English & Welsh executions 1900 - 1931

 

1900 Total - 14 (12 + 2)

Name

Age

Date

Place

Victim(s)

Hangman

Assistant 1

Assistant 2

Louisa Masset (f)

33

9th January

Newgate

Manfred Louis Masset (son)

James Billington

William Warbrick

N/A

Ada Chard-Williams (f)

24

6th March

Newgate

Selina Ellen Jones 

James Billington

William Billington

 

Henry Grove

26

22nd May

Newgate

Henry Smith

James Billington

No assistant

 

Alfred Highfield

22

17th July

Newgate

Edith Margaret Poole (girlfriend)

James Billington

William Billington

 

William Irwin

61

14th August

Newgate

Catherine Amelia Irwin (wife)

James Billington

William Warbrick

 

Charles Backhouse

23

16th August

Leeds

P.C. John William Kew

James Billington

William Billington

 

Thomas Mellor

29

16th August

Leeds

Ada & Annie Beecroft (daughters)

James Billington

William Billington

 

William Lacey

29

21st August

Cardiff

Pauline Lacey (wife)

James Billington

William Billington

 

Charles Blewitt

33

28th August

Leeds

Mary Ann Blewitt (wife)

James Billington

William Billington

 

John Charles Parr

19

2nd October

Newgate

Sarah Willett (girlfriend)

James Billington

William Billington

 

William Burrett

35

3rd October

Chelmsford

Ada Gubb Burrett (wife)

James Billington

William Billington

 

Joseph Holden

57

4th December

Manchester

John Dawes (grandson)

James Billington

William Warbrick

 

John Bowes

50

12th December

Durham

Isabella Bowes (wife)

James Billington

William Billington

 

James Bergin

26

27th December

Liverpool

Margaret Morrison (girlfriend)

James Billington

William Billington

 

 

1901 Total - 15

Samson Salmon

32

19th February

Newgate

Lucy Smith (cousin)

James Billington

No assistant

 

George Parker (Hill)

23

19th March

Wandsworth

William Pearson

James Billington

William Billington

 

Herbert Bennett

22

21st March

Norwich

Mary Jane Bennett (wife)

James Billington

Thomas Billington

 

James Shufflebotham

38

2nd April

Stafford

Elizabeth Shufflebotham (wife)

James Billington

William Billington

 

Valeri Giovanni

31

9th July

Bodmin

Victor Baileff

James Billington

William Billington

 

Charles Watkins

54

30th July

Maidstone

Frederick Hamilton

James Billington

Thomas Billington

 

Ernest Wickham

30

13th August

Wandsworth

Amy Eugenie Russell (girlfriend)

James Billington

William Billington

 

John Joyce

36

20th August

Birmingham

John Nugent

James Billington

William Billington

 

Martial Faugeron

23

19th November

Newgate

Hermann Francis Jung

James Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

Patrick McKenna

53

3rd December

Manchester

Anna McKenna (wife)

James Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

John Miller &

67

7th December

Newcastle

John Ferguson

William Billington

Thomas Billington

John Ellis

John Robert Miller

31

John Thompson

38

10th December

Durham

Maggie Ann Lieutand (girlfriend)

William Billington

Thomas Billington

 

Alexander Claydon

43

13th December

Northampton

Louisa Claydon (wife)

William Billington

Thomas Billington

 

John Harrison

31

24th December

Liverpool

Alice Ann Wright (girlfriend)

William Billington

Thomas Billington

 

 

1902 Total - 22

Harold Amos Apted

20

18th March

Maidstone

Frances Eliza O'Rourke

William Billington

John Billington

 

Richard Wigley

34

18th March

Shrewsbury

Mary Ellen Bowen (girlfriend)

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

Arthur Richardson

30

25th March

Hull

Sarah Hebden (aunt)

William Billington

John Billington

 

Charles Robert Earl

56

29th April

Wandsworth

Margaret Pamphilon

William Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

George Woolfe

21

6th May

Newgate (last)

Charlotte Cheeseman (girlfriend)

William Billington

John Ellis

 

Thomas Marsland

21

20th May

Liverpool

Elizabeth Marsland (wife)

William Billington

John Billington

 

Samuel Middleton

46

15th July

Worcester

Hannah Middleton (wife)

William Billington

No assistant

 

William Churcher

35

22nd July

Winchester

Sophia Jane Hepworth (girlfriend)

William Billington

No assistant

 

John Bedford

41

30th July

Derby

Nancy Price (girlfriend)

William Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

William Lane

47

12th August

Stafford

Elizabeth Dyson (girlfriend)

William Billington

John Billington

 

George Hibbs

40

13th August

Wandsworth

Miriam Jane Tye

William Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

John MacDonald

24

30th September

Pentonville

Henry Groves

William Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

Henry Williams

31

11th November

Pentonville

Margaret Anne Andrew (daughter)

William Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

Henry McWiggins

30

2nd December

Manchester

Esther Elizabeth Bedford (girlfriend)

William Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

William Chambers

47

4th December

Bedford

Emily Chambers (wife),
Mary Oakley (mother in law)

William Billington

John Billington

 

Thomas Barrow

49

9th December

Pentonville

Emily Coates (step daughter/girlfriend)

William Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

Jeremiah Callaghan

42

12th December

Usk

Hannah Shea (girlfriend)

William Billington

John Billington

 

Samuel Walton

31

16th December

Durham

Isabella Walton, (wife), Nora Walton,  (daughter) Mrs. Young (mother in law)

William Billington

John Billington

 

Thomas Nicholson

24

16th December

Durham

Mary Ina Stewart

William Billington

John Billington

 

William Brown

42

16th December

Wandsworth

Elizabeth Brown (wife)

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

William Bolton

44

23rd December

Hull

Jane Elizabeth Allen (girlfriend)

William Billington

John Billington

 

George Place

28

30th December

Warwick

Eliza Chetwynd, Eliza Chetwynd, (mother & daughter) + Eliza’s unnamed baby.

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

 

1903 Total - 27 (24 + 3)

Amelia Sach and

29

3rd February

Holloway (1st)

Male baby called Galley (baby farmers)

William Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

Annie Walters (f)

54

William Hughes 

42

17th February 

Ruthin

Jane Hannah Huges (wife)

William Billington

John Billington

 

Edgar Owen (Edwards)

44

3rd March 

Wandsworth

John William Darby, Beatrice Darby &
Ethel Darby.

William Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

Samuel Henry Smith 

45

10th March 

Lincoln

Lucy Margaret Lingard (girlfriend)

William Billington

John Billington

 

George Chapman 

37

7th April 

Wandsworth

Isabella Mary Spink, Elizabeth Taylor, Maud Eliza Marsh (girlfriends)

William Billington

John Billington

 

William Hudson 

26

12th May 

Manchester

Harry Short

William Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

Gustav Rau and
Willem Schmidt

28

2nd June 

Liverpool

Alexander MacLeod, Julius Herrson, Patrick Durran, Fred Abrahamson, Captain Alexander Shaw, Gustav Johansen, Alexander Bravo.

William Billington

John Billington

 

30

Charles Howell 

30

7th July 

Chelmsford

Maud Luen (girlfriend)

William Billington

John Ellis

 

Samuel Dougal 

57

14th July 

Chelmsford

Camille Cecile Holland (girlfriend)

William Billington

John Ellis

 

Thomas Porter and 

29

21st July 

Leicester

PC William Ariel Wilkinson

William Billington

John Billington

 

Thomas Preston

24

Leonard Pachett 

26

28th July 

Lincoln

Sarah Ann Pachett (wife)

William Billington

John Billington

 

William Tuffen 

23

11th August 

Wandsworth

Caroline Tuffen (wife)

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

Charles Slowe 

28

10th November 

Pentonville

Martha Jane Hardwick 

William Billington

John Billington

 

Edward Palmer 

24

17th November 

Devizes

Esther Swinford (ex girlfriend)

William Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

Bernard White 

21

1st December 

Chelmsford

Maud Garrett (ex girlfriend)

William Billington

No assistant

 

Charles Whittaker 

43

2nd December 

Manchester

Eliza Range (girlfriend)

John Billington

John Ellis

 

James Duffy 

46

8th December 

Durham

Ellen Newman (girlfriend)

William Billington

John Billington

 

William Haywood 

61

15th December 

Hereford

Jane Haywood (wife)

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

William Brown and

27

16th December 

Winchester

Esther Atkins 

William Billington

John Billington

 

Thomas Cowdrey

36

Charles Ashton 

19

22nd December 

Hull

Annie Marshall 

William Billington

John Billington

 

John Gallagher and

30

29th December 

Leeds

William Swan (Emily’s husband)

William Billington

John Ellis

 

Emily Swann (f)

42

Henry Bertram Starr 

31

29th December 

Liverpool

Mary Hannah Starr (wife)

William Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

 

1904 Total - 16

Sidney George Smith 

23

9th March 

Gloucester

Alice Woodman (girlfriend)

William Billington

John Billington

 

James Clarkson 

19

29th March 

Leeds

Elizabeth Mary Lynas 

William Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

Henry Jones 

50

29th March 

Stafford

Mary Elizabeth Gilbert (girlfriend)

John Billington

John Ellis

 

Charles Samuel Dyer 

25

5th April 

Birmingham

Martha Eliza Simpson (girlfriend)

William Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

William Kirwan 

39

31st May 

Liverpool

Mary Pike (sister in law)

William Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

Ping (or Pong) Lun 

43

31st May 

Liverpool

John Go Hing

William Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

John Sullivan 

40

12th July 

Pentonville

Dennis Lowthian

William Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

Samuel Rowledge 

37

13th July 

Northampton

Alice Foster (girlfriend)

William Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

George Breeze 

21

2nd August 

Durham

Margaret Jane Chisholm (girlfriend)

William Billington

John Ellis

 

John Thomas Kay 

52

16th August 

Leeds

Jane Hirst (girlfriend)

John Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

Samuel Holden 

43

16th August 

Birmingham

Susan Humphries (girlfriend)

William Billington

John Ellis

 

Conrad Donovan (aka Joseph Potten) and

35

13th December 

Pentonville

Matilda Emily Farmer 

William Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

Charles Wade

22

Edmund Hall

49

20th December 

Leeds

John Dalby (father in law)

John Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

Eric Lange

30

21st December 

Cardiff

John Emlyn Jones

William Billington

John Ellis

 

Arthur Jeffries

44

29th December 

Leeds

Samuel Barker

John Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

 

1905 Total - 17 

Edward Harrison 

62

28th February 

Wandsworth

Elizabeth Jane Rickus (daughter)

John Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

John Hutchinson 

29

29th March 

Nottingham

Albert Matthews

John Billington

John Ellis

 

Alfred Bridgeman 

22

26th April 

Pentonville

Catherina Balhard 

John Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

Alfred Stratton and

22

23rd May 

Wandsworth

Thomas Farrow, Ann Farrow

John Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

Albert Ernest Stratton

20

Alfred John Heal 

22

20th June 

Wandsworth

Ellen Maria Goodspeed (girlfriend)

John Billington

John Ellis

 

Ferat Ben Ali 

19

1st August 

Maidstone

Hadjou Idder

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

William Hancocks 

35

9th August 

Knutsford

Mary Elizabeth Hancocks (daughter)

John Billington

Henry Pierrepoint

 

Arthur Devereux 

 

15th August 

Pentonville 

Beatrice Devereux, (wife) Laurence Rowland Devereux, Evelyn Lancelot Devereux (sons)

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

Thomas Tattersall 

31

15th August 

Leeds

Rebecca Tattersall (wife)

John Billington

William Warbrick

 

George Butler 

50

7th November 

Pentonville

Mary Allen (girlfriend)

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

William Yarnold 

48

5th December 

Worcester

Annie Yarnold (wife)

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

Henry Perkins 

40

6th December 

Newcastle

Patrick Durkin 

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

Samuel Curtis 

60

20th December 

Maidstone

Alice Clover (girlfriend)

Henry Pierrepoint

William Fry

 

Frederick Edge 

23

27th December 

Stafford

Francis Walter Evans 

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

George Smith 

50

28th December 

Leeds

Martha Smith (wife)

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

John Silk 

30

29th December 

Derby

Mary Fallon (mother)

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

 

1906 Total - 8

Jack Griffiths

19

27th February 

Manchester

Catherine Garrity (ex girlfriend)

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

Harold Walters

39

10th April 

Wakefield

Sarah Ann McConnell (girlfriend)

