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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					Hickman, Thomas	58	18 Dec 1895	Brancepeth	DUR
					Hickmott, Thomas	33	19 Jan 1877	Upleatham (Ironstone)	NRY
					Hicks, Edward	14	17 Feb 1877	Cramlington	NBL
					Hicks, Harry	15	02 Sep 1873	Shankhouse Pit	NBL
					Hicks, James	30	10 Jun 1879	Park	LAN
					Hicks, James	15	31 Oct 1900	Loftus (Ironstone)	NRY
					Hicks, John	25	05 Mar 1875	Wheatley Hill	DUR
					Hicks, John	38	18 Mar 1893	Cramlington	NBL
					Hicks, Joseph		1927	Seaton Delaval	NBL
					Hicks, Vivian	13	14 Dec 1898	Westerton	DUR
					Hicks, William	49	27 Nov 1869	Cramlington, High Pit	NBL
					Hicks, William George	32	06 Jul 1951	Eppleton	DUR
					Hickson, Edward	27	25 Mar 1898	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Higgin, Myles	32	07 Jul 1899	Askam (Metalliferous)	LAN
					Higgin, William	46	08 Jul 1879	Lindal Moor (Metalliferous)	LAN
					Higginbottom, Joseph	62	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Higgins, -		21 Sep 1833	Isabella Pit, Workington	CUL
					Higgins, Jacob	25	08 Jan 1909	Seaton Burn	NBL
					Higgins, James	51	11 Mar 1891	Montreal, No. 10 Pit	CUL
					Higgins, James	38	27 Jun 1901	Ryhope	DUR
					Higgins, James	36	31 Mar 1905	North Biddick	DUR
					Higgins, John	16	08 Jun 1868	Houghall	DUR
					Higgins, Patrick	22	30 May 1895	West Cumberland	CUL
					Higgins, Patrick	59	09 Oct 1895	Seaham	DUR
					Higgins, Richard	14	22 Jun 1858	Houghton	DUR
					Higgins, Wilfred L.	17	20 Sep 1909	Mainsforth	DUR
					Higgins, William	16	13 Dec 1905	Walbottle	NBL
					High, Brian	65	24 Aug 1887	Diamond Pit	LAN
					High, Charles William	23	22 Apr 1914	Wallsend, Staithes	NBL
					High, Mary	34	02 Nov 1888	Clifton, Buckhill	CUL
					High, Miles	21	26 Apr 1881	Lindal Moor (Metalliferous)	LAN
					Highmoor, Robert	27	04 May 1881	Dearham	CUL
					Highmoor, Wilfred	47	31 Mar 1922	Clara Vale	DUR
					Hiles, George	29	16 Nov 1911	South Moor, Louisa Pit	DUR
					Hill, George	8	30 Jun 1817	Harraton, Row Pit	DUR
					Hill, George	12	30 Jun 1817	Harraton, Row Pit	DUR
					Hill, George	31	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Hill, George	65	05 Dec 1882	Normanby (Ironstone)	NRY
					Hill, George	62	10 Mar 1899	Boldon	DUR
					Hill, Isaac	30	01 Feb 1898	Carlin How (Ironstone)	NRY
					Hill, J. W.	16	13 Jul 1937	Horden	DUR
					Hill, James	64	Mar 1904	Cramlington	NBL
					Hill, James	40	18 Aug 1931	Washington, F Pit	DUR
					Hill, John	38	30 Jun 1817	Harraton, Row Pit	DUR
					Hill, John	14	20 Mar 1874	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Hill, John	61	02 Aug 1906	Park (Iron Ore)	LAN
					Hill, John Tolson	39	09 Dec 1946	Harrington No. 10, Workington	CUL
