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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					Weallans, James	35	11 Nov 1926	Follonsby	DUR
					Wealleans, Edward John	44	23 Apr 1939	North Seaton	NBL
					Wealleans, Thomas	24	29 Aug 1923	Follonsby	DUR
					Weaman, Alexander	36	23 Jun 1917	Ravensworth	DUR
					Weams, James	64	18 Aug 1888	Ouston, A Pit	DUR
					Wear, John	14	17 Dec 1858	Lands	DUR
					Wear, Jonathan	20	20 Nov 1833	Isabella Pit, Workington	CUL
					Wear, Robert	21	11 May 1910	Wellington Pit	CUL
					Wear, T.		06 Dec 1837	Springwell	DUR
					Wear, William	32	06 May 1852	Hebburn	DUR
					Wear, William Heslop	40	24 Nov 1913	Mill Knock sandstone quarry	NBL
					Wearmouth, John	64	13 Apr 1896	Brancepeth, A Pit	DUR
					Wearmouth, John	32	23 Sep 1911	South Moor, Louisa Pit	DUR
					Wearmouth, Richard Richardson	31	06 Oct 1909	Twizell	DUR
					Wearmouth, Robert jnr.	23	17 Oct 1900	East Hetton	DUR
					Wears, John	28	05 Jun 1893	South Medomsley	DUR
					Wears, John William	32	01 Nov 1900	Blackhill	DUR
					Wears, Richard	15	15 Feb 1877	Seaham, No. 1 Pit	DUR
					Wears, William	27	28 Jan 1836	Hetton, Downs Pit (Eppleton)	DUR
					Weartherhead, Henry	57	28 Jul 1904	Ravensworth	DUR
					Weatherall, William	60	13 Feb 1897	Seaham	DUR
					Weatherall, William	50	29 Sep 1914	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Weatherburn, Thomas	24	05 Apr 1880	North Seaton	NBL
					Weatherby, F.	39	14 Jan 1930	South Pelaw	DUR
					Weatherill, Thomas	38	05 Oct 1882	Cragg's Hall (Ironstone)	NRY
					Weatheritt, Richard		1907	Bedlington	NBL
					Weatherley, Jacob	10	02 Mar 1860	Burradon	NBL
					Weatherley, Jacob	41	12 Jun 1913	Preston	NBL
					Weatherley, Peter	18	03 May 1870	East Hetton	DUR
					Weatherly, Joseph	29	12 Mar 1896	Barrington Brickworks	NBL
					Weatherspoon, David William	48	25 Jul 1951	Handen Hold, Shield Row Drift	DUR
					Weaver, Albert	11	04 Apr 1870	Cramlington	NBL
					Weaver, J. C.	43	24 Aug 1934	Silksworth	DUR
					Weaver, William	37	28 Dec 1867	Cramlington	NBL
					Webb, Albert I. C.		1940	Cowpen, Bates Pit	NBL
					Webb, C.	44	08 May 1936	New Herrington	DUR
					Webb, Daniel	49	17 Nov 1937	Thrislington	DUR
					Webb, George Gray	30	07 Mar 1899	East Howle	DUR
					Webb, John	33	07 Oct 1905	Raisby Hill quarry	DUR
					Webb, John	49	12 Aug 1913	Raisby Hill, Limestone quarry	DUR
					Webb, William		03 Apr 1895	East Pontop	DUR
					Webster, Christopher	24	29 Jan 1869	South Hetton	DUR
					Webster, George	11	02 Jan 1867	Willington	DUR
					Webster, James	27	04 Jul 1911	Loftus (Ironstone)	NRY
					Webster, John		23 Nov 1928	Backworth, Eccles Pit	NBL
					Webster, John T.	14	19 Apr 1921	Boldon	DUR
					Webster, Joseph	29	13 Feb 1904	Crigglestone	YKS
					Webster, Thomas	15	11 Jul 1863	Etherley	DUR
					Webster, William [Bud]		20 Jan 1948	Seaton Burn	NBL
					Webster, William Robert	19	04 Dec 1920	Spa Wood (Ironstone)	NRY
					Webster, William Taylor	14	26 Sep 1907	Wearmouth	DUR
					Weddell, George	39	17 Feb 1859	Murton, East Pit	DUR
					Weddell, Mark		1929	Stobswood	NBL
					Weddell, R. H.		1915	Ferneybeds	NBL
					Weddle, John	52	25 Oct 1871	Seaham, No. 3 Pit	DUR
