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Surname
CAMPBELL
Forename
George
Day
20
Month
05
Year
1915
Age
27
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Riddochhill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Gavin Paul & Sons Ltd
Location
Bathgate
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
20 May 1915: Bathgate Miner Killed - George Campbell (27), miner, son of Mr and Mrs Campbell, Pentland View, Bathgate, has succumbed to injuries sustained in Riddochhill Pit. While working at the face he was struck down and enveloped in a quantity of debris. His left knee was fractured and his head severely injured. He died while being conveyed to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. [Edinburgh Evening News 21 May 1915] Newspaper report - Lothians pages FAI record – NAS "George Campbell, miner, Pentland View, Edinburgh Road, Bathgate, died on 20 May 1915 in Corstorphine, while being conveyed in an ambulance waggon from Bathgate to Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, when a large piece of stone fell upon him in Riddochhill Colliery, Blackburn"