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

Edward Glynn

26

7th August 

Nottingham

Jane Gamble (ex girlfriend)

Henry Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Thomas Mouncer

25

9th August 

Wakefield

Elizabeth Baldwin (girlfriend)

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

Frederick Reynolds

23

13th November 

Wandsworth

Sophie Lovell (ex girlfriend)

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

Edward Hartigan

58

27th November 

Knutsford

Catherine Hartigan (wife)

Henry Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Richard Buckham

20

4th December 

Chelmsford

Albert Watson, Emma Watson

Henry Pierrepoint

No assistant

 

Walter Marsh 

39

27th December 

Derby

Eliza Marsh (wife)

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1907 Total - 10 (9 + 1)

John Davis 

53

1st January 

Warwick

Jane Harrison (girlfriend)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Joseph Jones 

60

26th March

Stafford

Edmund Clarke (son in law)

Henry Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Edwin James Moore 

33

2nd April 

Warwick

Fanny Adelaide Moore (mother)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

William Slack 

47

16th July 

Derby

Lucy Wilson 

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

Charles Patterson 

37

7th August 

Liverpool

Lillian Jane Charlton (girlfriend)

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

Richard Brinkley 

53

13th August 

Wandsworth

Richard Beck, Elizabeth Beck 

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

Rhoda Willis (f)

44

14th August 

Cardiff

Female child (surname Treasure)

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

William Austin 

31

5th November 

Reading

Unity Annie Butler

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

William Duddles 

47

20th November 

Lincoln

Catherine Gear

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

George Stills 

30

13th December 

Cardiff

Rachel Hannah Stills (mother)

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1908 Total - 12

Joseph Noble 

48

24th March 

Durham

John Patterson

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

Robert Lawman

35

24th March 

Durham

Amelia Bell Wood (girlfriend)

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

John Ramsbottom 

34

12th May 

Manchester

James MacCraw (brother in law)

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

Fred Ballington 

41

28th July 

Manchester

Ellen Ann Ballington (wife)

Henry Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Thomas Siddle 

29

4th August 

Hull

Gertrude Siddle (wife)

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

Matthew Dodds 

44

5th August 

Durham

Mary Jane Dodds (wife)

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

James Phipps 

21

12th November 

Knutsford

Elizabeth Warburton

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

James Nicholls 

35

2nd December 

Norwich

Susan Wilson

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

John Ellwood 

44

3rd December 

Leeds

Thomas Wilkinson

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

William Bauldry 

41

8th December 

Maidstone

Margaret Bauldry (wife)

Henry Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Harry Taylor Parker 

32

15th December 

Warwick

Thomas Tompkins 

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

Patrick Collins 

24

30th December 

Cardiff

Annie Dorothy Lawrence (ex girlfriend)

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1909 Total - 19

John Esmond Murphy

21

6th January

Pentonville

Frederick Schlitte

Henry Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Jeremiah O'Connor

52

23rd February

Durham

Mary Donnelly

Henry Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Ernest Hutchinson

24

2nd March

Wakefield

Hannah Maria Whiteley (girlfriend)

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

Thomas Mead

33

12th March

Leeds

Clara Howell (girlfriend)

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

Edmund Elliott

19

30th March

Exeter

Clara Jane Hannaford (ex girlfriend)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

See Lee

38

30th March

Liverpool

Yun Yap

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

Joseph Edwin Jones

39

13th April

Stafford

Charlotte Jones (wife)

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

William Joseph Foy

25

8th May

Swansea

Mary Ann Rees (girlfriend)

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

Morris Reuben &

23

20th May

Pentonville

William Sproull

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

Marks Reuben

22

John Edmunds

24

3rd July

Usk

Cecilia Harris

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

Walter Davis

37

9th July

Wakefield

Hester Harriet Richards (girlfriend)

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

William Hampton

24

20th July

Bodmin

Emily Tredrea (girlfriend) Last at Bodmin

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

Mark Shawcross

30

3rd August

Manchester

Emily Ramsbottom (girlfriend)

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

Julius Wammer

43

10th August

Wandsworth

Cissie Archer 

Henry Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Madar Lal Dhingra

25

31st August

Pentonville

Sir William Hutt Curzon-Wylie,

Dr. Cawas Lalcaca

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

John Freeman

46

7th December

Hull

Florence Lily Freeman (sister in law)

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

Abel Atherton

29

8th December

Durham

Elizabeth Ann Patrick

Henry Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Samuel Atherley

30

14th December

Nottingham

Matilda Lambert, John Lambert, Annie Lambert, Samuel Lambert

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

 

1910 Total - 16

William Murphy 

49

15th February 

Carnarvon

Gwen Ellen Jones (girlfriend)

Henry Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Joseph Wren 

23

22nd February 

Manchester

John Collins

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

George Perry 

27

1st March 

Pentonville

Annie Covell (girlfriend)

Henry Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Thomas Clements 

62

24th March 

Usk

Charles Thomas, Mary Thomas

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

Thomas Jesshope 

32

25th May 

Wandsworth

John Healey

Henry Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

James Hancock 

55

14th June 

Cambridge

Alfred Doggett

Henry Pierrepoint

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

Thomas Craig (Crake)

24

12th July 

Durham

Thomas William Henderson

Henry Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Frederick Foreman 

45

14th July 

Chelmsford

Elizabeth Ely (girlfriend)

Henry Pierrepoint

John Ellis

 

John Raper Coulson 

32

9th August 

Leeds

Jane Ellen Coulson, (wife)
Thomas Coulson (son)

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Warbrick

 

John Dickman 

45

9th August 

Newcastle

John InnesNisbet

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Thomas Rawcliffe 

31

15th November 

Lancaster

Louisa Ann Rawcliffe (wife)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Henry Thompson 

54

22nd November 

Liverpool

Mary Thompson (wife)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Hawley Harvey Crippen 

48

23rd November 

Pentonville

Cora Turner (Belle Elmore) (wife)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

William Broome 

26

24th November 

Reading

Isabella Wilson

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Andrew Noah Woolf(e)

58

21st December 

Pentonville

Andrew Simon

John Ellis

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

Henry Ison 

45

29th December 

Leeds

Mary Jenkin (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

 

1911 Total - 16

George Newton 

19

31st January 

Chelmsford

Ada Roker (girlfriend)

