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Surname
ROBERTSON
Forename
Walter Douglas
Day
26
Month
01
Year
1975
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Polkemmet
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
National Coal Board
Location
Whitburn
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
Walter Douglas Robertson, coal miner, 11 Gilchrist Crescent, Whitburn, died on 26 January 1975 at Bangour General Hospital, Uphall, from injuries sustained on 15 January 1975 at No.43 Face, Wilsontown Main Seam, Polkemmet Colliery, Whitburn, when coal fell from the coal face on him"