Joshua Rayner

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

First Name: Joshua
Last Name: Rayner
Role: Corporal
Parents: William and Hannah
Married: Yes
Age: 40
Born: Mirfield, Yorkshire, England
Lived: Ash Row Hoyle Mill
Buried: 06/07/1868
Burial Location: Christ Church, Ardsley,
Additional Information:

Joshua Rayner’s son, James, and step-son, Walter, were also killed in the disaster.

Map for Joshua Rayner

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Green Pin Born
Yellow Pin Lived
Red Pin Buried

Birth Places of Oaks Disaster Victims