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Albert Pierrepoint (1905–1992) was the most prolific British hangman of the twentieth century, executing 434 men and women between 1932 and 1955. This table records the locations of each of the executions he participated in, the numbers in brackets being the number of executions he was assistant executioner at (often assisting his uncle, Thomas Pierrepoint), the other numbers are those in which he officiated as chief executioner.

Apart from his work within the United Kingdom, Pierrepoint also conducted executions at Dublin's Mountjoy Prison in the Irish Free State and the later Republic of Ireland; for the British colonial authorities in Gibraltar; in the Suez Canal Zone, Egypt; at Graz-Karlau Prison in Austria; and most famously in the British occupation zone of Germany, at Hamelin, where he executed 156 Nazi war criminals.

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Locations of executions conducted by Albert Pierrepoint

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Albert Pierrepoint (1905–1992) was the most prolific British hangman of the twentieth century, executing 434 men and women between 1932 and 1955. This...

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Albert Pierrepoint

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December 1969. Locations of executions conducted by Albert Pierrepoint List of executioners The Pierrepoints were not the first family of official executioners...

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Hanging

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Grese and Elisabeth Volkenrath, were hanged by Albert Pierrepoint using the variable-drop method devised by Marwood. The record speed for a British long-drop...

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HM Prison Swansea

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(executioner: Albert Pierrepoint, and an assistant) Thomas Harries, 25 yrs, 28 April 1954 (executioner: Albert Pierrepoint, assisted by Robert Stewart)...

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Timothy Evans

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Evans was hanged on 9 March 1950 by Albert Pierrepoint, assisted by Syd Dernley at Pentonville Prison. The safety of Evans's conviction was severely criticised...

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Shrewsbury Prison

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place during the 1950s were all conducted by Albert Pierrepoint and his assistant. The last execution in 1961 was conducted by Harry Allen and his assistant...

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Crumbles murders

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executed by hanging at Wandsworth Prison. The executioner of all three men was Thomas Pierrepoint. Irene Violet Munro was a 17-year-old typist, employed by a...

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Buck Ruxton

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Prison Manchester on the morning of 12 May 1936. His executioner was Albert Pierrepoint. The day after Ruxton's execution, a Sunday newspaper published a...

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Udham Singh

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Singh was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. On 31 July 1940, Singh was hanged at Pentonville Prison by Albert Pierrepoint. His remains are preserved...

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Josef Kieffer

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penalty was refused and he was executed by hanging at Hamelin Prison by the British executioner, Albert Pierrepoint, on 26 June 1947. Kieffer's superior...

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Gordon Cummins

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was executed by Albert Pierrepoint at Wandsworth Prison on 25 June 1942. Contemporary news reports indicate Cummins was given a glass of brandy to calm...

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August Sangret

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Wandsworth Prison, to await execution. He was hanged by Albert Pierrepoint at 9 a.m. on 29 April 1943. The official cause of death upon Sangret's death...

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British occupation zone in Germany

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Klein, Leonora (2006). A Very English Hangman: The Life and Times of Albert Pierrepoint. London: Corvo Books. ISBN 978-0-9543255-6-5. Meehan, Patricia (2001)...

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Murder of June Anne Devaney

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on the morning of 19 November 1948. His body was later buried within the confines of the prison. His executioner was Albert Pierrepoint. Just weeks prior...

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Neuengamme concentration camp

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guilty in the Neuengamme Trials were executed by hanging by the British executioner Albert Pierrepoint. These men were former commandant Max Pauly, SS...

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Derek Bentley

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January 1953, Bentley was hanged at Wandsworth Prison, London, by Albert Pierrepoint, with Harry Allen assisting. There were protests outside the prison...

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March 30

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– Mikio Oda, Japanese triple jumper and academic (d. 1998) 1905 – Albert Pierrepoint, English hangman (d. 1992) 1907 – Friedrich August Freiherr von der...

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November 1901

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Henry Pierrepoint performed his first execution as an assistant hangman, assisting London's principal executioner, James Billington in the hanging of Marcel...

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