English & Welsh executions 1932 - 1964

 
1932

 

 

 

 

Name

Age

Date

Place

Victim(s)

George Rice

32

3rd February

Manchester

Constance Inman

William Goddard

25

23rd February

Pentonville

Charles William Lambert

George Pople

22

9th March

Oxford

Mabel Elizabeth Mathews

George Michael

49

27th April

Hull

Theresa Mary Hempstock (girlfriend)

John Roberts

23

28th April

Leeds

Alfred Gill

Thomas Riley

36

28th April

Leeds

Elizabeth Castle (girlfriend)

Maurice Freedman

36

4th May

Pentonville

Annette Friedson (girlfriend)

Charles Cowle

19

18th May

Manchester

Naomi Annie Farnworth

Ernest Hutchinson

43

23rd November

Oxford

Gwendoline Annie Warren (girlfriend)

 

 

Total - 9

 

 

1933

 

 

 

 

Jeremiah Hanbury

49

2nd February

Birmingham

Jessie Payne (girlfriend)

Jack Puttnam

31

8th June

Pentonville

Elizabeth Mary Standley (aunt)

Richard Hetherington

36

20th June

Liverpool

Joseph Nixon, Mary Ann Nixon

Frederick Morse

34

25th July

Bristol

Doris (Dorothy) Winifred Brewer (niece)

Varnavas Antorka

31

10th August

Pentonville

Boleslar Pankorski

Robert James Kirby

26

11th October

Pentonville

Grace Ivy Newing (girlfriend)

Ernest Parker

25

6th December

Durham

Lily Parker (Scott) (sister)

William Burtoft

47

19th December

Manchester

Frances Levin

Stanley Hobday

21

29th December

Birmingham

Charles William Fox

 

 

Total - 9

 

 

1934

 

 

 

 

Roy Gregory

28

3rd January

Hull

Dorothy Margaret Addinall (step daughter)

Ernest Brown

35

6th February

Leeds

Frederick Ellison Morton

Louis Hamilton

25

6th April

Leeds

Maud Hamilton (wife)

Reginald Hinks

32

3rd May

Bristol

James Pullen (father in law)

Albert Probert and

26

4th May

Wandsworth

Joseph Bedford

Frederick Parker

31

Harry Tuffney

36

9th October

Pentonville

Edith Kate Longshaw (girlfriend)

John Stockwell

19

14th November

Pentonville

Dudley Henry Hoard

Ethel Lillie Major (f)

42

19th December

Hull

Arthur Major (husband)

 

 

Total - 9 (8 + 1)

 

 

1935

 

 

 

 

Fred Rushworth

29

1st January

Leeds

Daughter

David Blake

24

7th February

Leeds

Emily Yeomans

Charles Lake

37

13th March

Pentonville

George Hamblin

Leonard Brigstock

33

2nd April

Wandsworth

Hubert Sidney Deggan

Percy Anderson

21

16th April

Wandsworth

Edith Constance Drew-Bear (girlfriend)

John Bainbridge

24

9th May

Durham

Edward Frederick Herdman

John Harris Bridge

25

30th May

Manchester

Amelia Nuttall (girlfriend)

Arthur Franklin

44

25th June

Gloucester

Bessie Gladys Nott (girlfriend)

Walter Worthington

57

10th July

Bedford

Sybil Emily Worthington (wife)

George Hague

23

16th July

Durham

Amanda Sharp (girlfriend)

Raymond Bousquet

30

29th October

Wandsworth

Hilda Meek (girlfriend)

Allan Grierson

27

30th October

Pentonville

Louise Berthe Gann

 

 

Total - 12

 

 

1936

 

 

 

 

Dorothea Waddingham (f)

36

16th April

Birmingham

Louisa Baguley, Ada Baguley

Buck Ruxton

36

12th May

Manchester

Isabella Ruxton (wife), Mary Rogerson (servant)

Frederick Field

32

30th June

Wandsworth

Beatrice Vilna Sutton

George Bryant

38

14th July

Wandsworth

Ellen Whiting (girlfriend)

Charlotte Bryant (f)

33

15th July

Exeter

Frederick Bryant (husband)

Wallace Jenden

57

5th August

Wandsworth

Alice Whye (girlfriend)

Christopher Jackson

24

16th December

Durham

Harriet Linney (aunt)

 

 

Total - 7 (5 + 2)

 

 

1937

 

 

 

 

Max Mayer Haslam

23

4th February

Manchester

Ruth Clarkson

Andrew Bagley

62

10th February

Leeds

Irene Hart

Philip Davis

30

27th July

Exeter

Wilhelmina Davis (wife), Monica Rowe (niece)

Horace Brunt

32

12th August

Manchester

Kate Elizabeth Collier

Leslie Stone

24

13th August

Pentonville

Ruby Anne Keen (ex girlfriend)

Frederick Murphy

53

17th August

Pentonville

Rosina Field

John Rodgers

22

18th November

Pentonville

Lilian Maud Chamberlain

Ernest John Moss

28

7th December

Exeter

Kitty Bennett (girlfriend)