John Ellis

William Conduit

 

Thomas Seymour 

65

9th May 

Liverpool

Mary Seymour (wife)

John Ellis

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

Michael Collins 

26

24th May 

Pentonville

Elizabeth Anne Kempster (girlfriend)

John Ellis

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

Arthur Garrod 

49

20th June 

Ipswich

Sarah Chilvers (girlfriend)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

William Palmer 

50

19th July 

Leicester

Ann Harris

John Ellis

George Brown

 

Francisco Godhino 

40

17th October 

Pentonville

Alice Emily Brewster 

John Ellis

Albert Lumb

 

Edward Hill 

41

17th October 

Pentonville

Mary Jane Hill (wife)

John Ellis

Albert Lumb

 

Frederick Thomas 

38

15th November 

Wandsworth

Harriett Ann Eckhardt (girlfriend)

John Ellis

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

Michael Fagan 

27

6th December 

Liverpool

Lucy Kennedy

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Walter Martyn 

22

12th December 

Manchester

Edith Griffiths (girlfriend) 

John Ellis

George Brown

 

John Tarkenter 

41

12th December 

Manchester

Rosetta Tarkenter (wife)

John Ellis

George Brown

 

Henry Phillips 

44

14th December 

Swansea

Margaret Phillips (wife)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Joseph Fletcher 

40

15th December 

Liverpool

Caroline Fletcher (wife)

John Ellis

George Brown

 

George Parker 

26

19th December 

Maidstone

Mary Elizabeth Speller (girlfriend)

John Ellis

No assistant

 

Charles Coleman

36

21st December 

St Albans

Rose Anna Gurney

John Ellis

William Willis

 

George Loake 

64

28th December 

Stafford

Elizabeth Loake (Wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

 

1912 Total - 10

Myer Abramovitch 

28

6th March 

Pentonville

Solomon Milstein, Annie Milstein

John Ellis

Albert Lumb

 

John Williams 

38

19th March 

Knutsford

Hilda Williams (wife)

John Ellis

Albert Lumb

 

Frederick Henry Seddon

40

18th April 

Pentonville

Eliza Mary Barrow

John Ellis

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

Arthur Birkett 

22

23rd July 

Manchester

Alice Beetham (ex girlfriend)

John Ellis

Albert Lumb

 

Sargent Philp 

33

1st October 

Wandsworth

Rose Philp (wife)

John Ellis

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

Robert Galloway 

27

5th November 

Norwich

Minnie Morris (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

George Brown

 

Gilbert Smith 

35

26th November 

Gloucester

Rosabella Smith (wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Albert Lumb

 

William Beal 

20

10th December 

Chelmsford

Clara Ellizabeth Carter (girlfriend)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Alfred Lawrence 

32

18th December 

Maidstone

Emily Violet Hubbard (girlfriend)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

William Galbraith 

27

20th December 

Wakefield

Mary May Galbraith (wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

 

1913 Total - 19

Albert Rumens 

44

7th January 

Lewes

Mabel Ann Maryan

John Ellis

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

George Mackay

29

29th January 

Lewes

Arthur Walls

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Edward Hopwood 

45

29th January 

Pentonville

Florence Silles (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Albert Lumb

 

Eric Sedgewick 

29

4th February 

Reading

Annie Wentworth Davis (girlfriend)

John Ellis

George Brown

 

George Cunliffe 

28

25th February 

Exeter

Kate (Kitty) Butler (girlfriend)

John Ellis

George Brown

 

Edward Palmer 

23

19th March 

Bristol

Ada Louisa James (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

George Brown

 

Walter Sykes 

24

23rd April 

Wakefield

Amy Collinson, Frances Alice Nicholson

Thomas Pierrepoint

Albert Lumb

 

William Burton 

29

24th June 

Dorchester

Winifred Mary Mitchell (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

George Brown

 

Henry Longden 

52

8th July 

Pentonville

Alice Catlow More (girlfriend)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Thomas Fletcher 

28

9th July 

Worcester

Lillian Wharton (girlfriend)

John Ellis

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

John Vickers Amos 

35

22nd July 

Newcastle

Andrew Barton, George Mussles, Sarah Grice

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Frank Greening 

34

13th August 

Birmingham

Elizabeth Ellen Hearne (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

George Brown

 

James Ryder 

47

13th August 

Manchester

Ann Elizabeth Ryder (wife)

John Ellis

No assistant

 

Hugh McLaren 

29

14th August 

Cardiff

Julian Biros

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Fred Seekings 

39

4th November 

Cambridge

Martha Jane Beeby (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Augustus Penny 

30

26th November 

Winchester

Matilda Penny (mother)

John Ellis

Albert Lumb

 

Frederick Robertson 

26

27th November 

Pentonville

Nellie Robertson, Beatrice Robertson (daughters) Frederick Robinson (son) 

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Ernest Kelly 

20

17th December 

Manchester

Daniel Wright Bardsley

John Ellis

No assistant

 

George Law 

34

31st December 

Wakefield

Annie Cotterill

Thomas Pierrepoint

Albert Lumb

 

 

1914 Total - 14

George Ball 

22

26th February 

Liverpool

Christina Catherine Bradfield

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Josiah Davies 

58

10th March 

Stafford 

Martha Hodgkins

John Ellis

George Brown

 

James Honeyands

21

12th March 

Exeter

Amelia Bradfield

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Robert Upton 

50

24th March 

Durham

Charles Gribben

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Edgar Bindon 

19

25th March 

Cardiff

Maud Mulholland (girlfriend)

John Ellis

George Brown

 

Joseph Spooner 

42

14th May 

Liverpool

Elizabeth Alice Spooner (daughter)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Walter White 

22

16th June 

Winchester

Frances Priscilla Hunter (girlfriend)

John Ellis

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

Herbert Brooker 

32

28th July 

Lewes

Ada Stone (girlfriend)

John Ellis

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

Percy Clifford 

32

11th August 

Lewes

Maud Clifford (wife)

John Ellis

Thomas Pierrepoint

 

Charles Frembd 

71

4th November 

Chelmsford

Louisa Frembd (wife)

John Ellis

No assistant

 

John Eayres

59

10th November 

Northampton

Sarah Ann Eayres (wife)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Henry Quartley 