					Weddle, Joseph Fisher		1931	North Walbottle	NBL
					Weddle, Robert	34	31 Oct 1866	Pelton	DUR
					Weddle, William	33	21 Aug 1845	Jarrow	DUR
					Weddle, William	49	13 Nov 1869	Seaham	DUR
					Weedy, John	35	03 Oct 1896	Springwell	DUR
					Weeks, Thomas	16	05 Mar 1907	New Lambton	DUR
					Weetman, Ronald	19	11 Sep 1943	Harton	DUR
					Wegg, Frost	17	30 Jan 1917	Hebburn	DUR
					Weighell, W. E.	23	29 Jan 1951	Fishburn	DUR
					Weighill, Albert	47	28 Apr 1946	Wingate Grange	DUR
					Weighill, John George	15	14 Jul 1910	Langley Park	DUR
					Weighill, Richard Robert	21	10 Dec 1909	Murton	DUR
					Weightman, E.	15	25 Jan 1935	Hobson	DUR
					Weightman, Frederick	14	17 Jun 1881	Shilbottle	NBL
					Weightman, John George	20	02 Sep 1914	North Walbottle	NBL
					Weightman, Ralph	32	29 Jan 1877	Cowpen	NBL
					Weightman, Richard		19 Jun 1940	Seaton Burn	NBL
					Weightman, Robert		1916	Cowpen	NBL
					Weightman, William	32	05 Sep 1922	Haig Pit	CUL
					Weir, Alexander		28 May 1863	Cleator Moor, No. 2 Pit	CUL
					Weir, Alexander	23	Dec 1944	Bowburn	DUR
					Weir, George Hopper	51	01 Nov 1906	Littleburn	DUR
					Weir, John		28 May 1863	Cleator Moor, No. 2 Pit	CUL
					Weir, John	47	08 Sep 1880	Seaham	DUR
					Weir, John	59	09 Jan 1946	Cowpen, Bates Pit	NBL
					Weir, John Thomas	34	04 May 1895	Whitburn	DUR
					Weir, Thomas	15	18 Nov 1867	Lady Durham	DUR
					Weir, William		28 May 1863	Cleator Moor, No. 2 Pit	CUL
					Weir, William		28 May 1863	Cleator Moor, No. 2 Pit	CUL
					Weir, William	18	17 Oct 1891	Backworth, C Pit	NBL
					Weirs, Robert	20	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Weirs, Thomas	40	16 Jan 1862	Hartley	NBL
					Welburn, George	32	28 Apr 1884	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					Welburn, Thomas	35	07 Jan 1891	Brotton (Ironstone)	NRY
					Welburn, Thomas	16	03 Oct 1912	Spa Wood (Ironstone)	NRY
					Welch, James	28	06 Jun 1890	North Seaton	NBL
					Welch, Joseph	16	20 Mar 1859	South Kelloe	DUR
					Welch, Matthew		25 Apr 1837	Gateshead Quarry	DUR
					Welch, Patrick	52	14 Sep 1881	West Auckland	DUR
					Welch, Richard	13	19 Sep 1903	Hodbarrow (Iron Ore)	CUL
					Welch, William Hartley	31	30 Apr 1953	Harraton	DUR
					Weldon, J.	50	01 Jul 1939	Silksworth	DUR
					Weldon, Thomas	40	10 Jan 1894	East Hetton	DUR
					Wells, F.	21	24 Jun 1927	Philadelphia	DUR
					Wells, James	27	03 Jun 1941	Whitehaven, William Pit	CUL
					Wells, Joseph Ridley	24	02 Nov 1914	South Derwent, Willie	DUR
					Welsby, Nicholas	63	08 Dec 1954	Esh	DUR
					Welsh, Dennis	35	29 Aug 1961	Kilton (Ironstone)	NRY
					Welsh, Edward	8	10 Oct 1812	Herrington Mill Pit	DUR
					Welsh, Edward	44	18 Feb 1881	Wearmouth	DUR
					Welsh, Francis		09 Jun 1916	Usworth	DUR
					Welsh, George	43	17 Feb 1933	Heworth	DUR
					Welsh, George Patrick		1932	Bedlington	NBL
					Welsh, Henry	25	Oct 1874	Unknown	DUR
					Welsh, Isaac	20	11 May 1910	Wellington Pit	CUL
					Welsh, James	22	02 Aug 1855	Trimdon	DUR
					Welsh, James	62	26 Feb 1954	Medomsley, Busty	DUR
					Welsh, John	41	19 Jul 1804	Unknown	DUR
					Welsh, John		03 Nov 1823	Rainton, Plain Pit	DUR
					Welsh, John	24	18 Apr 1899	Montagu Main	NBL
					Welsh, John Tennant		1927	North Elswick	NBL