Frederick Nodder

44

30th December

Lincoln

Mona Tinsley

 

 

Total - 9

 

 

1938

 

 

 

 

Walter Smith

33

8th March

Norwich

Albert Baker

Charles Caldwell

49

20th April

Manchester

Eliza Caldwell (wife)

Robert Hoolhouse

21

26th May

Durham

Margaret Jane Dobson

Jan Mohamed

30

8th June

Liverpool

Aminul Hag

Alfred Richards

38

12th July

Wandsworth

Kathleen Richards (wife)

William Graves

38

19th July

Wandsworth

Tony Ruffle (son)

William Parker

25

26th July

Durham

Jane Parker (wife)

George Brain

27

1st November

Wandsworth

Rose Muriel Atkins

 

 

Total - 8

 

 

1939

 

 

 

 

John Daymond

19

8th February

Durham

James Percival

Harry Armstrong

38

21st March

Wandsworth

Peggy Pentecost (girlfriend)

William Butler

29

29th March

Wandsworth

Ernest Key

Ralph Smith

40

7th June

Gloucester

Beatrice Baxter (ex girlfriend)

Leonard Hucker

30

10th October

Wandsworth

Mary Moncrieff (Fullick)

Stanley Boon and

27

25th October

Wandsworth

Mabel Bundy

Arthur Smith

26

26th October

 

 

Total - 7

 

 

1940

 

 

 

 

Peter Barnes and

32

7th February

Birmingham

Elsie Ansell, Gwilym Rowland, John Arnott, James Clay & Rex Gentle

James Richards

29

Ernest Hamerton

25

27th March

Wandsworth

Elsie Ellington (girlfriend)

William Cowell

38

24th April

Wandsworth

Anne Cook

Vincent Ostler and

24

11th July

Durham

William Shiell

William Appleby

27

Udham Singh

37

31st July

Pentonville

Sir Michael O'Dwyer

George Roberts

29

8th August

Cardiff

Arthur Allen

John Wright

41

10th September

Durham

Alice Wright (wife)

Stanley Cole

23

31st October

Wandsworth

Doris Girl

William Cooper

24

26th November

Bedford

John Harrison

Edward Scollen

42

24th December

Durham

Beatrice Scollen (wife)

 

 

Total - 12

 

 

1941

 

 

 

 

Clifford Holmes

24

11th February

Manchester

Irene Holmes (wife)

Henry White

39

6th March

Durham

Emily Wardle (girlfriend)

Samuel Morgan

28

9th April

Liverpool

Mary Hagan

David Jennings

21

24th July

Dorchester

Albert Farley

Edward Anderson

19

31st July

Durham

William Anderson

John Smith

32

4th September

Manchester

Margaret Knight (ex girlfriend)

Eli Richards

45

19th September

Birmingham

Jane Turner

Antonio Mancini

39

31st October

Pentonville

Harry Distleman

Lionel Watson

30

12th November

Pentonville

Phyllis Crocker, Eileen Crocker (wife/daughter)

John Ernest Smith

21

3rd December

Wandsworth

Christina Dicksee (girlfriend)

Thomas Thorpe

61

23rd December

Leicester

Nellie Thorpe (wife)

 

 

Total - 11

 

 

1942

 

 

 

 

Arthur Peach

23

30th January

Birmingham

Kitty Lyon

Harold Trevor

62

11th March

Wandsworth

Theodora Greenhill

David Williams

33

25th March

Liverpool

Elizabeth Smith (girlfriend)

Cyril Johnson

20

15th April

Wandsworth

Maggie Small

Frederick Austin

28

30th April

Bristol

Lillian Austin (wife)

Harold Hill

26

1st May

Oxford

Doreen Hearne, Kathleen Trundell

Douglas Edmondson

28

24th June

Liverpool

Imeldred Osliff (girlfriend)

Gordon Cummins

28

25th June

Wandsworth

Evelyn Hamilton, Evelyn Oatley,

Margaret Lowe & Doris Jouannet

Arthur Anderson

52

21st July

Wandsworth

Pauline Barker (ex girlfriend)

George Silverosa &

22

10th September

Pentonville

Leonard Moules

Samuel Dashwood

23

Harold Merry

40

10th September

Birmingham

Joyce Dixon (girlfriend)

Patrick Kingston

38

6th October

Wandsworth

Sheila Wilson

William Collins

21

28th October

Durham

Margaret Rice

Herbert Bounds

42

6th November

Wandsworth

Elizabeth Bounds (wife)

 

 

Total - 15

 

 

1943

 

 

 

 

Harry Dobkin

49

27th January

Wandsworth

Rachel Dobkin (wife)

Ronald Roberts

28

10th February

Liverpool

Nellie Pearson

William Turner

19

24th March

Pentonville

Ann Wade

Dudley Rayner

26

31st March

Wandsworth

Josephine Rayner (wife)

