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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					Michell, Thomas	23	26 Feb 1875	Brandon, C Pit	DUR
					Michelson, Robert		13 Jan 1913	Ashington	NBL
					Micheson, William Alexander		1922	Shilbottle	NBL
					Middleham, T.	18	16 Sep 1874	Thrislington	DUR
					Middlemas, Joseph	37	29 Mar 1898	South Moor	DUR
					Middlemas, Joseph	61	16 Mar 1954	Lambton, D Pit	DUR
					Middlemas, Mark	66	10 Dec 1898	Malton	DUR
					Middlemas, R.	61	02 Nov 1937	Shotton	DUR
					Middlemast, John	65	17 Jan 1930	South Moor, Hedley Pit	DUR
					Middlemiss, Harrison Fenwick	65	30 Jan 1928	Dorothea Pit, Newbottle	DUR
					Middlemiss, Robert		1932	Stobswood	NBL
					Middlemiss, Thomas	26	07 Apr 1873	Stanley	DUR
					Middlemiss, Thomas	34	03 Feb 1947	Pegswood	NBL
					Middlemiss, William		1943	Backworth, Fenwick Pit	NBL
					Middlemost, William	46	07 Jun 1845	Unknown	DUR
					Middleton, Charles	44	12 Feb 1895	Cramlington, Dudley Pit	NBL
					Middleton, George	29	17 Dec 1819	Success Pit	DUR
					Middleton, George	11	15 May 1904	Montreal (Iron Ore)	CUL
					Middleton, Henry	35	27 Oct 1900	Black Boy	DUR
					Middleton, J.	39	27 May 1930	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Middleton, John William	57	25 Jul 1941	Washington	DUR
					Middleton, Mark	24	06 Oct 1913	Hebburn	DUR
					Middleton, Richard	30	18 Apr 1892	Mickley	NBL
					Middleton, Robert	51	04 Nov 1921	Bearpark	DUR
					Middleton, Robert William	63	May 1953	Brandon	DUR
					Middleton, Samuel	61	15 Mar 1908	Newbottle	DUR
					Middleton, Thomas	21	28 May 1872	Wearmouth	DUR
					Middleton, W.	42	21 Jul 1859	Elemore	DUR
					Midgley, F.	53	05 Aug 1937	Thrislington	DUR
					Midgley, James	25	27 Feb 1899	Stargate	DUR
					Midgley, Joseph	62	18 Apr 1882	Tudhoe	DUR
					Midwood, James	42	02 Jun 1893	Elliscales, No. 4 Pit (Metalliferous)	LAN
					Milburn, Charles	17	07 May 1952	Heworth	DUR
					Milburn, George ('Mick')	42	20 May 1963	Bowburn	DUR
					Milburn, Henry	59	24 Jul 1894	Murton	DUR
					Milburn, Henry		1928	Cramlington, Amelia Pit	NBL
					Milburn, J. H.	64	02 Dec 1934	Greenside	DUR
					Milburn, J. M.	11	21 Aug 1867	Newton Cap	DUR
					Milburn, John	23	28 Jan 1836	Hetton, Downs Pit (Eppleton)	DUR
					Milburn, John	40	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Milburn, John M.		20 Feb 1957	Bearpark	DUR
					Milburn, Matthew	44	17 Apr 1882	Axwell Park	DUR
					Milburn, Nathan	13	31 May 1897	Burnhope	DUR
					Milburn, R. W.		1946	Burradon	NBL
					Milburn, Robert	31	04 Jan 1864	South Hetton	DUR
					Milburn, Robert William	26	29 May 1951	Easington	DUR
					Milburn, Stanley		28 Sep 1930	Lambton Drops	DUR
					Milburn, Thomas		1984	Dawdon	DUR
					Milby, James	26	28 Oct 1848	Cleator Moor, Whinny Hill	CUL
					Milby, John	18	28 Oct 1848	Cleator Moor, Whinny Hill	CUL
					Mildren, Samuel	20	10 Oct 1873	Harrington, No. 7 Pit	CUL
					Miles, Henry	34	15 Nov 1890	Castle Eden	DUR
					Miles, Robert	40	20 Feb 1860	Seaton, B Pit	DUR
					Miles, William	56	11 Aug 1936	Urpeth	DUR
					Milford, George	40	17 Sep 1936	Vane Tempest	DUR
					Milford, George William Baker	35	20 Oct 1929	Seaham	DUR
					Millar, David	17	30 Mar 1871	Choppington	NBL
					Millar, Robert		15 Jun 1927	Linton	NBL
					Millar, William		07 Mar 1832	Beamish	DUR
					Millburn, Miles	55	18 Oct 1890	Harrington	CUL