					Hill, Joseph	41	10 Jul 1920	Randolph	DUR
					Hill, M.	64	03 May 1945	Usworth	DUR
					Hill, Michael	15	30 Jun 1817	Harraton, Row Pit	DUR
					Hill, Michael	10	30 Jun 1817	Harraton, Row Pit	DUR
					Hill, Michael	62	30 Jun 1817	Harraton, Row Pit	DUR
					Hill, Pearson	24	30 Jun 1817	Harraton, Row Pit	DUR
					Hill, Ralph		19 Nov 1835	Burdon Main	DUR
					Hill, Richard William	67	14 May 1931	Shotton	DUR
					Hill, Robert	74	30 Jun 1817	Harraton, Row Pit	DUR
					Hill, Robert	11	30 Jun 1817	Harraton, Row Pit	DUR
					Hill, Robert	21	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Hill, Robert Aitken	16	31 May 1907	St. Hilda	DUR
					Hill, Septimus James	51	09 Dec 1912	Horden	DUR
					Hill, Thomas	9	30 Jun 1817	Harraton, Row Pit	DUR
					Hill, Thomas	60	28 Jan 1898	Ryhope	DUR
					Hill, Thomas	18	11 Dec 1908	Washington	DUR
					Hillam, William Charles	44	17 Mar 1958	Vane Tempest	DUR
					Hillary, John George	40	17 Feb 1899	Brancepeth	DUR
					Hillary, Robert	33	10 Jun 1889	Scargill (Metalliferous)	NRY
					Hillery, Michael	30	25 Apr 1907	Fremington Edge (Chert)	NRY
					Hillery, Thomas	56	04 Dec 1906	Auckland Park	DUR
					Hillery, Thomas	39	25 Jan 1926	Bearpark	DUR
					Hilliard, Matthew	53	28 Jan 1908	Roachburn	CUL
					Hills, C.	51	20 Jun 1933	Lambton	DUR
					Hills, George	37	11 Oct 1909	Murton	DUR
					Hills, John	44	21 Aug 1845	Jarrow	DUR
					Hills, John	68	04 May 1875	Moorsley	DUR
					Hills, John William	43	27 Dec 1918	Houghton	DUR
					Hills, Robert	46	13 Jul 1875	East Holywell	NBL
					Hills, Robert	64	02 Dec 1886	Elemore	DUR
					Hilt, Thomas	71	05 Jul 1899	Rosedale (Ironstone)	NRY
					Hilton, Harry	34	22 Nov 1940	Deaf Hill	DUR
					Hilton, Matthew	64	07 Nov 1923	South Hetton	DUR
					Hilton, Robert	16	28 Aug 1884	Ryhope	DUR
					Hilton, Thomas	53	25 Feb 1896	Upleatham (Ironstone)	NRY
					Hinchley, Alexander		1923	Woodhorn	NBL
					Hind, John	46	23 Oct 1874	Westerton	DUR
					Hind, Matthew		1918	West Wylam	NBL
					Hind, Matthew	15	16 Dec 1921	Urpeth	DUR
					Hind, Thomas	47	20 Jan 1885	Upleatham (Ironstone)	NRY
					Hind, Thomas	27	15 Dec 1904	Wingate Grange	DUR
					Hind, William M.	54	29 Jul 1948	Sherburn Hill	DUR
					Hindhaugh, Jacob	50	18 Aug 1901	West Sleekburn	NBL
					Hindhaugh, James	35	31 Mar 1908	Bedlington	NBL
					Hindhaugh, James Donald		1936	Bedlington, A Pit	NBL
					Hindhaugh, James H.	38	20 Feb 1946	Lynemouth	NBL
					Hindhaugh, John	53	03 Jul 1965	Ashington	NBL
					Hindmarch, George	30	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Hindmarch, James	42	12 Sep 1881	North Seaton	NBL
					Hindmarch, John		03 Apr 1845	Killingworth, West Moor	NBL
					Hindmarch, John		19 Sep 1848	Alexandrina	DUR
					Hindmarch, Joseph	41	28 Nov 1876	Kibblesworth	DUR