Gordon Trenoweth

33

6th April

Exeter

Albert Bateman

August Sangret

30

29th April

Wandsworth

Joan Wolfe (girlfriend)

Charles Raymond

23

10th July

Wandsworth

Marguerite Burge

William Quayle

52

3rd August

Birmingham

Vera Clarke

Gerald Roe

41

3rd August

Pentonville

Elsie Roe (wife)

Trevor Elvin

21

10th September

Leeds

Violet Wakefield (girlfriend)

Charles Gauthier

25

24th September

Wandsworth

Annette Pepper (girlfriend)

Terence Casey

22

19th November

Wandsworth

Bridget Mitton

Charles Koopman

23

15th December

Pentonville

Gladys Brewer, Shirley Brewer

John Dorgan

47

22nd December

Wandsworth

Florence Dorgan (wife)

Thomas James

26

29th December

Liverpool

Gwendoline Sweeney

 

 

Total - 15

 

 

1944

 

 

 

 

Christos Georghiou

37

2nd February

Pentonville

Savvas Demetriades

Mervin McEwen

35

3rd February

Leeds

Mark Turner

Ernest Digby

34

16th March

Bristol

Dawn Digby (daughter)

Sidney Delasalle

39

13th April

Durham

Ronald Murphy

Ernest Kemp

21

6th June

Wandsworth

Iris Deeley

John Davidson

19

12th July

Liverpool

Gladys Appleton

James Galbraith

26

26th July

Manchester

James Percey

William Meffen

52

8th August

Leicester

Winifred Stanley (step daughter)

William Cowle

31

8th August

Leicester

Nora Payne (ex girlfriend)

 

 

Total - 9

 

 

1945

 

 

 

 

Horace Gordon

28

9th January

Wandsworth

Dorothy Hillman

Andrew Brown

26

30th January

Wandsworth

Amelia Knowles

Arthur Thompson

34

31st January

Leeds

Jane Coulton

Karl Hulten

22

8th March

Pentonville

George Heath

Arthur Heys

37

13th March

Norwich

Winifred Evans

Howard Grossley

37

5th September

Cardiff

Lily Griffiths (girlfriend)

Thomas Richardson

27

7th September

Leeds

David Dewar

Joachim Palme-Goltz,

20

6th October

Pentonville

Sergeant Major Wolfgang Rosterg

Kurt Zuchlsdorff

20

Heintz Brueling

22

Erich Koenig

20

& Josep Mertins

21

Ronald Mauri

32

31st October

Wandsworth

Vera Guest (girlfriend)

Armin Kuehne &

21

16th November

Pentonville

Gerhardt Rettig

Emil Schmittendorf

31

John Riley Young

40

21st December

Pentonville

Frederick Lucas, Cissie Lucas

James McNicol

30

21st December

Pentonville

Sgt. Donald Kirkaldie

Robert Blaine

24

29th December

Wandsworth

John Ritchie

 

 

Total - 18

 

 

1946

 

 

 

 

William Batty

27

8th January

Leeds

Samuel Gray

Michal Niescior

29

31st January

Wandsworth

Charles Elphick

Charles Prescott

23

5th March

Durham

Sarah Young

Arthur Clegg

42

19th March

Wandsworth

Jill Clegg (granddaughter)

Arthur Charles

34

26th March

Durham

John Duplessis

Marion Grondkowski (m)

32

2nd April

Wandsworth

Rueben Martirosoff

Henryk Malinowski

24

Harold Berry

30

9th April

Manchester

Bernard Phillips

Martin Coffey

24

24th April

Manchester

Henry Dutton

Leonard Holmes

32

28th May

Lincoln

Peggy Holmes (wife)

Thomas Hendren

31

17th July

Liverpool

Ella Staunton (girlfriend)

Walter Clayton

22

7th August

Liverpool

Joyce Jacques (girlfriend)

Sydney John Smith

24

6th September

Wandsworth

John Whatman

David Mason

39

6th September

Wandsworth

Dorothy Mason (wife)

Neville Heath

28

16th October

Pentonville

Margery Gardner (girlfriend), Doreen Marshall

Arthur Boyce

45

1st November

Pentonville

Elizabeth McLindon (girlfriend)

Frank Freiyer

26

13th November

Wandsworth

Joyce Brierley (girlfriend)

Arthur Rushton

31

19th November

Liverpool

Catherine Cooper (girlfriend)

John Mathieson

23

10th December

Pentonville

Mona Vanderstay

 

 

Total - 19

 

 

1947

 

 

 

 

Stanley Sheminant

28

3rd January

Liverpool

Harry Berrisford

Albert Sabin

21

30th January

Leeds

Neil MacLeod

Walter Rowland

39

27th February

Manchester

Olive Balchin

Harold Hagger (Sidney Sinclair)

45

18th March

Wandsworth

Dagmar Petrzywalkski

Frederick Reynolds

39

26th March

Pentonville

Beatrice Greenberg (girlfriend)

David Williams

26

15th April

Wandsworth

Margaret Williams (wife)

Eric Briggs

40

20th June

Leeds