					Miller, Allen	43	16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	DUR
					Miller, Andrew	36	04 Nov 1889	Hebburn, A Pit	DUR
					Miller, Andrew	44	29 Dec 1903	St. Helen's, Workington	CUL
					Miller, Arthur	23	14 Aug 1946	Mainsforth	DUR
					Miller, Charles	66	01 Sep 1917	Tanfield Moor	DUR
					Miller, Charles	20	19 Aug 1921	Emma	DUR
					Miller, Charles		1932	Wallsend	NBL
					Miller, E. W.	24	14 Apr 1927	Tudhoe	DUR
					Miller, Edward	45	18 Jan 1878	Thornley	DUR
					Miller, Frederick J.		1941	Shilbottle	NBL
					Miller, G.	59	03 Mar 1936	Ryhope	DUR
					Miller, George	16	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Miller, George	23	11 Mar 1869	Choppington	NBL
					Miller, George		15 Mar 1877	Howard's West Hartley	NBL
					Miller, George	67	13 Dec 1888	Binchester	DUR
					Miller, George	47	26 May 1902	Netherton	NBL
					Miller, George	30	14 Jun 1902	Wallsend	NBL
					Miller, George	17	24 Mar 1904	Bedlington	NBL
					Miller, Henry	47	13 Jul 1888	Grinkle (Ironstone)	NRY
					Miller, Henry	15	16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	DUR
					Miller, J. G.	13	30 Mar 1883	Harraton	DUR
					Miller, Jamers	20	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Miller, James	30	08 Feb 1910	Grinkle (Ironstone)	NRY
					Miller, James A.		1945	Stobswood	NBL
					Miller, John	12	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Miller, John	10	13 May 1864	Kepier Grange	DUR
					Miller, John	53	12 Dec 1878	Roanhead (Metalliferous)	LAN
					Miller, John	19	28 Apr 1883	Pelton	DUR
					Miller, John	21	04 Sep 1909	South Moor	DUR
					Miller, John	28	07 Jul 1952	Greenside (Lead Ore)	WES
					Miller, John George	32	18 Mar 1926	Lambton D Pit	DUR
					Miller, John L.	25	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Miller, Joseph	55	21 May 1906	Seathwaite Tarn (Whinstone)	LAN
					Miller, Joseph	49	12 Jan 1914	Throckley, Maria Pit	NBL
					Miller, Larry		19 Jun 1957	Ryhope	DUR
					Miller, Lisle	32	24 Dec 1895	Bearl	NBL
					Miller, Michael		1918	Bedlington	NBL
					Miller, R.	30	06 Mar 1932	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Miller, Ralph	28	18 May 1875	Seaton Delaval	NBL
					Miller, Ralph	14	19 Aug 1895	Washington	DUR
					Miller, Richard	15	05 Aug 1885	Auckland Park	DUR
					Miller, Robert	61	03 Mar 1861	Wylam	NBL
					Miller, Robert	22	18 Oct 1894	Lambton	DUR
					Miller, Robert	24	20 Dec 1951	Fishburn	DUR
					Miller, Ronald Charles	25	28 Feb 1958	Craghead	DUR
					Miller, Sam	14	16 Nov 1927	Bewicke Main	DUR
					Miller, Samuel	33	14 Jul 1881	Spa (Ironstone)	NRY
					Miller, T.	59	30 Jan 1924	Wheatley Hill	DUR
					Miller, T.	36	01 Jan 1940	Horden	DUR
					Miller, Thomas	16	17 Jul 1813	Collingwood Main	DUR
					Miller, Thomas	16	03 May 1815	Heaton Main	DUR
					Miller, Thomas		17 Jan 1826	Jarrow	DUR
					Miller, Thomas		22 Nov 1862	Walker	NBL
					Miller, Thomas	46	21 May 1873	Cramlington, Scott Pit	NBL
					Miller, Thomas	27	11 Oct 1874	Gosforth	NBL
					Miller, Thomas	28	21 Apr 1875	Cold Knott	DUR
					Miller, Thomas	19	31 Oct 1882	Whitehaven	CUL
					Miller, Thomas	63	18 Feb 1885	Pelton	DUR
					Miller, Thomas	26	26 Jun 1911	Harrington	CUL
					Miller, Thomas Austel	41	09 Dec 1946	Harrington No. 10, Workington	CUL
