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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					Pick, Thomas	31	03 May 1906	Throckley	NBL
					Pickard, John	56	24 Oct 1887	Walker	NBL
					Pickering, George		27 Jul 1853	Black Boy	DUR
					Pickering, George	54	01 Mar 1902	Washington	DUR
					Pickering, George	18	21 Jun 1917	Margaret Pit, Newbottle	DUR
					Pickering, James	48	25 Oct 1900	Margaret (Iron Ore)	CUL
					Pickering, Ray	18	20 Oct 1964	Houghton	DUR
					Pickering, Thomas	62	27 Sep 1899	Byermoor	DUR
					Pickering, William L.	24	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Pickett, John		1916	Preston	NBL
					Pickles, Edward	48	15 Jul 1915	New Brancepeth	DUR
					Pickles, Jonathan	17	24 Dec 1906	New Brancepeth	DUR
					Pickles, Joseph	51	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Pickthall, James	55	18 Apr 1902	Roanhead (Iron Ore)	LAN
					Picture, George William	39	10 Jun 1899	Elswick, South Pit	NBL
					Pierce, Edward		12 Dec 1921	Ellington	NBL
					Pierce, Thomas	20	14 May 1878	Park House (Metalliferous)	CUL
					Pierce, William	44	11 Feb 1890	South Hetton	DUR
					Piercy, William		1924	Cramlington, Hartford Pit	NBL
					Pierpoint, Harold Frank	45	30 Oct 1940	Broomhill	NBL
					Pigford, George	19	10 Jan 1894	Urpeth, C Pit	DUR
					Pigford, George	52	12 Nov 1952	Silksworth	DUR
					Pigford, R. A.	16	31 Oct 1889	New Brancepeth	DUR
					Pigg, F. L.	17	09 Dec 1930	Dawdon	DUR
					Pigg, George	58	14 Nov 1894	Pelton	DUR
					Pigg, Matthew		1916	Mickley	NBL
					Pigg, Robert	20	29 Apr 1926	South Pelaw	DUR
					Piggott, William	26	08 Feb 1906	Bearpark	DUR
					Piggsford, John	25	06 May 1852	Hebburn	DUR
					Pike, William	41	01 Dec 1902	Dunston	DUR
					Pilkington, James	26	16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	DUR
					Pilkington, John	57	16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	DUR
					Pilkington, John	32	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Pilkington, Thomas	27	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Pilkington, William	66	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Pilkington, William	51	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Pilling, C. H.	34	09 Mar 1888	Brancepeth	DUR
					Pilling, Peter R.		1941	Backworth, Algernon Pit	NBL
					Pimlett, Joseph William	38	23 Dec 1953	Lumley, 6th Pit	DUR
					Pincher, Robert	22	30 Oct 1914	Adelaide	DUR
					Pinckney, Robinson	13	08 Apr 1873	Tudhoe	DUR
					Pinder, George William	36	24 Jan 1928	Ryhope	DUR
					Pinder, Joseph	34	24 Jan 1909	Dean & Chapter	DUR
					Pinder, Michael	34	08 Aug 1923	Murton	DUR
					Pine, Simon	14	06 Dec 1922	Murton	DUR
					Pinkard, Edward	18	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Pinkey, James	36	01 Jan 1911	Tudhoe	DUR
					Pinkley, George	50	23 Oct 1821	Wallsend, Russell's	NBL
					Pinkley, John	33	23 Oct 1821	Wallsend, Russell's	NBL
					Pinkney, George Shield	59	26 Sep 1905	West Pelton	DUR
					Pinkney, John	29	14 Jan 1860	Bishop's Close	DUR
					Pinkney, John	19	15 Apr 1886	Auckland Park	DUR
					Pinkney, John	25	23 Nov 1892	Butterknowle	DUR
					Pinkney, Joseph	56	22 Sep 1885	Sunniside	DUR
					Pinkney, Richard Thompson	32	30 Dec 1909	Esh	DUR
					Pinkney, Thomas		19 Nov 1835	Burdon Main	DUR
					Pinkney, Thomas	17	10 Dec 1884	Seaton Burn	NBL
					Pinkney, Thomas	65	09 Mar 1925	Dean & Chapter	DUR
					Pinkney, Thomas	61	14 Feb 1928	Horden	DUR
					Pinkney, Thomas		1930	Wallsend	NBL
					Pinkney, William	48	18 Apr 1882	Tudhoe	DUR
					Pipe, Charles Stanley	16	30 Aug 1906	Wearmouth	DUR
					Piper, Richard Stevenson	31	05 Feb 1951	Boldon	DUR
					Pirt, John	36	30 Jan 1873	Byers Green	DUR
					Pirt, Joseph	62	01 Nov 1910	Woodhorn	NBL
					Pitchford, Silas		1917	Montagu	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.
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 .
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been extracted from material deposited at the North East England Mining Archive and Research Centre (NEEMARC) — principally the records of the Durham Miners' Association and are marked with .

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