UK Coal Mining Accidents and Deaths 1900-1991 (1500-1899 coming shortly)

This database was compiled from data supplied mainly by Ian Winstanley, with additions from Ray Lawrence, NMRS Records and others

DEDICATION 

This work stands as a testament to the men, women and children who worked the mines of Great Britain and to their families.
The work created a bond of trust and loyalty amongst them and a band of comradeship that forged the communities in which they lived and worked. It is a record of the true price of coal.
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
Ian Winstanley 2023

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SurnameForenameYearAgeMine/Quarry NameLocationOccupationRecord ID
YOUNG Robert 1911 48 Woolmet Portobello Brusher 86639
YORKSTON Donald Wright 1924 Woolmet Portobello 86535
WRIGHT John 1931 37 Woolmet Portobello Miner 86194
WOOD Thomas 1960 60 Woolmet Portobello Colliery Surface Worker 85618
WILSON Philip 1911 22 Woolmet Portobello Shunter 85051
WEIGHAND John McKane 1935 Woolmet Portobello 80958
WALLER George 1940 48 Woolmet Portobello Miner 79484
WALKER Edward Hall 1923 Woolmet Portobello 79210
TYSON John 1957 72 Woolmet Portobello Underground Oversman 78513
SWAN Andrew 1928 Woolmet Portobello 74282
SUTHERLAND Daniel Tennant 1919 Woolmet Portobello 74208
STEWART William 1947 34 Woolmet Portobello 73569
SMITH George Thomson 1944 38 Woolmet Portobello Brusher 71760
ROCHDIKES William 1929 Woolmet Portobello 67750
RAMSAY Charles 1938 30 Woolmet Portobello 64092
RAE Thomas 1935 40 Woolmet Portobello Machineman 63998
PRIMROSE James 1934 33 Woolmet Portobello Machineman 63187
PORTEOUS James 1931 Woolmet Portobello Oncost man 62063
PLACIDO Carmen 1919 24 Woolmet Portobello Miner 61717
PEGGIE Robert Galloway 1920 Woolmet Portobello 60530
NK NK 1932 Woolmet Portobello 57665
MURRAY John 1923 Woolmet Portobello Miner 56836
MURRAY William 1913 44 Woolmet Portobello Miner 56871
MURRAY David 1922 26 Woolmet Portobello Machineman 56803
MOODIE Peter Burnett 1919 Woolmet Portobello 54536