Application by hangman Albert Pierrepoint for execution apparatus, Wandsworth prison

Date: September 1952 Reference: PCOM 9/1773 Creator: Prison Commission and Home Office Prison Department Catalogue context: Executions and executioners: in Germany; apparatus supplied to War Office; Mr Albert Pierrepoint appointed executioner Categories: Crime and punishment Subjects: Armed Forces (General Administration); Army; Europe and Russia; Prisons Topics: Crime, courts and justice; International trade and affairs; Military and war Period: Postwar Copyright information: Copyright clearance for publication is not required, except in the case of documents in third-party copyright. Usage terms: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf