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Theodore William John Schurch (5 May 1918 – 4 January 1946) was a British soldier who was executed under the Treachery Act 1940 after the end of the Second World War. He was the last person to be executed in Britain for an offence other than murder.
On 4 January 1946, 27-year-old Private Theodore Schurch RASC, Service Number T/61711 was taken from his cell in Pentonville Prison and hanged. He was buried in an unmarked grave in the cemetery...
Theodore William John Schurch (5 de mayo de 1918 - 4 de enero de 1946) fue un soldado británico que fue ejecutado en virtud de la Ley de Traición de 1940 después del final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Fue la última persona ejecutada en Gran Bretaña por un delito distinto del asesinato.
Theodore Schurch, a night porter at the Savoy who had been born to an English mother and Swiss father, was introduced to a “network of suburban English fascists” by the typist, Irene Page. He met Oswald Mosley and an Italian blackshirt named Bianchi, who ran an export firm in Cardiff.
10 de nov. de 2017 · On 4 January 1946, 27-year-old Private Theodore Schurch RASC, Service Number T/61711 was taken from his cell in Pentonville Prison and hanged. He was buried in an unmarked grave in the cemetery...
25 de feb. de 2021 · Theodore Schurch. Only one British soldier was executed under the Treachery Act 1940: Theodore John William Schurch. Both William Joyce and John Amery were convicted and executed for high treason – a different offence. Theodore John William Schurch was born on 5 May 1918 at the Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, Hammersmith ...
Theodore Schurch was hanged at Pentonville Prison on the 4th of January 1946 by Albert Pierrepoint, assisted by Alex Riley. He became the last person to die for a crime other than murder in the UK. Schurch’s name appears on a memorial at Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey as he was a serving British soldier.