55

10th November 

Shepton Mallet

Henry Pugsley

Thomas Pierrepoint

George Brown

 

Arnold Warren 

32

12th November 

Leicester

James Warren (son)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

George Anderson 

59

23rd December 

St Albans

Harriett Ann Whybrow (step daughter)

John Ellis

George Brown

 

 

1915 Total - 9

Walter Marriott

24

10th August

Wakefield

Nellie Marriott (wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Frank Steele

28

11th August

Durham

Nora Barrett (girlfriend)

John Ellis

Robert Baxter

 

George Joseph Smith

43

13th August

Maidstone

Beatrice Mundy, Margaret Lofty, Alice Burnham (Brides in the bath murders)

John Ellis

Edward Taylor

 

George Marshall

45

17th August

Wandsworth

Alice Anderson (girlfriend)

John Ellis

George Brown

 

William Reeve

42

16th November

Bedford

Harriett Reeve (wife)

John Ellis

No assistant

 

John Thornley

26

1st December

Liverpool

Frances Johnson (girlfriend)

John Ellis

George Brown

 

Young Hill

28

1st December

Liverpool

James Crawford

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Harry Thompson

55

22nd December

Wakefield

Alice Kaye (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Edward Taylor

 

John McCartney

40

29th December

Wakefield

Charlotte Kent (bigamous wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Edward Taylor

 

 

1916 Total - 8

Lee Kun 

27

1st January 

Pentonville

Clara Thomas (ex girlfriend)

John Ellis

George Brown

 

Frederick Holmes 

49

8th March 

Manchester

Sarah Woodall (girlfriend)

John Ellis

Edward Taylor

 

Reginald Haslam 

25

29th March 

Manchester

Isabella Conway (girlfriend)

John Ellis

Edward Taylor

 

William Butler 

39

16th August 

Birmingham

Florence Beatrice Butler 

John Ellis

Edward Taylor

 

Daniel Sullivan 

38

6th September 

Swansea

Catherine Sullivan (wife)

John Ellis

George Brown

 

Frederick Brooks 

28

12th December 

Exeter

Alice Clara Gregory

John Ellis

William Willis

 

James Hargreaves 

54

19th December 

Manchester

Caroline McGhee (girlfriend)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Joseph Deans 

44

20th December 

Durham

Catherine Convery (girlfriend)

John Ellis

George Brown

 

 

1917 Total - 9

Thomas Clinton 

28

21st March 

Manchester

Henry Lynch

John Ellis

No assistant

 

John Thompson 

43

27th March 

Leeds

Lily Tindale

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Leo O'Donnell 

26

29th March 

Winchester

William F. Watterton

John Ellis

Robert Baxter

 

Alec Bakerlis 

24

10th April 

Cardiff

Winifred Ellen Fortt (girlfriend)

John Ellis

Edward Taylor

 

William Robinson 

26

17th April 

Pentonville

Alfred Williams

John Ellis

Robert Baxter

 

Robert Gadsby 

65

18th April 

Leeds

Julia Ann Johnson (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Baxter

 

William Hodgson 

34

16th August 

Liverpool

Margaret Alderson Hodgson, Margaret Hodgson (wife & daughter)

John Ellis

Edward Taylor

 

William Cavanagh 

29

18th December 

Newcastle

Henry Arthur Hollyer

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Baxter

 

Thomas Cox 

59

19th December 

Shrewsbury

Elizabeth Cox (wife)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

 

1918 Total - 7

Arthur Stamrowsky

26

12th February 

Wandsworth

Edward Tighe

John Ellis

George Brown

 

Joseph Jones 

26

21st February 

Wandsworth

Oliver Gilbert Imlay

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Louis Voisin 

42

2nd March 

Pentonville

Emilienne Gerard

John Ellis

Edward Taylor

 

Verney Asser

30

5th March 

Shepton Mallet

Joseph Harold Durkin

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Louis Van Der Kerkhove 

32

9th April 

Birmingham

Clemence Verelst (girlfriend)

John Ellis

George Brown

 

William Rooney 

51

17th December 

Manchester

Mary Ellen Rooney (sister in law)

John Ellis

No assistant

 

John Walsh 

35

17th December 

Leeds

Ruth Elizabeth Moore (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

 

1919 Total - 12

Benjamin Benson 

41

7th January 

Leeds

Annie Mayne (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Baxter

 

George Cardwell and  Percy Barrett

22

6th January

Leeds

Rhoda Walker

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Baxter

 

20

Joseph Rose

25

19th February

Oxford

Sarah Rose & Isabella Rose

John Ellis

Edward Taylor

 

Henry Perry
(alias) Beckett 

36

10th July 

Pentonville

Walter Cornish, Alice Cornish,

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Alice Cornish, Marie Cornish 

John Crossland 

34

22nd July 

Liverpool

Ellen Crossland (wife)

John Ellis

Robert Baxter

 

Thomas Foster 

46

31st July 

Pentonville 

Minnie Foster (wife)

John Ellis

Edward Taylor

 

Henry Gaskin 

27

8th August 

Birmingham

Elizabeth Gaskin (wife)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Frank Warren 

41

7th October 

Pentonville

Lucy Nightingale

John Ellis

George Brown

 

Ernest Scott 

28

26th November 

Newcastle

Rebecca Jane Quinn (girlfriend)

John Ellis

Edward Taylor

 

Ambrose Quinn 

28

26th November 

Newcastle

Elizabeth Ann Quinn (wife)

John Ellis

Robert Baxter

 

Djang Djing Sung 

33

3rd December 

Worcester

Zee Ming Wu

John Ellis

Edward Taylor

 

 

1920 Total - 21

Lewis Massey 

29

6th January 

Leeds

Margaret Hird (wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Hyman Perdovitch 

39

6th January 

Manchester

Soloman Franks

John Ellis

Robert Baxter

Edward Taylor

David Caplan 

42

6th January 

Manchester

Freda Caplan, Herman Caplan, Maurice Caplan (wife/sons)

John Ellis

Robert Baxter

Edward Taylor

William Wright 

39

10th March 

Lincoln

Annie Coulbeck (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

William Hall 

66

23rd March 

Durham

Mary Ann Dixon (girlfriend)

John Ellis

Robert Baxter

 

