Charles Rhodes

2016 marked the 150th anniversary of the Oaks Colliery Disaster, the worst mining disaster in English history.

First Name: Charles
Last Name: Rhodes
Role: Hurrier
Parents: William and Isabella
Age: 20
Born: Monk Bretton, Yorkshire, England
Lived: Gardeners Arms, Cliffe Bridge Monk Bretton
Burial Location: No known burial,
Additional Information:

Charles Rhodes’ three brothers, William, Feargus, and George, were also killed in the disaster. He married Martha Siddons at St. John’s, Royston, on 16 July 1866.

Map for Charles Rhodes

Key
Green Pin Born
Yellow Pin Lived
Red Pin Buried

Birth Places of Oaks Disaster Victims