First World War Trials and Executions : Britain's Trailers, Spies and Killers 1914-1918.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webb, Simon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War (1914-1918).

Trials (Treason).

Executions and executioners.

World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Pen & Sword Books Limited, 2015.

Summary:

Between the beginning of the First World War in the summer of 1914 and the armistice in 1918, 51 men were executed in Britain.The great majority, over 80%, were hanged for murder, but in addition to this, 11 men were shot by firing squad at the Tower of London.One traitor and one spy were also hanged.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 An Old-Fashioned Way to Die: The Cut-throat Razor as Murder Weapon

Chapter 2 Butchers at Work: Two Axe Murderers

Chapter 3 Another Old Fashioned Murder Weapon: The Domestic Poker

Chapter 4 Prisoners in the Tower: The Shooting of Spies

Chapter 5 Suffer the Little Children: Two Cases of Child Murder

Chapter 6 The Traitor and the Spy: Two Hangings in London

Chapter 7 A Classic Murder Case: George 'Brides in the Bath' Smith

Chapter 8 Powder and Shot: Guns: Rare British Murder Weapons

Chapter 9 Beating to Death: The Most Ancient Type of Murder

Chapter 10 Moving Towards the Modern World: Knife Crime During the First World War

Appendix I: The Executioners

Appendix II: The Executions

Appendix III: The Mechanics of Hanging

Bibliography

Plate section.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Webb, Simon First World War Trials and Executions

ISBN:

1-4738-5990-5

1-4738-5992-1

OCLC:

1321799322