Frederick Rothwell Holt 

32

13th April 

Manchester

Kathleen Breaks (girlfriend)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Thomas Caler 

23

14th April 

Cardiff

Gladys Ibrahim, AyshaIbrahim

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Miles McHugh 

32

16th April 

Leeds

Edith Annie Swainston (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Edward Taylor

 

Thomas Wilson 

45

6th May 

Leeds

Annie Maria Wilson (wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Baxter

 

Herbert Salisbury 

35

11th May 

Liverpool

Alice Pearson (girlfriend)

John Ellis

Robert Baxter

 

William Waddington 

35

11th May 

Liverpool

Ivy Woolfenden

John Ellis

Robert Baxter

 

Frederick Storey 

42

16th June 

Ipswich

Sarah Jane Howard (girlfriend)

John Ellis

Robert Baxter

 

William Aldred 

54

22nd June 

Manchester

Ida Prescott

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Arthur Goslett 

44

27th July 

Pentonville

Evelyn Goslett (wife)

John Ellis

Edward Taylor

 

James Ellor 

35

11th August 

Liverpool

Ada Ellor (wife)

John Ellis

Edward Taylor

 

James Riley 

50

30th November 

Durham

Mary Riley (wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Edward Taylor

 

Cyril Saunders 

21

30th November 

Exeter

Dorothy May Saunders (cousin)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Marks Goodmacher 

47

30th December 

Pentonville

Fanny Zetoun (daughter)

William Willis

Robert Baxter

 

Edwin Sowerby 

28

30th December 

Leeds

Jane Darwell (ex girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Edward Taylor

 

Samuel Westwood 

26

30th December 

Birmingham

Lydia Westwood (wife)

John Ellis

No assistant

 

Charles Colclough 

45

31st December 

Manchester

George Henry Shenton

John Ellis

William Willis

 

 

1921 Total - 8

George Lever 

51

7th January 

Maidstone

Harriet Lever (wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Baxter

 

Jack Field and

19

4th February 

Wandsworth

Irene Violet Munro

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Baxter

William Willis

William Gray 

29

George Bailey 

22

2nd March 

Oxford

Kate Lilian Bailey (wife)

John Ellis

Edward Taylor

 

Frederick Quarmby 

47

5th April 

Manchester

Christine Smith (girlfriend)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Thomas Wilson 

43

24th May 

Manchester

Olive Jackson

John Ellis

Edward Taylor

 

Lester Hamilton 

25

16th August 

Cardiff

Doris Appleton (girlfriend)

John Ellis

Seth Mills

 

Edward O'Connor 

43

22nd December 

Birmingham 

Thomas O'Connor (son)

John Ellis

Robert Wilson

 

 

1922 Total - 17

James Williamson 

37

21st March 

Durham

Mary Williamson (wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

William Sullivan 

41

23rd March 

Usk

Margaret Thomas

John Ellis

Thomas Phillips

 

Edward Ernest Black 

36

24th March 

Exeter

Annie Black (wife)

John Ellis

Seth Mills

 

Percy Atkins

29

7th April 

Nottingham

Maud Atkins (wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Baxter

 

Frederick Keeling 

54

11th April 

Pentonville

Emily Agnes Dewberry

John Ellis

Seth Mills

 

Edmund Tonbridge

38

18th April 

Pentonville

Margaret Evans (girlfriend)

John Ellis

Robert Baxter

 

Hiram Thompson 

52

30th May 

Manchester

Ellen Thompson (wife)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Herbert Armstrong 

53

31st May 

Gloucester

Katharine Mary Armstrong (wife)

John Ellis

Edward Taylor

 

Henry Julius Jacoby 

18

7th June 

Pentonville

Alice White

John Ellis

Thomas Phillips

 

Joseph O'Sullivan and Reginald Dunne 

25

10th August 

Wandsworth

Field Marshall Sir Henry Wilson

John Ellis

Edward Taylor

Seth Mills

24

Elijah Pountney 

48

11th August 

Birmingham

Alice Gertrude Pountney (wife)

John Ellis

Robert Baxter

 

Thomas Henry Allaway 

36

19th August 

Winchester

Irene May Wilkins

John Ellis

Edward Taylor

 

William Yeldham 

23

5th September 

Pentonville

George Stanley Grimshaw

John Ellis

William Willis

 

George Robinson 

27

13th December 

Lincoln

Frances Florence Pacey (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Baxter

 

Frank Fowler 

35

13th December 

Lincoln

Ivy Dora Prentice

William Rider 

40

19th December 

Birmingham

Rosilla Patience Barton (bigamous wife)

John Ellis

William Willis

 

 

1923 Total - 14 (13 + 1)

George Edisbury 

44

3rd January 

Manchester

Winifred Drinkwater

John Ellis

Robert Wilson

 

Lee Doon 

27

5th January 

Leeds

Sing Lee

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Baxter

 

Edith Thompson (f)

30

9th January

Holloway

Percy Thompson (her husband)

John Ellis

Robert Baxter

 

Frederick Bywaters 

21

Pentonville

William Willis

Seth Mills

 

George Perry 

50

28th March 

Manchester

Emma Perry (sister in law)

John Ellis

No assistant

 

Daniel Cassidy 

60

3rd April 

Durham

Bernard Quinn (son in law)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Wilson

 

Bernard Pomroy 

25

5th April 

Pentonville

Alice May Cheshire (girlfriend)

John Ellis

Edward Taylor

 

Frederick Wood 

29

10th April 

Liverpool

Margaret Gilchrist White

John Ellis

Thomas Phillips

 

Rowland Duck 

25

4th July 

Pentonville

Nellie Pearce

John Ellis

Robert Wilson

 

William Griffiths 

57

24th July 

Shrewsbury

Catherine Hughes (mother)

John Ellis

Seth Mills

 

Hassen Mohamed 

33

8th August 

Durham

Jane Nagi (Brown) (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Wilson

 

Albert Burrows 

57

8th August 

Nottingham

Hannah Calladine, Albert Edward Calladine (Burrows), Elsie Calladine (Large), Thomas Johnson Wood

John Ellis

William Willis

 

Frederick Jesse 

26

1st November 

Wandsworth

Mabel Jennings Edmunds (aunt)

John Ellis

Robert Baxter

 

