Pan Tod Miners Memorial, Ruardean Hill (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, November 20, 2011, 01:30 (4759 days ago)

I've just been re-reading the always-interesting "Documents & Articles" section of this great site (thanks yet again). I found a Newpaper clipping to the above Memorial which I hadn't previously heard of. I've thoroughly Googled the subject and have learnt more about it but have two questions I'd appreciate help with, please:

1. What does the name "Pan Tod" mean ?. Is it Welsh ?. With the Hill apparently being an ancient beacon as per May Hill, I guess that maybe Pan means something like "view", as in panoramic or to "pan" a camera ??.

2. The Memorial commemorates five Ruardean miners who lost their lives working underground – Henry Edwards, James Roberts, George Parsons, John Roberts and Leslie Jones.
Although I don't think it's the same man, I have a Leslie Graham Jones in my tree, a collier and my father's uncle, all from the Ruardean area.

Please can anyone shed more light upon the fate of the Leslie Jones commemorated on the Memorial ?.
I've found possible references to some of the five men on the great Coalmining History Resource Centre website, some date from the 1800s. However typical of my luck I've not found a Leslie Jones, perhaps not surprisingly as there are an awful lot of Jones' in the site's 160,000 accident records.

I look forward to any replies, please.