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Surname
McMURDO
Forename
Edward Jones
Day
06
Month
03
Year
1942
Age
18
Occupation
Clipper
Mine/Quarry Name
Wellesley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Methil
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
6 March 1942: KILLED IN FIFE PIT - Edward M'Murdo (19), clipper, Spey Street, Denbeath, was killed in Wellesley Colliery, Buckhaven, yesterday by a runaway race of hutches. It is only a fortnight since news was received that his brother, serving in H.M. Forces in the Middle East, had been killed in action. [Dundee Courier 7 March 1942] Note – see also 8 August 1942