drift	DUR
					Dickson, Andrew, junr.	17	07 Nov 1927	Eden	DUR
					Dickson, Andrew, senr.	49	07 Nov 1927	Eden	DUR
					Dickson, H.	30	15 Nov 1935	Ravensworth	DUR
					Dickson, William	31	20 Jul 1909	Cramlington, Hartford	NBL
					Diery, Edward	38	30 Oct 1906	Cramlington	NBL
					Diery, Philip Henry	36	27 Oct 1906	Cramlington	NBL
					Dilke, Thomas	53	05 Nov 1914	Shotton	DUR
					Dillon, James	66	26 Jun 1907	Usworth	DUR
					Dillon, William	46	05 Oct 1897	Seaton Delaval, Forster Pit	NBL
					Dilton, Johannes	28	15 Oct 1907	Wearmouth	DUR
					Dines, John	38	30 Nov 1888	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Dinnery, John	55	27 Dec 1924	Springwell	DUR
					Dinning, Bateman	12	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Dinning, Bob	14	15 Apr 1886	Medomsley	DUR
					Dinning, Henry		03 Nov 1823	Rainton, Plain Pit	DUR
					Dinning, John	25	28 Jun 1839	St. Hilda	DUR
					Dinning, John	51	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Dinning, Joseph	52	19 Jun 1907	West Wylam	NBL
					Dinning, Thomas		19 Dec 1838	Wallsend, Church Pit	NBL
					Dinning, Thomas	32	18 Feb 1843	Harton	DUR
					Dinning, Thomas	33	25 Jan 1889	Ryhope	DUR
					Dinning, Thomas		1940	Montagu	NBL
					Dinning, William	17	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Dinsdale, G. H.	25	05 Oct 1923	Seaham	DUR
					Dinsdale, John	58	09 Dec 1857	Witton Park	DUR
					Dinsdale, John	24	05 Mar 1867	Tanfield Lea	DUR
					Disley, John	22	28 Oct 1848	Cleator Moor, Whinny Hill	CUL
					Distans, John		03 Oct 1705	Gateshead, Stony Flatt	DUR
					Diston, George	55	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Diston, George	50	17 Oct 1906	Cramlington	NBL
					Ditchburn, -		21 Sep 1833	Isabella Pit, Workington	CUL
					Ditchburn, Christopher Richardson	19	19 Jul 1922	Pegswood	NBL
					Ditchburn, Ernest	31	17 Feb 1909	North Skelton (Ironstone)	NRY
					Ditchburn, George	21	05 Apr 1843	Stormont Main	DUR
					Ditchburn, George	26	21 Jul 1869	Team	DUR
					Ditchburn, George	25	20 Jun 1892	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Ditchburn, Humphrey	52	05 Apr 1843	Stormont Main	DUR
					Ditchburn, Isaac	39	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Ditchburn, Isaac	48	15 Feb 1886	Slapewath (Ironstone)	NRY
					Ditchburn, John	12	24 Oct 1838	Harrington, John Pit	CUL
					Ditchburn, John	53	15 Feb 1844	West Cornforth	DUR
					Ditchburn, John	21	29 May 1895	Usworth	DUR
					Ditchburn, Manners	32	06 Jan 1921	Sherburn Hill	DUR
					Ditchburn, Richard		21 Sep 1833	Isabella Pit, Workington	CUL
					Ditchburn, Thomas		28 Jul 1837	Workington	CUL
					Divine, John	17	16 Dec 1854	Thornley	DUR
					Dix, Lewis	40	20 Nov 1893	Wearmouth	DUR
					Dixon, Abraham	25	08 Oct 1855	Walker Iron Works	NBL
					Dixon, Arthur (jnr)	26	03 May 1815	Heaton Main	DUR
					Dixon, Arthur (snr)	64	03 May 1815	Heaton Main	DUR
					Dixon, Benjamin	50	27 Nov 1890	South Moor	DUR
					Dixon, Charles	24	28 Sep 1813	Fatfield, Hall Pit	DUR
					Dixon, David	11	09 Jan 1800	Eglingham	NBL
					Dixon, David	60	08 Apr 1893	Ouston, A Pit	DUR
					Dixon, David	25	17 Nov 1914	Moss Bay (Metalliferous)	CUL
					Dixon, David	16	10 Dec 1914	Wallsend, G Pit	NBL
					Dixon, David Griffin		30 Mar 1925	Montagu, View Pit	NBL
					Dixon, Ed		1908	Cramlington	NBL
					Dixon, Edward Dawson		1926	North Walbottle	NBL