John Eastwood 

39

28th December 

Leeds

John Joseph Clarke

John Ellis

Seth Mills

 

 

1924 Total - 10

Matthew Nunn 

24

2nd January 

Durham

Minetta Mary Kelly (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Thomas Phillips

 

Francis Booker 

28

8th April 

Manchester

Percy Sharpe

William Willis

Robert Baxter

 

William Wardell 

47

18th June 

Leeds

Elizabeth Reaney

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Abraham Goldenberg 

22

30th July 

Winchester

William Edward Hall

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Jean Vaquier 

45

12th August 

Wandsworth

Alfred George Poynter Jones 

Robert Baxter

Thomas Phillips

 

John Horner 

23

13th August 

Manchester

Norman Widdowson Pinchin 

William Willis

Robert Wilson

 

Patrick Mahon 

34

3rd September 

Wandsworth 

Emily Kaye (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Fred Southgate 

52

27th November 

Ipswich

Elizabeth Southgate (wife)

Robert Baxter

Robert Wilson

 

William Smith 

26

9th December 

Hull

Elizabeth Bousfield

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Baxter

 

Arthur Simms 

25

17th December 

Nottingham

Rosa Armstrong (sister in law)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Baxter

 

 

1925 Total - 17

William Bignell 

32

24th February 

Shepton Mallet

Margaret Legg (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Baxter

 

William Bressington 

21

31st March 

Bristol

Gilbert Caleb Amos

Thomas Pierrepoint

Thomas Phillips

 

George Barton 

59

2nd April 

Pentonville

Mary May Palfrey (girlfriend)

Robert Baxter

Robert Wilson

 

Henry Graham 

42

15th April 

Durham

Margaret Ann Graham (wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Thomas Shelton 

25

15th April 

Durham

Ruth Surtees Rodgers (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

John Thorne 

24

22nd April 

Wandsworth

Elsie Emily Cameron (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Wilson

 

Patrick Power 

41

26th May 

Manchester

Sarah Ann Sykes

William Willis

Thomas Phillips

 

Hubert Dalton 

39

10th June 

Hull

Francis Ward

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Baxter

 

James Winstanley 

29

5th August 

Liverpool

Edith Horrocks-Wilkinson (girlfriend)

William Willis

Robert Wilson

 

James Makin 

25

11th August 

Manchester

Sarah Elizabeth Clutton

William Willis

Robert Baxter

 

Arthur Bishop 

18

14th August 

Pentonville

Francis Edward Rix

Robert Baxter

Edward Taylor

Robert Wilson

William Cronin 

54

14th August 

Pentonville

Alice Garnett (girlfriend)

Alfred Bostock 

25

3rd September 

Leeds

Elizabeth M. Sherratt (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Wilson

Henry Pollard

Wilfred Fowler 

23

3rd September 

Leeds

William F. Plommer

Lawrence Fowler 

25

4th September 

Leeds

Thomas Pierrepoint

Lionel Mann

 

Herbert Bloye

27

12th November 

Norwich

Clara Squires, Alice Squires

Robert Baxter

Edward Taylor

 

Samuel Johnson 

29

15th December 

Manchester

Beatrice Martin (girlfriend)

William Willis

Thomas Phillips

 

 

1926 Total - 16 (15 + 1)

John Fisher 

58

5th January 

Birmingham

Ada Taylor (girlfriend)

William Willis

Robert Wilson

 

Lorraine Lax (male)

28

7th January 

Leeds

Elizabeth Lax (wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Herbert Burrows 

23

17th February 

Gloucester

Ernest George Elton Laight,

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Baxter

 

Doris Sabrina Laight, Robert Laight

John Lincoln 

23

2nd March 

Shepton Mallet

Edward Charles Ingram Richards

Thomas Pierrepoint

Lionel Mann

 

George Thomas 

26

9th March 

Cardiff

Marie Thomas (girlfriend)

Robert Baxter

Thomas Phillips

 

Henry Thompson 

36

9th March 

Maidstone

Rose Smith (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

William Thorpe 

45

16th March 

Manchester

Frances Clark (ex girlfriend)

William Willis

Robert Wilson

 

Lock Ah Tam 

54

23rd March 

Liverpool

Catherine Ah Tam, Doris Ah Tam, Cecilia Ah Tam (wife & daughters)

William Willis

Henry Pollard

 

Ewen Stitchell

25

24th March

Pentonville

Polly Edith Walker

Robert Baxter

Thomas Phillips

 

George Sharples 

20

13th April 

Birmingham

Milly Crabtree

William Willis

Robert Baxter

 

Louie Calvert (f)

33

24th June 

Manchester

Lily Waterhouse

Thomas Pierrepoint

William Willis

 

Johannes Mommers 

43

27th July 

Pentonville

Augusta Pionbini

Robert Baxter

William Willis

 

James Smith 

23

10th August 

Durham

Catherine Smith (wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Thomas Phillips

 

Charles Finden 

22

12th August 

Winchester

John Richard Thompson

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Baxter

 

Hashankhan Samander 

36

2nd November 

Pentonville

Khannar Jung Baz

Robert Baxter

Thomas Phillips

 

James Leah 

60

16th November 

Liverpool

Louise Leah (daughter)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Lionel Mann

 

Charles Houghton 

45

3rd December 

Gloucester

Eleanor Woodhouse, Martha Woodhouse

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Wilson

 

 

1927 Total - 8

William Jones 

22

5th January 

Leeds

Winifred Jones (wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Baxter

 

James Stratton 

26

29th March 

Pentonville

Madge Dorothy Maggs (ex girlfriend)

 

 

 

William Knighton 

22

27th April 

Nottingham

Ada Knighton (mother)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Henry Pollard

 

Fred Fuller and

35

3rd August 

Wandsworth

James Staunton

Robert Baxter

Thomas Phillips

Lionel Mann

James Murphy 

29

John Robinson 

36

12th August 

Pentonville

Minnie Alice Bonati

Robert Baxter

Robert Wilson

 

Arthur Harnett 

28

2nd September 

Leeds

Isabella Moore

Thomas Pierrepoint

Lionel Mann

 

William Robertson 

32

6th December 

Liverpool

Evelyn Mary Jennings (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Thomas Phillips

 

 

1928 Total - 21

Frederick Fielding 

24

3rd January 

Manchester

Eleanor Pilkington (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Thomas Phillips

