World War II: National Service

(asked on 15th January 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information her Department holds on which collieries in (a) Rother Valley constituency and (b) the UK had Bevin Boys as part of their workforce.


Answered by
Graham Stuart Portrait
Graham Stuart
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 18th January 2024

No central records were kept on the deployment of those who were conscripted or volunteered as Bevin Boys, including the collieries to which they were deployed. However, the Government understands that the majority of Bevin Boys were trained at one of 13 pits, none of which were in the Rother Valley constituency:

  • Askern main (Yorkshire)
  • Birley East (Yorkshire)
  • Chislet (Kent)
  • Cramlington Lamb (Northumberland)
  • Cresswell (Derbyshire)
  • Haunchwood (Warwickshire)
  • Horden (Durham)
  • Kemball (Staffordshire)
  • Muircockhall (Fife)
  • Newton (Lancashire)
  • Oakdale (Monmouthshire)
  • Old Morrison (Durham)
  • Prince of Wales (Yorkshire)
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