British Executions

Percy James Atkin

Age: 29

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 7 Apr 1922

Crime Location: Chaddesden, Derby

Execution Place: Nottingham

Method: hanging

Executioner: John Ellis

Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/

Percy James Atkin murdered his wife Maud Atkin 27 who he buried alive at Chaddesden, near Derby on 21 November 1921.

see National Archives - PCOM 8/4, ASSI 13/52