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Bert Walton


Age:   18
Died:   23rd Apr 1946
Accident:   23rd Apr 1946
Year Born:   abt. 1928
Colliery:   Gordon House
Company:  
Occupation:   Pony Driver
Notes:  
killed by a fall of stone
Buried:   Cockfield Cemetery

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24th April, 1946, Bert Walton, an 18-year-old youth, son of Thomas Henry (deceased) and Mary Ellenor Walton of 4, Cleveland Terrace, Cockfield was killed by a fall of stone at Gordon House Colliery yesterday. He was employed by the company as a Pony Driver.

Source: Northern Echo, April 25th, 1946


Bert Walton
(aged 17 years 5 months)


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