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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					Raby, Adam	25	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Race, Benjamin	55	24 Jan 1863	Bowburn	DUR
					Race, Benjamin Allen	25	27 Jan 1940	Houghton	DUR
					Race, E. A.	27	20 Oct 1916	Eppleton	DUR
					Race, George	63	10 Apr 1945	Brusselton	DUR
					Race, James	17	18 Dec 1817	Rainton, Plain Pit	DUR
					Race, James	28	25 Sep 1895	Tudhoe	DUR
					Race, John	17	13 May 1862	Bitchburn	DUR
					Race, John	26	21 Oct 1885	Newton Cap	DUR
					Race, John	59	07 Dec 1905	Heworth	DUR
					Race, Matthew	38	12 Oct 1880	South Durham	DUR
					Race, Robert	13	22 Nov 1870	Houghall	DUR
					Race, Robert	18	14 Oct 1886	Byers Green	DUR
					Race, Thomas	45	24 May 1891	Haswell	DUR
					Race, Thomas	40	05 Dec 1910	Elemore	DUR
					Race, Thomas William	39	21 May 1947	Sherburn Hill	DUR
					Race, W.	22	11 Oct 1854	Thornley	DUR
					Race, William	26	25 Aug 1892	Oakenshaw	DUR
					Race, William	32	30 May 1906	Brusselton	DUR
					Race, William	28	01 May 1913	Elemore	DUR
					Racey, Mark	43	26 Dec 1893	Hutton Henry	DUR
					Rackstraw, Tom?		1950	Hylton	DUR
					Radan, Henry	53	23 Dec 1898	Stanley	DUR
					Radcliffe, Henry	45	15 Oct 1858	Woodhouse Close	DUR
					Raeburn, Robert	49	01 May 1930	Harraton	DUR
					Raffel, Thomas	17	22 Jul 1849	Trimdon	DUR
					Rafferty, Patrick	39	21 May 1880	Iveston	DUR
					Raffle, James Wardlaw		01 Jul 1951	Backworth, Algernon Pit	NBL
					Raffle, John	25	09 May 1833	Springwell	DUR
					Raffle, John	43	03 Dec 1842	West Hetton	DUR
					Raffle, John Purves	65	Jan 1934	Dawdon	DUR
					Raffle, William	32	15 Aug 1848	Murton, Polka Pit	DUR
					Raffle, William	22	28 Nov 1908	Cox Green (Freestone quarry)	DUR
					Rafter, George	53	24 Feb 1919	Elemore	DUR
					Ragg, Robert	45	15 Dec 1922	Wearmouth	DUR
					Rail, John		09 Apr 1852	Sherburn Hill	DUR
					Railton, John	17	19 Feb 1866	Black Boy	DUR
					Railton, John	61	25 Jul 1911	Langley Dale	DUR
					Railton, William	27	22 Feb 1912	Dean & Chapter	DUR
					Rain, George		16 Apr 1860	Low Bitchburn	DUR
					Rain, J. C.	25	02 Dec 1875	Felling	DUR
					Rainbow, W.		25 Apr 1960	Lynemouth	NBL
					Raine, -	5	02 Jun 1899	Houghton	DUR
					Raine, George	59	08 Feb 1887	Eppleton	DUR
					Raine, Harold	18	15 Nov 1928	Cow Close	DUR
					Raine, Hodgson	19	09 Sep 1919	Harton	DUR
					Raine, J. W.	16	18 Mar 1943	Wheatley Hill	DUR
					Raine, John	26	25 May 1891	Black Boy	DUR
					Raine, John	63	06 May 1897	East Hetton	DUR
					Raine, John	30	04 Jun 1908	Kimblesworth	DUR
					Raine, John Thomas	25	11 Mar 1914	Etherley, Rush Pit	DUR
					Raine, Jonathan		15 Nov 1928	Cow Close	DUR
					Raine, Joseph	50	06 Oct 1805	Hebburn	DUR
					Raine, Robert	34	12 Jan 1859	North Bitchburn	DUR
					Raine, Robert	45	07 Jan 1863	Shildon Lodge	DUR
					Raine, Robert	23	23 Oct 1935	Clara Vale	DUR
					Raine, Thomas		24 Aug 1858	Pease's West	DUR
					Raine, Thomas	24	30 Jan 1879	Felling	DUR
					Raine, Thomas Robinson	40	16 Feb 1949	Leasingthorne	DUR
					Raine, Thomas William	45	28 Aug 1929	Grange	DUR
					Raine, W.	26	08 May 1858	Kelloe	DUR
					Raine, William	48	08 Feb 1883	South Durham	DUR
					Raisbeck, John	23	20 Apr 1876	Byers Green	DUR
					Raisbeck, John	17	02 Sep 1895	Leasingthorne	DUR
					Raisbeck, Joseph	60	27 Jun 1928	Netherton, Howard Pit	NBL
