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DelBoy
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 Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:46 pm Post subject: Margaret Bryce |
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14 year old Margaret Bryce wandered onto a mined beach at Fraserburgh and died when a mine exploded. Her sister and a friend also found themselves in the mine field but were saved by a local man and a Norwegian soldier. The local man was later awarded the George Medal.
Jim has the case in hand so hopefully sh'll be added to the CWGC civilian database. She is not listed on the Fraserburgh memorial like many other civilians who died in bombing raids are.
(Glasgow Herald article)
 
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kinnethmont
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| Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:23 pm Post subject: Margaret Bryce |
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Derek
I also found reference to this incident in the Scotsman, but as usual, the location is not identified.
The children, of which she was the eldest, ignored a warning notice and climbed over a barbed wire fence in order to enter the mine field.
I suspect her name may not have been put forward since she died on account of her own careless actions, as opposed to being bombed from above.
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Adam Brown
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A tragic tale, and a well deserved George Medal.
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kinnethmont
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| Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 4:50 pm Post subject: Margaret Bryce |
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The name of child Margaret Bryce was added to the CWGC UK Book of Remembrance today.
CWGC are aware of her burial place. In time, her commemoration will move there.
BRYCE, MARGARET
Rank: Civilian
Date of Death: 24/05/1942
Age: 14
Regiment/Service: Civilian War Dead
Reporting Authority: FRASERBURGH, BURGH OF, SCOTLAND
Additional Information: Daughter of the late John Bryce and Mary Bryce, of Fraserburgh.
MISSING NO MORE
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DelBoy
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that one took a while!
good to see her added though. |
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