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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					Rea, John		17 Mar 1767	North Biddick	DUR
					Reader, Thomas	50	21 Apr 1874	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Readman, Charles	15	16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	DUR
					Readman, Frank	24	07 May 1897	Dunston	DUR
					Readman, Henry	28	27 May 1880	Grinkle (Ironstone)	NRY
					Readman, Matthew	14	11 Aug 1881	Butterknowle	DUR
					Readman, William Arthur	54	10 Jan 1927	Fishburn	DUR
					Readshaw, John William	21	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Reah, G.	60	08 Aug 1944	Ryhope	DUR
					Reah, Jeremiah	58	07 Oct 1898	Wearmouth, A Pit	DUR
					Reary, William	38	12 Sep 1860	Penshaw	DUR
					Reaveley, Charles	53	04 Oct 1890	Cowpen	NBL
					Reavely, George	37	25 Jan 1911	Ashington	NBL
					Reavley, Cuthbert	43	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Reavley, Daniel	13	20 Aug 1908	Ashington	NBL
					Reavley, John	20	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Reavley, John	11	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Reavley, John	12	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Reavley, Thomas	16	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Reavley, Thomas	34	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Reavly, Thomas		18 Apr 1929	Ellington	NBL
					Reay, Andrew	28	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Reay, Andrew	35	08 Dec 1873	Team	DUR
					Reay, Cuthbert		12 Aug 1892	Coxlodge	NBL
					Reay, Edward	13	10 Aug 1871	Whitehaven, Croft Pit	CUL
					Reay, Francis		15 Mar 1841	Cowpen, North Pit	NBL
					Reay, George	9	24 May 1812	Felling	DUR
					Reay, J.	24	11 Sep 1934	South Garesfield	DUR
					Reay, J. T.	56	26 Jan 1942	Shotton	DUR
					Reay, James		15 Mar 1841	Cowpen, North Pit	NBL
					Reay, James	56	23 May 1895	Shiremoor	NBL
					Reay, James	13	1896	Whitehaven, Croft Pit	CUL
					Reay, John	20	29 Nov 1805	Oxclose	DUR
					Reay, John	26	03 May 1815	Heaton Main	DUR
					Reay, John	59	13 Feb 1887	South Hetton	DUR
					Reay, John	23	11 Oct 1890	Elvet	DUR
					Reay, John	22	05 Feb 1900	Walkmill	CUL
					Reay, Joseph		17 Jan 1855	Woodhouse Close	DUR
					Reay, Luke	14	26 Mar 1908	Tanfield Lea	DUR
					Reay, Luke	37	16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	DUR
					Reay, Matthew	20	13 Sep 1875	Tanfield Moor	DUR
					Reay, Matthew	13	06 Oct 1890	Tanfield Moor	DUR
					Reay, P. B.		10 Oct 1949	Ellington	NBL
					Reay, Robert	25	18 May 1899	Garesfield, Lily Pit	DUR
					Reay, Thomas	18	29 Nov 1805	Oxclose	DUR
					Reay, Thomas	10	27 Mar 1873	Felling	DUR
					Reay, Thomas	33	30 Dec 1889	Wearmouth	DUR
					Reay, Thomas	53	28 Aug 1903	Blenkinsop	NBL
					Reay, Thomas	63	08 Feb 1930	Horden	DUR
					Reay, Wilfred	57	23 Mar 1923	Louisa Old Pit	DUR
					Reay, William	24	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Reay, William	13	18 Feb 1867	Coanwood	NBL
					Reay, William	50	23 Aug 1869	St. Hilda	DUR
					Reay, William Thirtle		1937	Cowpen	NBL