					Raisbeck, Thomas	72	05 Apr 1884	Cramlington, Dudley Pit	NBL
					Raisbeck, Thomas	24	03 Sep 1912	Mainsforth	DUR
					Raisbeck, William	57	13 Jun 1910	Rogerley (Quarry)	DUR
					Raite, Christopher	13	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Raite, Hutton	18	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Raitt, Thomas A.	26	19 Nov 1931	Bearpark	DUR
					Ralour, J.	61	24 Jun 1934	Harraton	DUR
					Ralph, John	20	24 Oct 1838	Harrington, John Pit	CUL
					Ralph, Thomas Fleming	30	19 Jan 1877	Elterwater (Slate)	WES
					Ram, John	24	21 Dec 1853	Hetton, East Minor Pit	DUR
					Ramage, Christopher	10	24 Dec 1858	Whitworth	DUR
					Ramage, David	14	26 Jan 1875	Wearmouth	DUR
					Ramage, John Henry	28	03 Feb 1905	East Howle	DUR
					Ramm, William Christopher	40	13 Oct 1953	Leycett	?
					Ramsay, George	59	09 Dec 1878	Rainton	DUR
					Ramsay, Henry	33	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Ramsay, J.	52	06 Jun 1934	Ravensworth	DUR
					Ramsay, J. W.	16	15 Apr 1885	Kimblesworth	DUR
					Ramsay, Jack		28 Jan 1942	Cambois	NBL
					Ramsay, John	45	16 Nov 1852	Heugh Hall	DUR
					Ramsay, John	26	16 Feb 1882	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Ramsay, Ralph	56	09 Jun 1858	Murton	DUR
					Ramsay, Thomas	18	22 Oct 1873	Delaval Benwell	NBL
					Ramsay, William	16	16 Dec 1873	Seghill	NBL
					Ramsay, William Henry	31	06 Jun 1913	South Benwell	NBL
					Ramsbottom, John William	62	26 Aug 1954	Maude	NBL
					Ramsden, Jethro	42	15 Nov 1883	Shildon, Furnace Pit	DUR
					Ramsden, John	29	09 Feb 1895	Shildon Lodge	DUR
					Ramsden, Thomas	16	17 Mar 1911	Heworth	DUR
					Ramsey, Adam	17	21 Jan 1913	Wallsend, G Pit	NBL
					Ramsey, J. R.	46	16 Jan 1930	Dunston	DUR
					Ramsey, John Witton		1934	Montagu	NBL
					Ramsey, Joseph	37	06 Dec 1837	Springwell	DUR
					Ramsey, Robert James	17	23 Sep 1905	Ryhope	DUR
					Ramsey, T. W.	47	13 Aug 1943	Hedley Pit	DUR
					Ramsey, Thomas	4	Sep 1874	Unknown	DUR
					Ramsey, Thomas	65	07 Jul 1933	Castle Eden	DUR
					Ramshaw, Anthony	65	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Ramshaw, Edward		03 Nov 1823	Rainton, Plain Pit	DUR
					Ramshaw, Frank	17	16 Feb 1882	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Ramshaw, G.	36	09 Mar 1937	Seaham	DUR
					Ramshaw, George	60	05 Jun 1850	Usworth, Wellington Pit	DUR
					Ramshaw, Henry	55	17 Jul 1883	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Ramshaw, John		17 Dec 1728	Unknown	DUR
					Ramshaw, John T.		1946	Newbiggin	NBL
					Ramshaw, John Thomas	13	19 Sep 1899	East Howle	DUR
					Ramshaw, Joseph	65	19 Sep 1883	Burradon	NBL
					Ramshaw, Joseph	62	15 Mar 1889	Lumley, 6th Pit	DUR
					Ramshaw, Patrick	16	28 Jun 1839	St. Hilda	DUR
					Ramshaw, Robert	18	21 Aug 1845	Jarrow	DUR
					Ramshaw, Thomas		31 Mar 1943	Linton	NBL
					Ramshaw, Thomas Robson	29	25 Jul 1952	Lumley, 6th Pit	DUR
					Ramshaw, W.	37	20 Jan 1935	Harraton	DUR
					Ramshaw, William	23	28 Jun 1839	St. Hilda	DUR
					Ramshaw, William	12	1855	Cocken	DUR
					Rand, William		29 Oct 1841	Woodhouse Close	DUR
					Randall, R.	33	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Randall, William	54	07 Apr 1925	Langley Park	DUR
					Rankin, George		1924	Bedlington	NBL
					Rankin, James	40	23 Oct 1840	Farnacres	DUR
					Ransom, Francis	24	02 Jul 1919	Felling	DUR
					Ransom, Newrick	28	02 Jun 1847	Broomside	DUR
					Ransom, Robert	30	01 Jun 1867	Pelaw Main	?