					Dixon, Edward Marshall	38	06 Jul 1864	New Delaval	NBL
					Dixon, Emmerson	70	01 Oct 1902	Barrasford (Whinstone)	NBL
					Dixon, Ernest	49	05 Jun 1928	Bowden Close	DUR
					Dixon, Frank	16	17 Nov 1903	Herrington	DUR
					Dixon, Fred		1916	West Wylam	NBL
					Dixon, Frederick	20	27 Jan 1906	Howden	DUR
					Dixon, G. C.		1917	Netherton	NBL
					Dixon, G. T.	30	03 Feb 1925	Ryhope	DUR
					Dixon, G. T.	49	02 Jan 1936	Thrislington	DUR
					Dixon, George		05 Aug 1737	Corpsill	CUL
					Dixon, George	18	26 Jan 1852	Trimdon	DUR
					Dixon, George	29	18 Jan 1875	Washington, F Pit	DUR
					Dixon, George	12	18 May 1875	Backworth	NBL
					Dixon, George	12	03 Jan 1877	Seaham	DUR
					Dixon, George	17	22 Jun 1877	Haswell	DUR
					Dixon, George	47	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Dixon, George	14	20 Sep 1881	Wearmouth	DUR
					Dixon, George	27	05 Jul 1884	Gillfoot Park (Metalliferous)	CUL
					Dixon, George	32	17 Jan 1900	Margaret (Iron Ore)	CUL
					Dixon, George	54	04 Jun 1909	Dean & Chapter (Dean Bank)	DUR
					Dixon, George	36	29 Jul 1913	South Brancepeth	DUR
					Dixon, George		25 May 1935	Brayton Domain, No. 5	CUL
					Dixon, George Henry	18	17 Jan 1885	Etherley, George Pit	DUR
					Dixon, George Henry	17	30 Jul 1929	Thrislington	DUR
					Dixon, George Robert	51	20 May 1948	Nelson	NBL
					Dixon, Henry	40	03 May 1815	Heaton Main	DUR
					Dixon, Henry	10	17 Jan 1854	South Hetton	DUR
					Dixon, Henry	29	26 Sep 1910	Mainsforth	DUR
					Dixon, J.	57	28 Feb 1944	Houghton	DUR
					Dixon, J. R.	23	29 Apr 1938	Usworth	DUR
					Dixon, James	22	19 Jul 1819	Sheriff Hill	DUR
					Dixon, James	23	31 Oct 1866	Pelton	DUR
					Dixon, James	16	12 May 1893	Lumley	DUR
					Dixon, James	54	30 Jul 1897	Herrington	DUR
					Dixon, James	40	17 Oct 1909	Burnhope	DUR
					Dixon, John		05 Aug 1737	Corpsill	CUL
					Dixon, John	20	28 Sep 1813	Fatfield, Hall Pit	DUR
					Dixon, John	38	12 Aug 1814	Hebburn	DUR
					Dixon, John		Aug 1833	Adventure	DUR
					Dixon, John	12	05 Apr 1843	Stormont Main	DUR
					Dixon, John	15	28 Sep 1844	Haswell	DUR
					Dixon, John	21	28 Sep 1844	Haswell	DUR
					Dixon, John	19	11 Nov 1850	Houghton	DUR
					Dixon, John	19	19 Apr 1859	Waldridge	DUR
					Dixon, John	12	06 Jul 1871	Cramlington	NBL
					Dixon, John	14	30 Jun 1873	Cramlington, Dudley Pit	NBL
					Dixon, John	49	11 Sep 1873	East Pontop	DUR
					Dixon, John	34	22 Dec 1882	Vane's Hartley	DUR
					Dixon, John	40	29 Aug 1887	Walker	NBL
					Dixon, John	22	19 Jan 1888	Sherburn House	DUR
					Dixon, John	28	30 Jun 1895	Wearmouth, B Pit	DUR
					Dixon, John	57	24 Mar 1902	Hylton	DUR
					Dixon, John	42	20 Feb 1908	Washington, Glebe Pit	DUR
					Dixon, John	29	02 Jun 1913	Houghton	DUR
					Dixon, John	26	13 Nov 1913	Shildon Lodge	DUR
					Dixon, John	17	13 Nov 1914	Cramlington, Ann Pit	NBL
					Dixon, John		22 Jul 1915	Waterhouses	DUR
					Dixon, John		04 Nov 1929	Linton	NBL
					Dixon, John Guy	62	14 Oct 1906	Wingate Grange	DUR
					Dixon, John James		1924	Bedlington, D Pit	NBL
					Dixon, Jonathan		14 Nov 1832	Auckland, St. Helens	DUR
					Dixon, Joseph	43	20 Aug 1860	Bebside	NBL
					Dixon, Joseph	43	19 May 1865	Pelton	DUR
					Dixon, Joseph	24	13 Jan 1874	Killingworth	NBL
					Dixon, Joseph	41	01 Aug 1882	Dorothea Pit, Newbottle	DUR
