Alexander Kerr

First name:
Alexander
Second name:
Kerr
Date of death:
05/12/1960
Home address(es):

48 Glen Road, Livingston Station

Job title(s):

Drawer

Occupation type(s):
Haulage engineman
Drawer
Miner
Related places:
Westwood No.1 & 2 pits

Westwood pit accident books record the following references:

  • 04-03-1959, accident to Alex Kerr, Drawer, of 48 Glen Road, Livingston Station.
  • 09-05-1959, accident to Alex Kerr, Drawer, of 48 Glen Road, Livingston Station.
  • 13-10-1959, accident to Alex Kerr, D Haulageman, of 48 Glen Road, Livingston Station.

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Newspaper References

Another A8 Fatality

The A8 highway which runs through West Lothian between Edinburgh and Glasgow, claimed another victim this week. He was Mr Alexander Kerr, a 64-year-old unemployed shale miner who was fatally injured in an accident east of Starlaw Junction late on Sunday night. Mr Kerr was walking from Bathgate to his home at 48 Glen Road, Livingston Station, when he was knocked down by a private car. An ambulance took him to Bangour Hospital where he died in the early hours on Monday morning as a result of his injuries. The car driver was uninjured.

West Lothian Courier, 9 December 1960

DEATHS

KERR - At Bangour Hospital (result of an accident), on 5th December, 1960. Alexander Kerr, aged 63 years, son of the late Mr and Mrs John Kerr, 48 Glen Road, Livingston Station.

West Lothian Courier, 9 December 1960

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