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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					Shackleton, Thomas	39	16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	DUR
					Shackley, Thomas J.	40	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Shaftoe, John	57	14 Aug 1884	Wardley	DUR
					Shane, Patrick	24	21 Dec 1892	Eden Pit	DUR
					Shankley, John		27 Aug 1860	Seaham	DUR
					Shankley, Sam		24 Jun 1919	Ashington	NBL
					Shannon, John	26	16 Oct 1866	Coxhoe	DUR
					Share, Joseph	15	18 May 1898	Ashington	NBL
					Sharid, William	35	05 Apr 1875	Kilton (Ironstone)	NRY
					Sharp, A.	61	12 Nov 1941	Marley Hill	DUR
					Sharp, Charles	39	01 Jun 1914	Murton	DUR
					Sharp, Charles W.	21	26 Dec 1893	Seaham	DUR
					Sharp, Des	35	28 Feb 1984	Ashington	NBL
					Sharp, George	15	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Sharp, George	49	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Sharp, George	39	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Sharp, George	19	28 Aug 1897	Lindal Moor (Metalliferous)	LAN
					Sharp, Harold	15	25 Jun 1913	Mainsforth	DUR
					Sharp, Henry	44	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Sharp, John	40	03 Apr 1845	Killingworth, West Moor	NBL
					Sharp, John	16	18 Jul 1864	Elm Park	DUR
					Sharp, John	18	27 Aug 1875	Emma	DUR
					Sharp, John William	52	18 Jan 1922	Wearmouth	DUR
					Sharp, Johnson	13	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Sharp, Joseph		28 Jul 1837	Workington	CUL
					Sharp, Joseph	11	07 Apr 1863	Westerton	DUR
					Sharp, Pearson	63	23 Mar 1874	Marley Hill	DUR
					Sharp, Robert	33	15 Mar 1889	Featherstone	NBL
					Sharp, Roger	19	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Sharp, Thomas	19	18 Jun 1835	Wallsend	NBL
					Sharp, Thomas	42	16 Feb 1882	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Sharp, Thomas	43	23 Nov 1885	Low Beechburn	DUR
					Sharp, Thomas C.	48	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Sharp, William		07 Aug 1815	Newbottle	DUR
					Sharp, William		03 Apr 1845	Killingworth, West Moor	NBL
					Sharp, William	17	05 Oct 1864	Eppleton, Jane Pit	DUR
					Sharp, William	11	02 Jun 1866	South Tanfield	DUR
					Sharp, William	14	02 Nov 1894	Twizell	DUR
					Sharpe, Charles	26	09 Dec 1946	Harrington No. 10, Workington	CUL
					Sharpe, George	52	07 Jun 1950	Vane Tempest	DUR
					Sharpe, James Morton	46	08 Sep 1902	Seaton Delaval	NBL
					Sharpe, Thomas	18	06 Mar 1930	Heworth, Fanny Pit	DUR
					Shaw, Alfred		1930	Montagu	NBL
					Shaw, George	37	03 Aug 1830	Jarrow, Alfred Pit	DUR
					Shaw, George	23	23 Nov 1893	Burnhope	DUR
					Shaw, Henry	17	14 Aug 1906	Leasingthorne	DUR
					Shaw, Henry	68	22 Feb 1923	Brandon	DUR
					Shaw, James	46	19 Feb 1868	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Shaw, James	49	18 Apr 1882	Tudhoe	DUR
					Shaw, James	65	08 Nov 1899	Woodend Quarry (Limestone)	LAN
					Shaw, James	43	22 Apr 1955	Pelton Fell	DUR
					Shaw, John		22 Apr 1852	Low Bitchburn	DUR
					Shaw, John	13	08 Mar 1877	Lands	DUR
					Shaw, John	50	28 Aug 1893	Moss Rigg (Slate)	LAN
					Shaw, John	64	25 Apr 1916	Wheatley Hill	DUR
					Shaw, Joseph	60	01 Jul 1899	Stainton Quarry (Limestone)	LAN
					Shaw, Joseph	62	07 Nov 1956	Leasingthorne	DUR
					Shaw, Mark J.	45	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Shaw, Matthew	50	17 Feb 1892	Whitburn	DUR
					Shaw, Nicholas	18	14 Jan 1887	Stank, No. 2 Pit	LAN
					Shaw, Richard	18	24 Dec 1880	Adelaide	DUR
					Shaw, Richardson	56	28 Jul 1906	East Hetton	DUR
					Shaw, Robert	38	21 Aug 1912	Axwell Park	DUR
					Shaw, Robert	33	20 Feb 1919	Bowden Close	DUR
					Shaw, William	40	21 May 1868	Thrislington	DUR
					Shaw, William	24	01 Aug 1868	Butterknowle	DUR
					Shaw, William	50	07 May 1885	Dalton (Metalliferous)	LAN
					Shaw, William	45	03 Dec 1888	Sheeprakes (Metalliferous)	?