					Dixon, Joseph	25	14 Dec 1896	Harrington, No. 7 Pit	CUL
					Dixon, Joseph	17	13 Jun 1898	Hetton	DUR
					Dixon, Joseph	50	08 Sep 1932	Coniston Quarry	CUL
					Dixon, Joseph Daniel	22	10 Sep 1903	Clifton	CUL
					Dixon, Joseph H.	20	15 Feb 1905	Kimblesworth	DUR
					Dixon, Lees Ball	26	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Dixon, Lewis Thomas		1938	Newbiggin	NBL
					Dixon, Matthew	29	13 May 1888	Hebburn	DUR
					Dixon, Matthew	14	23 Jul 1909	Cramlington	NBL
					Dixon, Nathan	15	13 Aug 1867	Woodhouse Close	DUR
					Dixon, R. H.	43	27 Mar 1939	Fishburn	DUR
					Dixon, Ralph		09 Apr 1786	Wallsend	NBL
					Dixon, Ralph	15	14 Oct 1924	East Hetton	DUR
					Dixon, Robert	38	30 Jul 1859	High Heworth	DUR
					Dixon, Robert	12	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Dixon, Robert	54	08 Aug 1867	Seaton	DUR
					Dixon, Robert	18	27 Sep 1867	Cambois	NBL
					Dixon, Robert	13	09 Feb 1888	Seaham	DUR
					Dixon, Robert		1930	Cowpen, Isabella Pit	NBL
					Dixon, Robert Hunter	56	11 May 1937	Houghton	DUR
					Dixon, Robert Turnbull	13	28 Sep 1813	Fatfield, Hall Pit	DUR
					Dixon, Robert William	19	10 Jul 1893	Sherburn House	DUR
					Dixon, Rodney	13	24 Nov 1859	Seaton	DUR
					Dixon, Sam	36	19 Jun 1928	Ouston	DUR
					Dixon, Stephen		1925	Backworth	NBL
					Dixon, T.	16	06 Apr 1925	Murton	DUR
					Dixon, Thomas	16	05 Apr 1843	Stormont Main	DUR
					Dixon, Thomas	23	22 Mar 1844	Shotton	DUR
					Dixon, Thomas	49	23 Sep 1868	Crosby	CUL
					Dixon, Thomas	13	29 Oct 1872	Houghton	DUR
					Dixon, Thomas	28	23 Dec 1876	Crosby & Gilcrux	CUL
					Dixon, Thomas	12	08 Jul 1889	Hazard	DUR
					Dixon, Thomas	27	11 Jul 1889	Eppleton	DUR
					Dixon, Thomas	55	26 Jul 1894	Seaham	DUR
					Dixon, Thomas	27	22 Nov 1902	Bournmoor	DUR
					Dixon, Thomas	16	18 Jun 1907	West Wylam	NBL
					Dixon, Thomas		1915	Backworth	NBL
					Dixon, Thomas		1916	Ellington	NBL
					Dixon, Thomas G.	55	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Dixon, Thomas Holiday	32	15 May 1906	Whitehaven	CUL
					Dixon, W.		1922	Plenmeller	NBL
					Dixon, W.	64	26 Nov 1942	Derwent	DUR
					Dixon, William	12	11 Oct 1799	Lumley	DUR
					Dixon, William	35	24 May 1812	Felling	DUR
					Dixon, William	10	24 May 1812	Felling	DUR
					Dixon, William	21	03 May 1815	Heaton Main	DUR
					Dixon, William	46	28 Sep 1844	Haswell	DUR
					Dixon, William	16	28 Sep 1844	Haswell	DUR
					Dixon, William	13	15 Jul 1858	Woodhouse Close	DUR
					Dixon, William	27	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Dixon, William	34	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Dixon, William	15	19 Sep 1867	Coxlodge	NBL
					Dixon, William	23	19 Apr 1888	St. Helen's, Workington	CUL
					Dixon, William	21	01 Sep 1904	Hook Hill (Fireclay)	NBL
					Dixon, William	64	05 Mar 1910	Whitehaven, Ladysmith	CUL
					Dixon, William		1946	Crofton, Mill Pit	NBL
					Dixon, William H.	16	20 Aug 1890	Black Prince	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 names of mining fatalities on this web page have been kindly provided by The West Cumbria Mines Research Group 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 .
Many of the fatalities for Brayton Domain Colliery were kindly provided by Terry Carrick.
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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