by Poppygirl on Tue May 12, 2009 10:43 pm
My maternal grandmother's brother, Benjamin While is buried at this church. He died aged 20 on 21st December 1910 in the third largest pit disaster in the UK, Pretoria Pit at West Houghton, Yorkshire. His body was recovered on 24th December 1910. Apparently he is in an unmarked grave, but I plan to visit the church anyway.