					Reddan, George	23	25 Apr 1883	Thrislington	DUR
					Redden, R.	15	16 Mar 1930	Fishburn	DUR
					Redden, Thomas	25	05 Nov 1922	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Redfearn, Stanley	52	27 Oct 1958	Morrison	DUR
					Redfern, Thomas	57	03 May 1911	Low Beechburn	DUR
					Redford, Charles		18 Jan 1923	Linton	NBL
					Redford, John W.		1901	Walker	NBL
					Redford, Joseph	16	24 Apr 1877	Cowpen	NBL
					Redhead, Gawin	62	18 May 1862	Oakenshaw	DUR
					Redhead, John	22	03 May 1815	Heaton Main	DUR
					Redhead, William	48	13 Nov 1893	Brancepeth	DUR
					Redhead, William Edward		05 Jul 1938	Ashington	NBL
					Reding, Thomas	12	03 May 1865	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Redman, Thomas	25	22 Jul 1859	Bitchburn	DUR
					Redpath, Alexander	63	20 Mar 1900	Barrington	NBL
					Redpath, George		1928	Broomhill	NBL
					Redpath, Robert Ashmore	61	28 Jun 1932	Pelton Fell	DUR
					Redpath, William	24	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Redshaw, Adam		02 Jun 1918	Ellington	NBL
					Redshaw, Benjamin	25	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Redshaw, George	17	18 Feb 1880	Coldberry (Metalliferous)	DUR
					Redshaw, John Hudson	33	Jun 1919	Thornley	DUR
					Redshaw, Paul	56	26 Jan 1901	Medomsley	DUR
					Redstone, James	19	06 May 1869	Cramlington	NBL
					Reed, Andrew	40	26 Oct 1872	Cornsay	DUR
					Reed, Benjamin	17	10 Sep 1913	Elemore	DUR
					Reed, Ethelbert	38	12 Jun 1935	Crook Hall	DUR
					Reed, George	32	24 Sep 1860	Seaham	DUR
					Reed, George	36	19 Jan 1903	Whitburn	DUR
					Reed, George		1918	Bedlington	NBL
					Reed, H.	23	21 Jun 1928	Oakenshaw	DUR
					Reed, James	48	01 Sep 1906	Loftus (Ironstone)	NRY
					Reed, James	13	10 Dec 1920	Langley Park	DUR
					Reed, James Lathan	48	01 Sep 1906	Skinningrove	NRY
					Reed, John	28	19 Apr 1841	Willington, Bigge's Pit	NBL
					Reed, John	64	21 Jan 1867	Backworth	NBL
					Reed, John		10 Feb 1870	New Brancepeth	DUR
					Reed, John	22	19 Jul 1899	Lambton	DUR
					Reed, John	52	10 May 1943	St. Helen's, Workington	CUL
					Reed, John Douglas	24	18 Dec 1817	Rainton, Plain Pit	DUR
					Reed, John, jun.	14	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Reed, John, sen.		18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Reed, Joseph	55	25 Sep 1878	Seaton Burn	NBL
					Reed, Luke	43	06 Sep 1872	West Sleekburn	NBL
					Reed, Mary Ann	29	29 Dec 1894	Lambton, D Pit	DUR
					Reed, Percival	15	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Reed, R.	58	19 Sep 1932	Hetton Lyons	DUR
					Reed, Ralph	20	24 Feb 1921	Ryhope	DUR
					Reed, Robert	49	25 Sep 1910	Elemore	DUR
					Reed, Samuel	14	10 Jul 1879	Felling	DUR
					Reed, Squire	56	05 Mar 1914	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Reed, Thomas	23	04 Feb 1803	Unknown	DUR
					Reed, Thomas	26	24 Dec 1813	Felling	DUR
					Reed, Thomas	33	13 Nov 1831	Jarrow	DUR
					Reed, Thomas	39	29 Dec 1891	Broompark	DUR
					Reed, Thomas	30	13 Jun 1914	Ravensworth, Betty	DUR
					Reed, Walton	24	12 Aug 1892	Groverake (Metalliferous)	DUR
					Reed, William	37	28 Mar 1806	Killingworth	DUR
