Robert Saint
(1905-1950)

miner, bandsman, and composer of Gresford

Died aged c. 45

Robert "Bob" Saint (20 November 1905 – 15 December 1950) was a British composer, musician and animal welfare activist from Hebburn, South Tyneside, best known for his 1930s brass band composition "Gresford", about the Gresford disaster and known as "The Miners' Hymn". Saint was also a significant campaigner for animal welfare, particularly of pit ponies.

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Robert Saint 1905-1950. In this house lived Robert Saint. Miner and bandsman who in 1936 wrote the musical score 'Gresford'- The Miners Hymn to commemorate the 266 men and boys who lost their lives in the mining disaster of 22nd September 1934 in Gresford, Wales.

301 Victoria Road East, Hebburn, United Kingdom where they lived