 

Bertram Kirby 

47

4th January 

Lincoln

Minnie Eleanor Kirby (wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Henry Pollard

 

John Thomas Dunn 

52

6th January 

Durham

Ada Elizabeth Dunn (wife)

Robert Baxter

Henry Pollard

 

Sidney Goulter 

25

6th January 

Wandsworth

Constance Gertrude Oliver

Robert Baxter

Henry Pollard

 

Samuel Case 

24

7th January 

Leeds

Mary Alice Mottram (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Henry Pollard

 

Edward Rowlands and Daniel Driscoll 

40

27th January 

Cardiff

David (Dai) Lewis

Robert Baxter

Lionel Mann

Thomas Phillips

34

James Power 

32

31st January 

Birmingham

Olive Gordon Turner

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Wilson

 

James Gillon 

30

31st January 

Wandsworth

Annie Gillon (sister)

Robert Baxter

Thomas Phillips

 

George Hayward 

32

10th April 

Nottingham

Amy Collinson

Thomas Pierrepoint

Henry Pollard

 

Frederick Lock 

39

12th April 

Wandsworth

Florence Alice Kitching (girlfriend)

Robert Baxter

Lionel Mann

 

Frederick Browne 

47

31st May 

Pentonville

PC George William Gutteridge

Robert Baxter

Henry Pollard

 

William Kennedy 

36

31st May 

Wandsworth

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Wilson

 

Frederick Stewart 

28

6th June 

Pentonville

Alfred Charles Bertram Webb

Robert Baxter

Thomas Phillips

 

Walter Brooks 

48

28th June 

Manchester

Beatrice Brooks (wife), Alfred Moore

Thomas Pierrepoint

Lionel Mann

 

Albert Absalom 

28

25th July 

Liverpool

Mary Alice Reed (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Henry Pollard

 

William Maynard 

36

27th July 

Exeter

Richard Francis Roadley

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Wilson

 

Norman Elliott 

23

10th August 

Durham

William Byland Abbey

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Wilson

 

William Benson 

25

20th November 

Wandsworth

Charlotte Alice Harber (girlfriend)

Robert Baxter

Lionel Mann

 

Chung Yi Miao 

28

6th December 

Manchester

Wai Sheung Sui (wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Henry Pollard

 

Trevor Edwards 

21

11th December 

Swansea

Elsie Cook (girlfriend)

Robert Baxter

Alfred Allen

 

 

1929 Total - 8

Charles Conlin 

22

4th January 

Durham

Thomas Kirby, Emily Kirby (grandparents)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Frank Rowe

 

Frank Hollington 

25

20th February 

Pentonville

Annie Elizabeth Hatton (girlfriend)

Robert Baxter

Robert Wilson

 

William John Holmyard 

24

27th February 

Pentonville

William Holmyard (grandfather)

Robert Baxter

Lionel Mann

 

Joseph Clarke 

21

12th March 

Liverpool

Alice Fontaine

Thomas Pierrepoint

Henry Pollard

 

George Cartledge 

27

4th April 

Manchester

Ellen Cartledge (wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Wilson

 

James Johnson 

43

7th August 

Durham

Mary Annie Johnson (wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Thomas Phillips

 

Arthur Raveney 

24

14th August 

Leeds

Leslie Godfrey White

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Wilson

 

John Maguire 

43

26th November 

Liverpool

Ellen Maguire (wife)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Thomas Phillips

 

 

1930 Total - 3

Sidney Harry Fox 

31

8th April 

Maidstone

Rosalie Fox (mother)

Robert Baxter

Lionel Mann

 

William Podmore 

29

22nd April 

Winchester

Vivian Messiter

Thomas Pierrepoint

Alfred Allen

 

Albert Marjeram 

23

11th June 

Wandsworth

Edith May Parker

Thomas Pierrepoint

Henry Pollard

 

 

1931 Total - 10

Victor Betts 

21

3rd January 

Birmingham

William Thomas Andrews

Thomas Pierrepoint

Alfred Allen

 

Frederick Gill 

26

4th February 

Leeds

Oliver Preston

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Wilson

 

Alfred Rouse 

36

10th March 

Bedford

Unknown man

Thomas Pierrepoint

Thomas Phillips

 

Francis Land 

39

16th April 

Manchester

Sarah Ellen Johnson (girlfriend)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Alfred Allen

 

Alex Anastassiou 

23

3rd June 

Pentonville

Evelyn Victoria Holt (girlfriend)

Robert Baxter

Henry Pollard

 

William Shelley and

57

5th August 

Pentonville

Herbert William Ayres

Robert Baxter

Robert Wilson

Lionel Mann

Oliver Newman 

61

William Corbett

32

12th August 

Cardiff

Ethel Louisa Corbett (wife)

Robert Baxter

Henry Pollard

 

Henry Seymour 

39

10th December 

Oxford

Annie Louisa Kempson

Thomas Pierrepoint

Alfred Allen

 

Solomon Stein 

21

15th December 

Manchester

Annie Riley

Thomas Pierrepoint

Thomas Phillips

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 men were executed for spying and one for treason during World War I. 

11 of them were shot by military firing squads at the Tower of London, Two were hanged at London’s Pentonville and Wandsworth prisons.

1. Carl Hans Lody 6th November, 1914 (Shot) 

 

2. Carl Muller 23rd June, 1915 (Shot) 

3. Robert Rosenthal 15th July, 1915 (Wandsworth)

Thomas Pierrepoint

Robert Baxter

 

4. Haicke Janssan 30th July, 1915 (Shot)

 

5. Willem Roos 30th July, 1915 (Shot) 

6. Ernest Melin 10th September, 1915 (Shot) 

7. Augusto Roggen 17th September, 1915 (Shot) 

8. Fernando Buschman 19th October, 1915 (Shot) 

9. George Breeckow 26th October, 1915 (Shot) 

10. Irving Guy Ries 27th October, 1915 (Shot) 

11. Albert Meyer 27th November, 1915 (Shot) 

12. Ludovico Zender 11th April, 1916 (Shot) 

13. Roger Casement 3rd August, 1916 (Treason) (Pentonville) 

John Ellis

Robert Baxter

 

Back to Contents page 1932 – 1964 Executions