Robert Stirrat
- Died:
- 05 May 1941
- Age:
- 24
- Rank:
- Police Constable
- Force:
- Dundee City Police
- Cause:
- War
- Duty Status:
- On Duty
Roll of Honour Citation
Died in the Dundee Royal Infirmary from the extensive injuries he sustained as he tried to secure an unexploded mine that detonated.
Police Memorial Tribute
PC Stirrat was on duty at Broughty Ferry Police Station when, around 6:00am, a report was received of an ‘unfamiliar object’ near the beach at Fisher Street and Dundas Street.
He swiftly responded to the report and on approaching the object he identified it as a mine. Realising the danger it would pose to Naval and Merchant shipping if it drifted back out into the estuary, he threw a rope around the mine and pulled it toward the shore to secure it but, as he did so, it exploded.
Robert was taken to Dundee Royal Infirmary in a critical condition and his family was called to his bedside. Though heavily sedated, he was aware of his extensive injuries.
In the Procurator Fiscal’s precognition into Robert’s death, the cause was amended to ‘Extensive injuries to both legs, right hand, shock and haemorrhage caused by explosion of mine’.
