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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.
Theodore Schurch, who took his Swiss father's nationality, had been given special permission to join the Army. While stationed in North Africa he was captured and later accused of passing ...
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 · Theodore Schurch, who took his Swiss father's nationality, had been given special permission to join the Army. While stationed in North Africa he was captured and later accused of passing ...
22 de jul. de 2020 · Fue la anteúltima persona en ser ejecutada por traición (la última fue Theodore Schurch, un agente que se hacía pasar por prisionero británico para recabar información entre los demás ...
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.