					Shaw, William	15	28 Jul 1902	Margaret Pit, Newbottle	DUR
					Shaw, William	58	19 May 1903	Beamish	DUR
					Shaw, William George	50	18 Mar 1923	Crofton, Mill Pit	NBL
					Shea, James	52	11 Nov 1891	Seaham	DUR
					Sheards, Robert	7	10 Oct 1812	Herrington Mill Pit	DUR
					Shears, E. W.		23 Dec 1959	Ellington	NBL
					Shears, William	50	16 Nov 1887	Elemore	DUR
					Sheavels, George	36	27 Jan 1884	Newbottle	DUR
					Sheehan, Albert	65	23 Jan 1907	Watergate [CUL]	CUL
					Sheffield, Henry	45	18 Oct 1893	Framwellgate Moor	DUR
					Sheldon, - (child 1)		15 Jun 1832	Newbottle	DUR
					Sheldon, - (child 2)		15 Jun 1832	Newbottle	DUR
					Sheldon, - (child 3)		15 Jun 1832	Newbottle	DUR
					Sheldon, Joseph	87	15 Jun 1832	Newbottle	DUR
					Sheldon, Sidney	39	16 Nov 1909	Choppington	NBL
					Shell, John		1916	Shilbottle	NBL
					Shell, John Edward		1933	Hauxley	NBL
					Shell, Robert Septimus		1938	Shilbottle	NBL
					Shenton, John	62	03 May 1916	Wheatley Hill	DUR
					Shenton, William	43	09 Jan 1875	Shildon Lodge	DUR
					Shepard, Albert	39	05 Sep 1922	Haig Pit	CUL
					Shepherd, Arthur Thomas	32	16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	DUR
					Shepherd, George	65	25 Aug 1920	East Hetton	DUR
					Shepherd, Henry	62	08 Oct 1901	Whitehaven, Wellington Pit	CUL
					Shepherd, J.	30	04 Jul 1924	Eldon	DUR
					Shepherd, James	70	03 Feb 1901	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Shepherd, John	29	11 Nov 1891	Whitehaven	CUL
					Shepherd, John	40	19 Feb 1932	Handen Hold	DUR
					Shepherd, Rita	17	05 Jun 1925	Roseberry (Whinstone)	NRY
					Shepherd, Robert	32	02 Oct 1901	Backworth, Algernon Pit	NBL
					Shepherd, Robert		1928	Mickley	NBL
					Shepherd, Thomas	37	24 Nov 1896	Washington	DUR
					Shepherd, Walter J. B.	14	23 Feb 1923	Dawdon	DUR
					Shepherd, William	35	07 Feb 1879	Rainton, Alexandrina Pit	DUR
					Shepherd, William	55	01 Mar 1927	Sherburn Hill	DUR
					Sheppard, Herbert	13	30 May 1883	East Howle	DUR
					Sheppard, Thomas	44	02 Aug 1881	Harrington, No. 7 Pit	CUL
					Sheppard, William	12	22 Mar 1880	Hazard	DUR
					Sheppard, William	64	09 Nov 1897	Cowpen, Isabella Pit	NBL
					Shepperd, William	19	19 Dec 1907	Usworth	DUR
					Shepphard, William	24	21 Dec 1901	Murton	DUR
					Sheraton, George		01 Oct 1858	Page Bank, Brancepeth	DUR
					Sherbourn, John		1717	Unknown	DUR
					Sheridan, Terence	62	31 Aug 1918	Dunston	DUR
					Sheriff, Thomas	19	18 Sep 1923	Herrington	DUR
					Sheriff, William	53	05 Dec 1887	Herrington	DUR
					Sheriff, William	54	08 Nov 1905	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Sherlock, Patrick	28	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Sherrick, James	56	09 Oct 1884	Wardley	DUR
