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Blitz Victims List

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Mary Hamill

Key Facts

Occupation/Rank: Baker/Waitress

Date of Death: 29 October 1941

Place of Death: Royal Victoria Hospital

Age: 29

Known as Maisie, she was severely injured when masonry from a neighbouring building damaged in the Fire Raid on the 4/5 May 1941 collapsed on to the store room of the Bonne Bouche Cafe where she was employed.

She was rescued from the rubble by a passing sailor and brought to the Royal Victoria Hospital where she died of her injuries.

Maisie is buried in Dundonald Cemetery.

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