					Welsh, Johnson	8	10 Oct 1812	Herrington Mill Pit	DUR
					Welsh, Joseph	24	16 Feb 1909	West Stanley	DUR
					Welsh, Joseph	45	04 Dec 1940	Sacriston	DUR
					Welsh, Luke	22	18 Apr 1874	Wooley	DUR
					Welsh, Matthew	60	10 Jun 1879	Park	LAN
					Welsh, Matthew	17	11 May 1910	Wellington Pit	CUL
					Welsh, N.		Nov 1910	Usworth	DUR
					Welsh, Patrick	71	08 May 1885	Whitehaven, Henry Pit	CUL
					Welsh, Patrick		26 Mar 1892	Cramlington, Dudley Pit	NBL
					Welsh, Stephen	14	20 Sep 1881	Wearmouth	DUR
					Welsh, Thomas	15	10 Oct 1812	Herrington Mill Pit	DUR
					Welsh, Thomas	12	05 Sep 1865	Trimdon Grange	DUR
					Welsh, William		13 Jun 1887	Foxy Pit	DUR
					Welsh, William	23	04 Nov 1889	Hebburn, A Pit	DUR
					Welsh, William	33	31 Oct 1900	East Stanley	DUR
					Welshaw, William	38	10 Jun 1908	Lambton D Pit	DUR
					West, Andrew Taylor		1935	Wallsend, Rising Sun Pit	NBL
					West, Earl FitzGeorge	14	16 Nov 1910	Chopwell	DUR
					West, Eli	23	24 Jan 1882	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					West, John	50	23 Apr 1867	Woodhouse	DUR
					West, Joseph	45	04 Jul 1900	South Hetton	DUR
					West, Mark	50	21 Jul 1886	Eston (Ironstone)	NRY
					West, R.	17	04 Oct 1939	Heworth	DUR
					West, Robert Charles	19	10 Jan 1929	East Hetton	DUR
					West, Sidney	43	14 Nov 1956	Fishburn	DUR
					West, Thomas	72	08 Dec 1883	Skelton (Ironstone)	NRY
					West, Thomas	49	05 Mar 1889	East Hetton	DUR
					West, William	38	25 Apr 1885	Black Boy	DUR
					Westall, John Burdon	17	03 Oct 1911	St. Hilda	DUR
					Westbury, Benjamin	50	14 Apr 1866	Ryhope	DUR
					Westerby, James		1931	Hazlerigg	NBL
					Westerman, Charles	56	12 Oct 1912	Thornley	DUR
					Westerman, Henry	63	15 Jul 1921	Lumley	DUR
					Westgarth, Edmund	39	22 Aug 1947	Louisa Pit, Stanley	DUR
					Westgarth, John		19 Apr 1882	West Stanley	DUR
					Westgarth, John G.	25	09 Nov 1921	Fishburn	DUR
					Westgarth, William	47	21 Apr 1915	Shotton	DUR
					Westherstone, Andrew Mein	33	02 Dec 1911	Ashington	NBL
					Westlake, William	68	28 May 1900	East Castle	DUR
					Westlake, William Henry	51	05 Dec 1905	Urpeth	DUR
					Westmorland, Jack M.	44	20 Apr 1942	Ryhope	DUR
					Westmorland, James Addison Daglish	35	16 Dec 1938	Easington	DUR
					Weston, William	36	22 Jun 1935	Chopwell	DUR
					Westray, Thomas		05 Aug 1737	Corpsill	CUL
					Westwood, Albert	26	30 Nov 1926	New Delaval	NBL
					Wetheral, James	19	22 Mar 1900	Whitburn	DUR
					Wetheral, John	61	19 Nov 1881	Wheatley Hill	DUR
					Wetherall, G. C.	39	11 Feb 1946	Houghton	DUR
					Wetherall, James	59	09 Jul 1962	East Hetton	DUR
					Wetherall, John	52	15 Apr 1875	East Hetton	DUR
					Wetherall, William	39	18 Feb 1863	Page Bank	DUR
					Wetherall, William		1935	Newbiggin	NBL
					Wetherburn, James	29	13 Nov 1882	Dinnington	NBL
					Wetherby, William	29	23 Oct 1840	Farnacres	DUR
					Wetherell, Thomas	22	02 Mar 1885	Usworth	DUR
					Wetton, Robert	21	09 Nov 1898	Black Prince	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
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 Bowburn History Group 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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