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Miners Memorial

NEW CUMNOCK MINERS MEMORIAL

Dedicated to the New Cumnock miners who lost their lives as a result of

mining accidents and incidents

The Knockshinnoch Disaster

Year	First Name	Surname	Age	Colliery	District
1846	George	Brown	NK	Mansfield Colliery	New Cumnock
1847	John	Riggs	NK	New Cumnock	New Cumnock
1851	George	Houston	NK	Mansfield Colliery	New Cumnock
1851	John	Campbell	NK	Mansfield Colliery	New Cumnock
1856	John	Kennedy	0	Coalburn	New Cumnock
1859	James	Kirk	40	South Boig	New Cumnock
1862	William	Samson	33	Bank	New Cumnock
1866	Thomas	Patrick	44	Bank	New Cumnock
1866	Matthew	Morrison	36	Bank	New Cumnock
1867	Hugh	Brown	31	Bank	New Cumnock
1867	James	Polland	14	Coalburn	New Cumnock
1868	Adam	Dickie	23	North Boig	New Cumnock
1870	William	McMath	14	Boig	New Cumnock
1871	John	Penman	14	South Boig	New Cumnock
1871	James	Penman	40	South Boig	New Cumnock
1872	William	Ferguson	20	Lanemark	New Cumnock
1873	Andrew	Rae	NK	Lanemark, No 1	New Cumnock
1873	Alexander	Anderson	15	Boig, No 1	New Cumnock
1874	Robert	Ross	19	Lanemark No 2	New Cumnock
1875	William	Mayberry	30	Lanemark (Afton)	New Cumnock
1876	Alexander	Thomson	17	Lanemark No.1	New Cumnock
1877	Hugh	Smith	30	Boig	New Cumnock
1878	Alex	McStephney	19	Lanemark, No 1	New Cumnock
1878	James	Ferguson	41	Lanemark, No 1	New Cumnock
1880	James	Harper	28	Boig	New Cumnock
1881	David	Stevenson	36	Bank	New Cumnock
1881	John	Murphy	61	Bank	New Cumnock
1883	Alexander	Gray	19	Bank No 1	New Cumnock
1888	Hugh	McLatchie	35	Afton No.1	New Cumnock
1889	George	Nisbet	13	Lanemark No 2	New Cumnock
1889	John	Reynolds	29	Lanemark No 2	New Cumnock
1891	Robert	Neil	17	Lanemark (Afton)	New Cumnock
1891	James	Trodden	26	Bank No 1	New Cumnock
1892	William	Hamilton	35	Lanemark No 2	New Cumnock
1894	Michael	Gordon	46	Lanemark No 2	New Cumnock
1894	Charles	Crate	54	Lanemark No 2	New Cumnock
1894	Jas.	McInulty	44	Lanemark No 2	New Cumnock
1894	William John	Millwood	16	Bank No 2	New Cumnock
1895	John	Graham	55	Lanemark (Afton)	New Cumnock
1895	John	Smith	14	Lanemark No 2	New Cumnock
1896	John	Rollie	34	Lanemark No 2	New Cumnock
1896	Hugh	Gallacher	30	Lanemark No 2	New Cumnock
1897	Thomas	Gracie	23	Afton No !	New Cumnock
1898	Samuel	McCall	44	Pathhead	New Cumnock
1898	James	Sharp	33	Bank No 1	New Cumnock
1902	John	Brown	17	Afton	New Cumnock
1902	Matthew	Paton	22	Afton	New Cumnock
1903	William	Armstrong	50	Lanemark No 2	New Cumnock
1903	Charles	Hammond	24	Afton	New Cumnock
1903	James	Glendining	NK	Afton	New Cumnock
1905	William	Gillespie	59	Rigfoot Colliery	New Cumnock
1905	John	Brown	19	Rigfoot Colliery	New Cumnock
1906	Archibald	Haddow	41	Lanemark Colliery, Rigfoot pit	New Cumnock
1906	James	Nimmo	24	Lanemark No 2	New Cumnock
1907	Alexander	Mathieson	21	Lanemark Colliery, Rigfoot pit	New Cumnock
1908	William	Walton	42	Lanemark No 2	New Cumnock
1909	William	Hunter	64	Bank No 1	New Cumnock
1909	James	Jackson	40	Lanemark (Afton)	New Cumnock
1911	Edward	Hunter	15	Afton No 1	New Cumnock
1912	William	Ritchie	28	Afton No 1	New Cumnock
1912	James	McClue	50	Afton No 2	New Cumnock
1912	James	Parker	26	Bank	New Cumnock
1914	Andrew	Clapperton	47	Afton No 1	New Cumnock
1916	John	Corson	NK	Afton	New Cumnock
1918	John	Montieth	NK	Bank	New Cumnock
1920	William	Corson	NK	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1922	Alexander	Hammond	NK	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1922	James	Millar	NK	Bank	New Cumnock
1923	James	Muir	NK	Bank	New Cumnock
1924	Robert	Carruthers	22	New Cumnock	New Cumnock
1924	Alexander	McNaught	NK	Bank	New Cumnock
1924	Robert	Johnstone	77	Polquairn	New Cumnock
1925	Robert	McDicken	NK	Afton No 1	New Cumnock