					Reed, William	31	14 Feb 1812	Unknown	DUR
					Reed, William	45	05 Mar 1846	South Hetton, Isabella Pit	DUR
					Reed, William	46	14 Apr 1888	Wearmouth	DUR
					Reed, William	34	20 Aug 1897	Shildon	DUR
					Reed, William	37	22 Aug 1947	Louisa Pit, Stanley	DUR
					Reed, William Henry	33	21 Mar 1904	Cramlington	NBL
					Reeder, William	64	22 Apr 1896	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Rees, Joseph	35	20 Mar 1859	South Kelloe	DUR
					Reeves, John	34	03 Sep 1909	Lumpsey (Ironstone)	NRY
					Reeves, Robert		25 Sep 1929	Wallsend, Rising Sun Pit	NBL
					Regan, Charles	63	11 Dec 1867	Whitehaven	CUL
					Regan, Denis	50	08 Mar 1901	Falcon (Iron Ore)	CUL
					Regan, J.	55	19 Dec 1947	Wingate Grange	DUR
					Reid, Henry	33	20 Jul 1895	Dorothea Pit, Newbottle	DUR
					Reid, John		1930	Bedlington, E Pit	NBL
					Reid, John (Jnr)	26	11 May 1910	Wellington Pit	CUL
					Reid, John (Snr)	47	11 May 1910	Wellington Pit	CUL
					Reid, Joseph	55	11 May 1910	Wellington Pit	CUL
					Reid, Joseph	25	11 May 1910	Wellington Pit	CUL
					Reid, Patrick	22	18 Aug 1875	Lumley	DUR
					Reid, Thomas	23	11 May 1910	Wellington Pit	CUL
					Reid, Thomas	34	05 Aug 1947	Hylton	DUR
					Reid, William	45	29 Nov 1934	Hylton	DUR
					Reilling, D.	37	08 Jan 1948	Wardley	DUR
					Reilly, M.	56	06 Mar 1935	Easington	DUR
					Relph, Robert	41	02 Sep 1907	Burlington (Slate)	LAN
					Relph, Thomas	33	14 Feb 1896	Roanhead (Metalliferous)	LAN
					Rennison, John	22	11 Apr 1868	Low Bitchburn	DUR
					Rennison, Joseph	12	11 Sep 1855	Heugh Hall	DUR
					Rennison, Richard Martin		1923	Seaton Delaval	NBL
					Rennison, Robert	39	01 Mar 1886	Shildon Lodge	DUR
					Renny, S.		24 Mar 1937	Murton	DUR
					Renwick, Gordon		26 May 1950	Ashington	NBL
					Renwick, John	25	03 May 1815	Heaton Main	DUR
					Renwick, John J.	39	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Renwick, Robert	12	15 Mar 1864	Monkwearmouth	DUR
					Renwick, Thomas	19	01 Jun 1894	Sacriston	DUR
					Renwick, William	23	03 May 1815	Heaton Main	DUR
					Renwick, William		06 Mar 1863	Coxlodge	NBL
					Renwicks, Peter	61	08 Sep 1914	Wheatley Hill	DUR
					Rest, Christopher		16 Feb 1882	East Hetton	DUR
					Reveley, John	16	20 Sep 1803	Wallsend, C Pit	NBL
					Reverley, John	45	09 May 1914	Ravensworth, Shop	DUR
					Rewcastle, George	65	08 Aug 1910	West Auckland	DUR
					Reynolds, George	60	20 Mar 1863	Woodhouse Close	DUR
					Reynolds, J.		11 Feb 1933	Ryhope	DUR
					Reynolds, J.	53	04 Mar 1948	Horden	DUR
					Reynolds, Joseph	42	29 Apr 1884	Clifton	CUL
					Reynolds, Owen	23	26 Sep 1876	Redheugh	DUR
					Reynolds, William	60	09 Oct 1884	Cramlington	NBL
					Reynolds, William	7	25 Oct 1898	Ryhope	DUR
					Reynolds, William	54	28 Nov 1903	St. Helen's, Workington	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.
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 kindly provided by Brian Proctor from his research into early newspapers (primarily of the Newcastle Area) and are marked with .

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