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MURDOCH MEMORIAL PRIZE

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STEWARTRY OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT COUNTY COUNCIL

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

DALBEATTIE HIGH SCHOOL

Dalbeattie District School Management Committee hereby certify that CHARLES CONNOR has been the Winner of a Prize of FOUR POUNDS Sterling, called the ''MURDOCH MEMORIAL PRIZE'' being the interest on a sum of One Hundred Pounds handed over to the late School Board by a Committee appointed to raise funds to commemorate the heroism displayed by Lieutenant William McMaster Murdoch, R. N. R., when the steamship Titanic of which he was First Officer, foundered on 15th April, 1912, to be given to the successful competitor at a special examination to be conducted by the Headmaster for the time being of Dalbeattie High School, where Lieutenant Murdoch received his education - the Competitors to be pupils not exceeding the age of fourteen years and attending that School from any of the Parishes in the Stewartry.

John Dickson

Chairman of Dalbeattie District School Management Committee.

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  1. Stewart Marshall Stewart Marshall
    I was the prize winner in 1957 and still have many of the books bought with the four pounds and five shillings PRIZE money. I was approaching 14 at that time.
  2. Richard Willing Richard Willing
    Hi Mr Marshall - i am graduate student in History working on the story of William McM Murdoch, for whom your prize was named.I wonder if you could tell me, were you told much about Mr Murdoch's life and death at the time you won the prize? Was it common knowledge in Dalbeattie? What did you make of the flap over his portrayal in the 1997 movie Titanic? Thank you Richard Willing [email][email protected][/email]
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Encyclopedia Titanica (2004) MURDOCH MEMORIAL PRIZE ( ref: #3819, published 24 September 2004, generated 4th December 2024 03:45:18 PM); URL : https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/murdoch-memorial-prize.html