British Executions

William James Yeldham

Age: 23

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 5 Sep 1922

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Pentonville

Method: hanging

Executioner: John Ellis

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

Elsie Florence Yeldham and William James Yeldham were convicted of the murder of 54-year-old George Stanley Grimshaw and sentenced to death, however, Elsie Yeldham was reprieved.

They killed him at Higham's Park, Chingford on 17 May 1922.

see National Archives - MEPO 3/1576

see Sunday Illustrated - Sunday 28 May 1922

 

see Homicide 1922