My grandfather, Richard Haines, was the sexton at St Michael's church, Tilehurst in the 1920s. He also dug graves when necessary and it was whilst digging one he grazed a knuckle on one hand and from that developed blood poisoning - Septicemia - and died on 30 November 1930. His funeral was attended/officiated at by several priests including the personal representative of the Bishop of Oxford whose See St Michael's was in.
Richard's death inquest and subsequent burial service were reported in at least two newspapers or so I discovered when I was sorting through my father's effects. Unfortunately the cuttings he had did not include which newspapers they had come from, were badly worn with at least one part missing.
I have looked for the reports in The British Newspaper Archive without success though I have to admit I am notorious in missing things.
I would be very grateful if anyone could find the reports for me.