1925	Hugh	Campbell	NK	Mansfield Colliery	New Cumnock
1927	William	Barbour	NK	Afton No. 1	New Cumnock
1928	Robert	McHallam	NK	No 1 Bank Mine, New Cumnock	New Cumnock
1929	Robert	Wilson	NK	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1929	Archibald McDonald	Freeburn	NK	Bank No 2	New Cumnock
1930	John	Cockburn	NK	Bank No 3	New Cumnock
1931	John Whiteford	Breckney	NK	Bank No 4	New Cumnock
1935	James	Keegan	NK	Bank No 6	New Cumnock
1935	Hugh Roden	Richmond	NK	Bank No 6	New Cumnock
1935	Alexander	Whiteside	NK	NK (Usual residence New Cumnock)	New Cumnock
1936	Thomas	Parker	59	Fauldhead Colliery	Kirkconnel
1936	John	Timpany	48	Bank No 6	New Cumnock
1938	Alexander	Ford	NK	Afton	New Cumnock
1938	James	Grozier	32	Bank	New Cumnock
1938	John Hamilton	Mackie	19	Bank	New Cumnock
1938	Robert	Milligan	32	Bank	New Cumnock
1938	Robert	Murray	37	Bank	New Cumnock
1938	Joseph Watson	Walls	14	Bank	New Cumnock
1938	James	Lopez	28	Bank No 1	New Cumnock
1941	William	Crombie	NK	Bank No 6	New Cumnock
1941	Charles	Hynd	NK	Bank No 6	New Cumnock
1941	Hugh	Inglis	65	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1941	Joseph	Young	38	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1942	Thomas	Mcginn	52	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1945	James Paton	Dickson	46	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1948	Edward	Harris	26	Seaforth Pit	New Cumnock
1948	Charles	McAnespie	26	Seaforth Pit	New Cumnock
1948	George	Capstick	64	Bank Colliery	New Cumnock
1950	John Caine	Dalzell	50	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1950	James	Houston	47	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1950	Thomas Goudie	Houston	44	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1950	William	Lee	48	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1950	James Martin	Love	50	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1950	William	McFarlane	35	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1950	William	Howat	61	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1950	Samuel Wightman	Rowan	26	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1950	John Park	McLatchie	49	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1950	John	Smith	56	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1950	Daniel McFarlane	Strachan	38	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1950	John	Taylor	34	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1950	John Irvine	White	31	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1952	William	McLatchie	30	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1953	William	Somerville	NK	Bank Colliery	New Cumnock
1953	George	Lorimer	NK	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1953	James	Ferguson	45	Whitehill	Cumnock
1956	Richard	Armour	20	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1956	William Henderson McCracken	Park	NK	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1956	David	McClymont	NK	Bank Colliery	New Cumnock
1956	John Brechney	Jess	NK	Beoch	Dalmellington
1959	William James	Donaldson	NK	Burnston Opencast	New Cumnock
1960	William	McGillivray	NK	Bank Colliery	New Cumnock
1960	Robert	Steele	51	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1963	Andrew Clark	Johnstone	NK	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1964	Archibald	Walker	NK	Knockshinnoch	New Cumnock
1968	Samuel	Guthrie	NK	Bank Colliery	New Cumnock
1973	Thomas Drysdale	Wallace	NK	Killoch Colliery	Ochiltree
1974	Thomas Walker	Grozier	34	Killoch Colliery	Ochiltree
1993	George	Keggans	40	Dalquandy OCCS	Coalburn, Lanarkshire
1993	William	Gorman	35	Monktonhall
2000	Neil Alexander	Hodge	29	Pennyvenie OCCS