					Ransome, John	34	17 Apr 1889	South Tanfield	DUR
					Ranson, Amos	38	29 Oct 1908	Murton	DUR
					Ranson, Edward		03 Jul 1825	Fatfield, Juliet Pit	DUR
					Ranson, George	18	29 Dec 1869	Bewicke Main	DUR
					Ranson, George	29	15 Nov 1900	Shildon Lodge	DUR
					Ranson, James	24	28 Jun 1839	St. Hilda	DUR
					Ranson, Matthew	15	19 Apr 1841	Willington, Bigge's Pit	NBL
					Ranson, Michael	55	08 Feb 1934	Washington, Glebe Pit	DUR
					Ranson, Richard	15	13 Apr 1896	Brancepeth, A Pit	DUR
					Ranson, Richard	23	01 Apr 1914	Byers Green	DUR
					Ranson, Robert	46	17 Jun 1868	Harraton	DUR
					Ranson, Robert	53	06 May 1896	Haswell	DUR
					Ranson, Ronald	15	04 Dec 1939	Brancepeth	DUR
					Ranson, T.	63	22 Oct 1931	Ouston	DUR
					Ranson, William	49	16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	DUR
					Raper, F. W.	54	24 Nov 1946	Chopwell	DUR
					Raper, J. B. A.	63	24 Sep 1937	Easington	DUR
					Ratcliffe, W. J.	31	28 May 1947	Chilton	DUR
					Raven, William		Sep 1892	Additstones Slate Quarry	LAN
					Raw, James	42	30 Jan 1906	Loftus (Ironstone)	NRY
					Raw, John	40	23 Jan 1888	South Durham	DUR
					Raw, Nicholas	16	20 Sep 1803	Wallsend, C Pit	NBL
					Rawe, Harold Metcalfe	30	23 Sep 1919	Cold Knott	DUR
					Rawling, George		18 Nov 1757	Long Benton	NBL
					Rawling, James	13	11 Mar 1869	Usworth	DUR
					Rawlings, George	22	05 Dec 1877	Silksworth	DUR
					Rawlings, Joseph	49	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Rawlings, Joseph	25	17 Dec 1893	Brancepeth	DUR
					Rawlings, Robert	39	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Rawlings, Thomas	55	13 Sep 1890	Hebburn, A Pit	DUR
					Rawlings, William	50	13 Apr 1896	Brancepeth, A Pit	DUR
					Rawson, Norman Harris		1924	Wallsend	NBL
					Ray, Alfred	55	20 Apr 1917	Sherburn Hill	DUR
					Ray, Archibald	44	25 Sep 1883	Mowbray (Metalliferous)	CUL
					Ray, Edward Reuben	32	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Ray, Joseph	50	25 Nov 1896	Walkmill	CUL
					Ray, Thomas	55	22 Jul 1955	Washington, F Pit	DUR
					Ray, Walter	23	08 Oct 1923	Lumley	DUR
					Ray, William	27	21 Dec 1832	Harrington	CUL
					Ray, William	27	30 Jun 1894	Winder Gill	CUL
					Raymond, George Frederick	15	10 Nov 1911	Murton	DUR
					Rayne, James		25 Feb 1834	Fanny Pit, Gateshead	DUR
					Rayne, William	16	21 Sep 1859	West Stanley	DUR
					Raynor, J. R.	25	29 May 1929	Roddymoor	DUR
					Raynor, Suvion	18	20 Oct 1890	Beechburn	DUR
					Rayson, Paul	25	26 Apr 1915	Brayton Domain	CUL
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 .
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 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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