					Sherrington, John	80	1917	Hamsteels	DUR
					Sherwin, James	40	29 Oct 1906	Netherton	NBL
					Sherwood, Herbert	25	04 Apr 1858	Job's Hill	DUR
					Shevill, Timothy Hackworth	23	25 May 1842	Unknown	DUR
					Sheville, John	70	25 Feb 1867	Houghton	DUR
					Shevills, James Edward	39	17 Dec 1931	Washington	DUR
					Shevils, John	15	23 Sep 1898	West Stanley	DUR
					Shewalls, Thomas	15	12 May 1870	Pelton	DUR
					Shield, Alfred	38	07 Jan 1950	Sherburn Hill	DUR
					Shield, Charles	18	07 Jul 1907	Blaydon Burn	DUR
					Shield, Edward	34	14 Oct 1869	Cramlington	NBL
					Shield, Edward		1914	Wallsend	NBL
					Shield, J. L.	26	27 Oct 1947	Etherley Dene	DUR
					Shield, James		03 Nov 1823	Rainton, Plain Pit	DUR
					Shield, John	40	04 May 1902	Nenthead (Lead ore)	CUL
					Shield, John		1930	Cramlington, Dudley Pit	NBL
					Shield, John T.	63	04 Mar 1893	Murton	DUR
					Shield, Robert		03 Nov 1823	Rainton, Plain Pit	DUR
					Shield, T.		31 Jul 1917	Murton	DUR
					Shield, Walter	15	18 Feb 1870	Murton	DUR
					Shields, Edward	22	09 Oct 1880	Ryhope	DUR
					Shields, George	23	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Shields, J. W.	27	22 Nov 1904	Brotton (Ironstone)	NRY
					Shields, James	25	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Shields, James	24	28 Jul 1923	Eppleton	DUR
					Shields, John	54	26 Jun 1884	South Durham	DUR
					Shields, John Thomas	18	02 Feb 1903	Lumley, 6th Pit	DUR
					Shields, Joseph	20	16 Jun 1936	Usworth	DUR
					Shields, Matthew	13	30 Nov 1865	North Seaton	NBL
					Shields, Michael	16	26 May 1937	Brancepeth	DUR
					Shields, Robert	52	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Shillaw, George	23	23 Jun 1904	Silksworth	DUR
					Shillaw, William	22	05 Jun 1849	Hebburn	DUR
					Shilton, Henry	44	15 Aug 1947	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Shilton, John	33	10 Nov 1881	Harrington, No. 7 Pit	CUL
					Shipley, Edward	52	18 Jul 1894	Clara	DUR
					Shipley, George	34	25 Oct 1871	Seaham, No. 3 Pit	DUR
					Shipley, George	14	06 Dec 1882	Heworth	DUR
					Shippen, Henry	38	16 Jul 1890	Stargate	DUR
					Shippen, William	40	09 Jul 1929	Dean & Chapter	DUR
					Shone, Samuel	74	23 Aug 1894	Normanby (Ironstone)	NRY
					Shore, Walter	44	10 Dec 1898	Ashington	NBL
					Short, Adam		03 Nov 1823	Rainton, Plain Pit	DUR
					Short, Alexander	18	30 Jun 1817	Harraton, Row Pit	DUR
					Short, Alexander	38	08 Jan 1898	South Hetton	DUR
					Short, Cuthbert	30	19 Jul 1836	Hebburn, B Pit	DUR
					Short, Edward	36	09 Mar 1883	Hamsteels	DUR
					Short, George	15	24 Jan 1879	Wardley	DUR
					Short, H.		17 Nov 1866	Fenham	NBL
					Short, J. A.	33	26 Mar 1942	Houghton	DUR
