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Theodore William John Schurch (* 5. Mai 1918 in London; † 4. Januar 1946 in London) war ein britischer Soldat schweizerischer Herkunft, der 1946 als Spion hingerichtet wurde. Er war die letzte Person, die in Großbritannien nicht als Mörder, sondern für ein anderes Verbrechen hingerichtet wurde.
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.
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. The then Imperial War Graves Commission ...
Theodore William John Schurch (* 5. Mai 1918 in London; † 4. Januar 1946 in London) war ein britischer Soldat schweizerischer Herkunft, der 1946 als Spion hingerichtet wurde. Er war die letzte Person, die in Großbritannien nicht als Mörder, sondern für ein anderes Verbrechen hingerichtet wurde.
19. Feb. 2021 · Theodore Schurch British soldier who began working for German and Italian intelligence after he was captured by Axis forces in North Africa. Hanged for treachery in 1946 aged 27.
25. Feb. 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 ...