					Hindmarch, Matthew	22	02 Jun 1815	Success Pit, Newbottle	DUR
					Hindmarch, Robert	46	13 Aug 1916	Woodhorn	NBL
					Hindmarch, William		15 Feb 1854	Sherburn, East Pit	DUR
					Hindmarsh, Benjamin	55	10 Dec 1892	Ryhope	DUR
					Hindmarsh, Charles		23 Nov 1863	Iveston	DUR
					Hindmarsh, George	45	01 Apr 1893	Throckley	NBL
					Hindmarsh, J.	33	27 Apr 1896	Swalwell	DUR
					Hindmarsh, J.	22	15 Sep 1899	Carshield (Metalliferous)	NBL
					Hindmarsh, James		1919	Backworth	NBL
					Hindmarsh, John Oliver	31	02 Mar 1907	Heworth Burn, Sandstone quarry	DUR
					Hindmarsh, John Thomas		1918	East Holywell	NBL
					Hindmarsh, Joseph		18 Jan 1844	Killingworth, West Moor	DUR
					Hindmarsh, Nicholas	17	26 Jan 1852	Trimdon	DUR
					Hindmarsh, Robert	68	30 Apr 1912	East Holywell	NBL
					Hindmarsh, Stephen		22 Jan 1931	Linton	NBL
					Hindmarsh, T.		1917	Bedlington	NBL
					Hindmarsh, Thomas	31	07 Nov 1888	Binchester	DUR
					Hindmarsh, Thomas	50	26 Jul 1893	Ouston, A Pit	DUR
					Hindmarsh, William Crone		24 Aug 1938	Ashington	NBL
					Hindmarsh, William Robert	38	18 Apr 1933	Heworth	DUR
					Hindmoor, Edward	18	09 Jun 1939	East Hedley Hope	DUR
					Hindmoor, John Teasdale	17	Aug 1954	Brancepeth, A Pit	DUR
					Hinds, James	57	12 Oct 1904	Hebburn	DUR
					Hinds, Thomas	14	08 Feb 1858	Willington	DUR
					Hindson, J. W.	42	12 Dec 1942	Marsden	DUR
					Hindson, James	16	24 Apr 1889	Shildon Lodge	DUR
					Hindson, Thomas	40	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Hindson, Thomas	63	30 Nov 1911	Seaham	DUR
					Hindson, William	44	12 Nov 1902	Holmside, Oswald	DUR
					Hine, John	21	06 May 1881	Cramlington, Amelia Pit	NBL
					Hine, William		19 Oct 1839	Ironside pit, Whitburn	DUR
					Hiner, William	25	09 Apr 1875	South Durham	DUR
					Hines, Henry	49	31 Oct 1908	Seaham	DUR
					Hines, Mary	40	28 Aug 1869	Flimby	CUL
					Hines, William	53	10 Oct 1891	Central Foxdale	IOM
					Hinghasen, William	15	23 Aug 1880	Felling	DUR
					Hinkley, Alexander		27 Dec 1922	Woodhorn	NBL
					Hinson, Robert	23	15 May 1892	Coxlodge	NBL
					Hinton, Joe		1940	Dean & Chapter	DUR
					Hinton, Joseph Henry	51	30 Jul 1961	Dean & Chapter	DUR
					Hird, John	25	16 Sep 1870	Old Kepier	DUR
					Hird, John	55	04 Oct 1896	Binchester	DUR
					Hird, N.	38	12 May 1945	Roddymoor	DUR
					Hird, Ralph		21 Jan 1938	Lynemouth	NBL
					Hird, Thomas	61	05 Jun 1912	Barton (Limestone)	NRY
					Hird, William	24	15 Dec 1902	South Durham	DUR
					Hirst, Frederick		1914	North Seaton	NBL
					Hisset, Solomon	52	13 Oct 1877	Houghton	DUR
					Hissett, John Thomas	23	23 Jan 1900	Houghton	DUR
					Hissett, William	12	16 Nov 1891	Houghton	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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