					Miller, Walter	43	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Miller, William	34	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Miller, William	40	14 Jan 1892	Cramlington, Dudley Pit	NBL
					Miller, William	23	18 Jun 1897	Walkmill	CUL
					Miller, William	38	03 Aug 1897	Norwood	DUR
					Miller, William		1935	Montagu	NBL
					Miller, William	52	14 Mar 1961	Dawdon	DUR
					Millet, Charles	41	20 Nov 1872	Charlaw	DUR
					Millet, Joseph	16	24 Aug 1909	Whitburn	DUR
					Millican, -		21 Aug 1819	Workington	CUL
					Millican, Thomas		12 Jan 1886	Threlkeld (Lead)	CUL
					Milligan, Andrew Thomas	17	08 Dec 1898	Ryhope	DUR
					Milligan, Patrick	33	21 Feb 1878	Ehen	CUL
					Milligan, Patrick	20	22 Feb 1900	Twizell	DUR
					Milling, Thomas	67	23 Aug 1893	Asby	CUL
					Millington, E. L.	19	18 Aug 1890	South Hetton	DUR
					Millington, Thomas	45	10 Feb 1922	West Auckland	DUR
					Millington, William	46	12 Sep 1884	Silksworth	DUR
					Million, Robert	16	27 Jul 1920	Margaret Pit, Newbottle	DUR
					Million, Thomas	15	09 Jun 1890	Norwood	DUR
					Millner, Jackson	70	15 Apr 1909	Langley Park	DUR
					Mills, Charles H.	15	30 Dec 1891	South Durham	DUR
					Mills, E.	29	23 Sep 1930	Washington	DUR
					Mills, Gary W.		09 Apr 1978	Bearpark	DUR
					Mills, George	59	27 Apr 1889	Brancepeth	DUR
					Mills, J.	53	29 May 1945	Boldon	DUR
					Mills, John		08 Sep 1864	Seghill	NBL
					Mills, John	43	30 Nov 1888	Cleator, No. 9 Pit (Metalliferous)	CUL
					Mills, John	45	09 Nov 1893	Wardley	DUR
					Mills, John	52	13 Oct 1910	Hodbarrow (Iron Ore)	CUL
					Mills, Joseph	31	30 Apr 1884	Brandon, C Pit	DUR
					Mills, Ralph Hogg	43	11 Nov 1907	Black Heddon, Whinstone quarry	NBL
					Mills, Robert		03 Oct 1940	Ashington	NBL
					Mills, Samuel	45	18 Aug 1865	Newton Cap	DUR
					Mills, Samuel	59	21 Jul 1892	Felling	DUR
					Mills, Thomas	59	11 Apr 1911	Leasingthorne	DUR
					Mills, William	15	27 Jun 1887	North Seaton	NBL
					Mills, William		16 Jan 1896	North Skelton (Ironstone)	NRY
					Mills, William	55	23 Nov 1898	Walker	NBL
					Millward, Benjamin	15	01 Jul 1896	Brancepeth	DUR
					Millwater, J. R.	63	05 Mar 1944	Hamsterley	DUR
					Milner, Albert	20	13 Jan 1891	Lingdale (Ironstone)	NRY
					Milner, George	22	14 Oct 1873	Brandon, C Pit	DUR
					Milner, Harker	21	23 May 1879	AD Sir Francis Level (Metaliferous)	NRY
					Milner, Hiram	51	01 Jun 1867	Washington	DUR
					Milner, Joseph Reavley	29	03 Apr 1935	Browney	DUR
					Milner, Thomas	32	19 Sep 1855	Woodhouse Close	DUR
					Milsom, W.	51	02 Jul 1922	Thrislington	DUR
					Milson, Thomas	12	17 Sep 1879	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Milton, George Edward	37	Jul 1916	Horden	DUR
					Milton, Thomas Stodart	15	15 Nov 1858	Kepier Grange	DUR
					Milward, James	45	09 Feb 1860	Pease's West, Lucy Pit	DUR
					Mingins, George	20	23 Oct 1886	Askam, S.5 Pit (Metalliferous)	LAN
					Mingins, John	40	29 Apr 1870	Bishop Hill	CUL
					Minhinnet, Thomas	55	20 Mar 1893	Tudhoe	DUR
					Minican, James	17	16 Sep 1897	Loftus (Ironstone)	NRY
					Minigan, Michael	45	29 Sep 1872	Felling	DUR
					Minikin, C.	59	20 Dec 1948	Chopwell	DUR
					Minks, Robert	50	21 Dec 1904	Derwent, Hunter Pit	DUR
					Minnican, Joseph	25	23 Jan 1893	St. Helen's, Workington	CUL
					Minnikin, Joseph		1941	Burradon	NBL
					Minnikin, Robert	67	09 Jul 1900	Loftus (Ironstone)	NRY
					Minningan, George	50	07 Dec 1872	Wardley	DUR
