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Sidney West

Age:   43
Died:   14th Nov 1956
Accident:   14th Nov 1956
Year Born:   abt. 1913
Colliery:   Fishburn
Company:   National Coal Board
Occupation:   Loco Driver
Notes:  
died in Sedgefield General Hospital after receiving severe throat injuries which appeared to have been caused by a length of loose cable trailing from a girder
Buried:   Holy Trinity Churchyard/Cemetery, Wingate
Category:  

Tombstone

Wingate — Holy Trinity Churchyard/Cemetery

Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ400372




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Charlotte WEST  9th Nov 1995  82  1913 
Sidney WEST  14th Nov 1956  43  1913 

Related Newspaper Articles

Pub.
Date		Article (Newspaper)
17 Nov 1956 No Light On Pit Loco., Driver Killed, Sedgefield Inquest (Northern Daily Mail)

Sources
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-02485-04-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in Holy Trinity Churchyard/Cemetery, Wingate
  • Tombstone photograph (T-02525-04-0002) © Kev Duncan

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Maureen West   21 Oct 2011 

family research. My husband's uncle.

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