1900 - 1994
Dedicated to the Miners of Silverwood
History of the Mine
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Hollings Lane
Thrybergh
South Yorkshire England
Webmaster John Doxey
Main Photos Jonathan Dabbs.
Additional content Mick Carver
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Dedicated to the Miners of Silverwood History of the Mine SIMPLY THE BEST |
Hollings Lane Thrybergh South Yorkshire England Webmaster John Doxey Main Photos Jonathan Dabbs. Additional content Mick Carver |
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HISTORY |
| 1913 Accident |
| 1947 Accident |
| Silverwood 2007 |
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Listing of Miners |
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Where the Miners of Silverwood came from |
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Work and Leisure |
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Biographies and Tributes |
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Facts, Stories and Features |
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Legends from the Mine |
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Mining Information |
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For Your Use |
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Local Villages |
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1914 THE GREAT WAR 1918
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"LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN" |
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The photo above is of Sam Allott of Dalton and his comrades, Sam was lucky enough to survive the war, but how many of the other men on this photo who also survived is not known.
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The 1914 to 1918 Great War was to claim
250 lives of men who worked at Silverwood, and 62 miners who worked at the
Roundwood colliery. Both mines were owned by the Dalton Main Collieries Ltd.
In December of 1923 the Dalton Main Company Ltd erected a
monument to the miners lost in the Great War. This monument is shown on the
photo below. The following pages are a tribute to those that were sadly lost who worked at Silverwood or Roundwood Collieries prior to joining the armed forces.
Some of the men were buried in un-named graves, or their bodies were never recovered for burial and are remembered on the many memorials. Others were buried in the countless graveyards of Europe , there were those that died from wounds received who actually made it back to Blighty and were buried locally. At this moment in time I do not know which of the men named on this tribute worked at Silverwood, or who worked at Roundwood. If you can help with further information on the men below it would be gratefully received. Email John Doxey
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John
1914
" My name is Dawn Watford, and I am currently researching my family tree. I have found your website extremely interesting as some of my ancestors lived at Dalton in the early part of the twentieth century. My great great uncle is the F. Briddon who is on the honour roll, and I wondered if you would be able to use the following information to fill in his details as they are missing. His name was Frederick Briddon, and he lived at 57, Silver Street, Whinney Hill when he died. His nationality was British and he was a Private in the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 2nd battalion. He was married to Evelyn Bridden nee Critchley. He was killed on the eighteenth of November 1914, aged 31, at the battle of Ypres. His service number was 6540. His parents were Richard and Margaret Briddon, who moved to Rotherham from Sheffield. Margaret Briddon's address when she died was 54, Kelvin Street. There is a memorial reference to Frederick Bridden on the Menin Gate memorial at Ypres."
Herbert John Bridgewater was born in Rotherham by 1901 the only Bridgewaters listed in Rotherham were as follows:- Susannah Bridgewater age 33 born in Rotherham Ester Bridgewater age 4 born in
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The men who have been located and verified are listed on this page above and on pages 1915 1916 1917 1918
The men below have not yet been researched or there is a difficulty verifying their identity i.e. For Alfred Brown searching under A. Brown brings a result of 707 men, many of whom are listed with the initial A. only. With those men listed as Alfred there is no way of verifying the Alfred Brown below from the information given. |
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B [ To be researched ]
Alfred Brown Sam Brown George Brown Ernest Bailey Edward Birch Tom Bates James Burns
C [ To be researched ]
Harry Croft Horace Carr John Griffin Clifford Fred Clark Frank Cliff Harry Cartwright Albert Cartwright John William Clarke Horace Charge George Henry Crook John Canavan
D[ To be researched ]
William Edward Davies Allen Durmas George Darlington Henry Dunning Fred Dyson
E [ To be researched ]
Norman Ellis Harry Ellis
F [ To be researched ]
Edwin Fisher Walter Edward Faulkner
G [ To be researched ]
George Guest Arthur Greaves Horace Green Charles Gregory George Godfrey
H [ To be researched ]
George E Haywood Thomas Hart James Houghton Joseph Halley William Hallam Joseph Simon Healey John Hunt Arthur Hunt Edgar Hunt
J [ To be researched ]
John Jepson Alfred Jackson Frank Johnson William Jones
K [ To be researched ]
William Kent Martin Killganon L [ To be researched ]
John Lee Joseph Laylock
M [ To be researched ]
John Potter Marsden Walter Marsden Patrick Morgan John Marshall Charles Mather Ernest Mcdermott Joseph W Mcgarry Enoch Millins
O [ To be researched ] Daniel O'Connell
William Pearson Richard Pritchard Henry Parker William Palmer Godfrey Harrison Parkinson
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Frank Rodgers Edward Rogers Harry Roberts Alfred Redfern
S [ To be researched ]
Fred Shaw John Revill Shaw Herbert Shaw William Shaw George Speed George Harry Shaw William Smithyman John Smith Joseph Smith Sydney Smith
T [ To be researched ]
George Henry Turner Clarence Teask George Taylor Harry Taylor Arthur Taylor James Tolley Ernest Thompson Samuel Thompson Fred Thompson
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George Vickers
W [ To be researched ]
Willie Ward William Watson George Warner Thomas Whitehouse Walter William Wright Allen Walker
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“My gratitude to Louise Hudd of Rotherham who has given her valuable time in researching some of the names on these pages “ My gratitude also to the many people who have also sent in names and details JOHN DOXEY
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I have received
many emails similar to the one here below from descendants of those lost
and they have been a great help in gathering the names of the men below.
I show the one below because Frederick was amongst the first lost from
Silverwood and Roundwood.