British Executions - List Of Hangings In England

Margaret Allen
1949

Location: Bacup Road, Rawtenstall

Margaret Allen murdered Nancy Ellen Chadwick 68 who she battered to death at Bacup Road, Rawtenstall on 28 August 1948.

George Semini
1949

Location: Outside the Talbot Dance Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyme

George Semini murdered Joseph Gibbons who he stabbed outside the Talbot Dance Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyme on 10 October 1948.

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Kenneth Strickson
1949

Location: Sherwood Borstal Institution, Nottingham

Kenneth Strickson 21 was convicted of the murder of Irene May Phillips 46 and sentenced to death.

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James Farrell
1949

Location: —

James Farrell murdered Joan Mary Marney 14 who he strangled at Banner Gate Entrance, Sutton Park, Birmingham on 21 November 1948.

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Harry Lewis
1949

Location: 75 Furzecroft, George Street, Marylebone, London

Harry Lewis murdered Harry Saul Michaelson 50 he he battered to death at 75 Furzecroft, George Street, Marylebone, London on 26 December 1948.

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Dennis Neville
1949

Location: St Matthews Playing Field, Dewsbury

Dennis Neville murdered Marian Poskitt 21 who he strangled at St Matthew's playing field, Dewsbury on 20 February 1949.

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Bernard Alfred Peter Cooper
1949

Location: Davisville Road, Shepherds Bush, London

Bernard Alfred Peter Cooper murdered his wife Mary Elizabeth Cooper 38 who he strangled at Davisville Road, Shepherd's Bush, London on 1 April 1949.

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Sydney Archibald Frederick Chamberlain
1949

Location: —

Sydney Archibald Frederick Chamberlain murdered his girlfriend Doreen Primrose Messenger 15 who he strangled on Haldon Moor on 19 February 1949.

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Rex Harvey Jones
1949

Location: Forestry Plantation, Nantybar, Cymmer

Rex Harvey Jones murdered Beatrice Mary Watts 20 who he strangled at a forestry plantation in Nantybar, Cymmer on 5 June 1949.

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Robert Thomas Mackintosh
1949

Location: Vivien Square, Aberavon

Robert Thomas Mackintosh murdered Beryl Beechey 16 at Vivien Square, Aberavon 16 on 3 June 1949.

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John George Haigh
1949

Location: —

John George Haigh was convicted of the murders of six people and sentenced to death.

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William John Davies
1949

Location: —

William John Davies murdered his girlfriend Lucy Wilson 37 who he stabbed at Campbell's Restaurant, 186 Terminus Place, Eastbourne on 8 March 1949. She died 15 days later.

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William Claude Hodson Jones
1949

Location: —

William Claude Hodson Jones murdered Waltraut Lehman 24 who he shot in some Woods at Rotenburg, Germany in july 1945.

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Benjamin Roberts
1949

Location: Chilton

Benjamin Roberts murdered Lilian Vickers 21 who he shot behind a shed on allotments at Chilton on 15 August 1949.

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John Wilson
1949

Location: Cold Healedon, County Durham

John Wilson murdered Lucy Nightingale 25 who he strangled in a cornfield at Cold Healedon, County Durham on 13 August 1949.

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Ernest Soper Couzins
1949

Location: —

Ernest Soper Couzins murdered Victor Desmond Elias 30 who he shot at 34 St George's Place, Canterbury on 3 August 1949.

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