					Short, John	11	30 Jun 1817	Harraton, Row Pit	DUR
					Short, John	18	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Short, John	29	14 Aug 1883	Coxlodge	NBL
					Short, John	33	02 Aug 1884	Ellenborough	CUL
					Short, John	38	28 Aug 1884	Cowpen	NBL
					Short, John George	17	08 Nov 1895	Harton	DUR
					Short, John H.	61	Jul 1920	Seaton Burn	NBL
					Short, Joseph	67	16 Apr 1858	Black Boy	DUR
					Short, Joseph	33	28 Aug 1875	Hetton	DUR
					Short, Joshua	54	09 Jul 1870	Harton	DUR
					Short, King	23	21 Oct 1876	Tursdale	DUR
					Short, Matthew	13	06 Mar 1863	Coxlodge	NBL
					Short, Ralph	9	30 Jun 1817	Harraton, Row Pit	DUR
					Short, Robert	37	26 Feb 1893	Murton	DUR
					Short, Robert		1919	Cramlington, Daisy Pit	NBL
					Short, Robert	35	01 Nov 1928	Murton	DUR
					Short, Robert W.	20	25 Apr 1907	East Hetton	DUR
					Short, Thomas	18	16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	DUR
					Short, William		03 Nov 1823	Rainton, Plain Pit	DUR
					Short, William	45	14 Jul 1875	Cowpen	NBL
					Short, William		27 Aug 1900	Bedlington	NBL
					Short, William	21	22 Apr 1924	South Garesfield	DUR
					Shortrigg, John	24	04 Feb 1873	Frizzington	CUL
					Shotton, Edward	20	23 Oct 1821	Wallsend, Russell's	NBL
					Shotton, Francis	42	24 Nov 1848	Broomside	DUR
					Shotton, Frank	12	12 Jan 1866	Pelton	DUR
					Shotton, George	25	02 Mar 1860	Burradon	NBL
					Shotton, George	49	12 Dec 1949	North Seaton	NBL
					Shotton, George Henry	22	22 May 1914	Burradon	NBL
					Shotton, Hailes	42	14 Jan 1927	Bearpark	DUR
					Shotton, James E.	16	09 May 1902	Wrightson	NBL
					Shotton, John	18	23 Oct 1821	Wallsend, Russell's	NBL
					Shotton, John	63	27 Oct 1896	Blaydon Burn	DUR
					Shotton, Joseph	13	30 Jun 1877	Thrislington	DUR
					Shotton, Robert	25	08 Sep 1875	West Wylam	NBL
					Shotton, William	59	14 Dec 1906	Netherton	NBL
					Shoulder, James	53	22 Aug 1916	Newton Cap	DUR
					Shoulders, J. J.	37	03 Feb 1930	Esh	DUR
					Showler, J.	32	10 Aug 1933	Witton	DUR
					Showler, Richard R.	32	19 Nov 1920	Merrington Lane	DUR
					Showther, W.	21	22 Dec 1947	Kibblesworth	DUR
					Shutt, John	14	21 Aug 1913	Wingate Grange limestone quarry	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 details of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by The Woodhorn Colliery Museum and are marked with .
The list of the fatalities from the 1860 Burradon disaster were kindly provided by Bill Henderson.
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 kindly provided by Ray Swan from his research into Northumberland mining deaths 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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