					Minnings, William	16	02 May 1904	Wearmouth	DUR
					Minnis, James	56	26 Dec 1936	Bearpark	DUR
					Minns, George	12	05 Jul 1846	Elemore	DUR
					Minns, John	11	29 Nov 1848	Elemore, George Pit	DUR
					Minns, Michael	14	15 Aug 1885	Elemore	DUR
					Minto, Clement	38	19 Jun 1893	Deaf Hill	DUR
					Minto, Clement	42	06 Dec 1947	Louisa Pit, Stanley	DUR
					Minto, John	11	10 Jun 1846	Sherburn, East Pit	DUR
					Minto, John	33	21 Mar 1892	Woodland	DUR
					Minto, John Thomas		1929	Choppington	NBL
					Minto, Joseph	40	24 Sep 1863	Lumley	DUR
					Minto, R. J. (Jack)	46	13 Jul 1944	Horden	DUR
					Mist, Henry	50	09 Oct 1879	Lofthouse (Ironstone)	NRY
					Mitchell, A. G.	18	17 Jan 1931	Murton	DUR
					Mitchell, Abel	48	06 Apr 1882	Gillfoot Park	CUL
					Mitchell, Alfred		1916	Seaton Delaval	NBL
					Mitchell, Andrew	33	20 Nov 1919	Thornley	DUR
					Mitchell, Anthony		18 Jun 1853	Grahamsley's	DUR
					Mitchell, C.		1917	Cramlington, Scott Pit	NBL
					Mitchell, Charles	13	29 Oct 1868	West Stanley	DUR
					Mitchell, Frederick	17	25 Jun 1900	Woodhorn	NBL
					Mitchell, George	26	03 Jan 1882	Moresby	CUL
					Mitchell, George	54	02 Jan 1890	South Benwell	NBL
					Mitchell, J. W.	16	15 Nov 1892	Bearpark	DUR
					Mitchell, James	40	14 Oct 1860	Bowden Close	DUR
					Mitchell, James	49	03 Oct 1877	Andrews House	DUR
					Mitchell, James	39	01 Dec 1893	Newburgh	NBL
					Mitchell, James	17	29 Jul 1907	Linton	NBL
					Mitchell, Jeremiah	57	16 Sep 1879	North Stank	?
					Mitchell, John	12	03 Oct 1867	Whitelee	DUR
					Mitchell, John H.		07 Dec 1942	Marley Hill	DUR
					Mitchell, John William	14	17 Sep 1904	South Moor, Louisa Pit	DUR
					Mitchell, Michael	48	26 Apr 1883	Boosbeck (Ironstone)	NRY
					Mitchell, N.		23 May 1928	Ashington	NBL
					Mitchell, Thomas Norman		1934	Stobswood	NBL
					Mitchell, William	14	06 Apr 1868	North Hetton	DUR
					Mitchell, William	25	11 May 1910	Wellington Pit	CUL
					Mitcheson, Albert J.		1942	Ashington	NBL
					Mitcheson, Alex		17 Oct 1915	Ashington	NBL
					Mitcheson, C. J.		11 Jul 1942	Ashington	NBL
					Mitcheson, Forest	35	19 Jun 1823	Walker	NBL
					Mitcheson, G. R.	14	26 May 1894	Cramlington	NBL
					Mitcheson, George	18	24 May 1812	Felling	DUR
					Mitcheson, Henry	17	17 Mar 1906	Littleburn	DUR
					Mitcheson, John		22 Nov 1862	Walker	NBL
					Mitcheson, John	34	23 Jan 1880	Elemore	DUR
					Mitcheson, John	46	23 Apr 1906	North Seaton	NBL
					Mitchinson, Joseph		1924	South Tyne	NBL
					Mitchinson, Shipley	42	03 May 1815	Heaton Main	DUR
					Mitchinson, Thomas	61	20 Dec 1860	Hetton, Minor Pit	DUR
					Mitchinson, Thomas		02 Apr 1878	Wearmouth, B Pit	DUR
					Mitchinson, Thomas William	32	11 Apr 1891	Usworth	DUR
					Mitchinson, Thomas William		1937	Acomb	NBL
					Mitchison, Thomas B.		1940	Bedlington, F Pit	NBL
					Mitford, George		22 Nov 1862	Walker	NBL
					Mitford, Thomas	56	17 Nov 1889	Throckley	NBL
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 .
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 .
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Brian Proctor from his research into early newspapers (primarily of the Newcastle Area) and are marked with .
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Bowburn History Group and are marked with .

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