Tuesday 29th of July 1879 (-) — Murderess Kate Webster is executed by hanging by William Marwood
For Webster's execution hangman William Marwood used his newly developed 'long drop' technique to cause instantaneous death.
Friday 28th of April 1882 (-) — Doctor and murderer George Lamson is executed by hanging
Tuesday 7th of April 1903 (-) — Serial poisoner George Chapman is executed by hanging
Some police officers suspected Chapman of being the notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper.
Tuesday 3rd of March 1903 (-) — Triple murderer Edgar Edwards is executed by hanging by William Billington
Edwards was recorded as saying "I've been looking forward to this lot!"
Tuesday 13th of August 1907 (-) — Murderer Richard Brinkley is executed by hanging
Friday 4th of February 1921 (-) — Murderer Jack Field is executed by hanging by Albert Pierrepoint
Friday 4th of February 1921 (-) — Murderer William Gray is executed by hanging by Albert Pierrepoint
Thursday 10th of August 1922 (-) — Irish Republican Army volunteer Joseph O'Sullivan is executed by hanging by John Ellis
O'Sullivan shot dead Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson on his doorstep at 36 Eaton Place in London on 22 June 1922 along with fellow IRA volunteer Reginald Dunne.
Thursday 10th of August 1922 (-) — Irish Republican Army volunteer Reginald Dunne is executed by hanging by John Ellis
Dunne shot dead Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson on his doorstep at 36 Eaton Place in London on 22 June 1922 along with fellow IRA volunteer Joseph O'Sullivan.
Wednesday 3rd of September 1924 (-) — Murderer Patrick Mahon is executed by hanging by Thomas Pierrepoint
Anecdotal accounts suggest that Mahon offered resistance on the scaffold by attempting to jump clear of the trap when the lever was pulled.
Sunday 17th of August 1924 (-) — Inventor and murderer Jean-Pierre Vaquier is executed by hanging by Robert Baxter
Wednesday 22nd of April 1925 (-) — Murderer John Thorne is executed by hanging
Thursday 31st of May 1928 (-) — Cop killer William Kennedy is executed by hanging
Friday 4th of May 1934 (-) — Murderer Frederick Parker is executed by hanging by Thomas Pierrepoint, assisted by his nephew Albert Pierrepoint
Associated Press reporter W. G. Finch was the last journalist to witness an execution in the United Kingdom.
Friday 4th of May 1934 (-) — Murderer Albert Probert is executed by hanging by Thomas Pierrepoint, assisted by his nephew Albert Pierrepoint
Associated Press reporter W. G. Finch was the last journalist to witness an execution in the United Kingdom.
Tuesday 30th of June 1936 (-) — Double murderer Frederick Field is executed by hanging
Tuesday 1st of November 1938 (-) — Murderer George Brain is executed by hanging
Brain stabbed 30-year-old prostitute Rose Muriel Atkins aka Irish Rose to death on 14 July 1938.
Wednesday 11th of March 1942 (-) — Murderer Harold Trevor is executed by hanging by Albert Pierrepoint
Thursday 25th of June 1942 (-) — Serial killer Gordon Cummins is executed by hanging
Thursday 29th of April 1943 (-) — Murderer August Sangret is executed by hanging by Albert Pierrepoint
Tuesday 18th of March 1947 (-) — Murderer Harold Hagger is executed by hanging by Albert Pierrepoint
Wednesday 10th of August 1949 (-) — Serial killer John George Haigh is executed by hanging
Wednesday 25th of April 1951 (-) — Murderer Edward Charles Smith is executed by hanging by Albert Pierrepoint
Wednesday 25th of April 1951 (-) — Murderer Joseph Brown is executed by hanging
Tuesday 22nd of December 1953 (-) — Double murderer Alfred Whiteway is executed by hanging
Wednesday 28th of January 1953 (-) — Cop killer Derek Bentley is executed by hanging by Albert Pierrepoint
Wednesday 11th of August 1954 (-) — Painter and child murderer William Sanchez de Pina Hepper is executed by hanging by Albert Pierrepoint
Thursday 5th of November 1959 (-) — Cop killer Günther Podola is executed by hanging by Harry Allen
Podola shot Detective Sergeant Raymond Purdy through the heart with a Radom 9mm semi-automatic pistol when he tried to arrest him on 12 July 1959 in Kensington.
Thursday 10th of November 1960 (-) — Murderer Francis Forsyth is executed by hanging by Harry Allen
Forsyth became one of the youngest prisoners to be executed in a British prison in the 20th century.
Friday 8th of September 1961 (-) — Murderer Henryk Niemasz is executed by hanging by Harry Allen
Niemasz was the last man to be hanged at Wandsworth Prison. Wandsworth’s former condemned cell is now used as a television room for prison officers.
Thursday 25th of May 1961 (-) — Murderer Victor John Terry is executed by hanging
