Harry Allen (1911- August 15, 1992) was one of Britain's last executioners, officiating between 1941 and 1964 when he was the chief executioner at 29 executions and assisted at 40 others. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. He never executed anyone in Cyprus despite claims to the contrary. Cyprus (Κύπρος transliterated: Kýpros,; Kıbrıs officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Kypriakī́ Dīmokratía

Following the resignation of Albert Pierrepoint and death of Steve Wade (both of which occurred in 1956) Allen and Robert Leslie Stewart jointly became Chief Executioners, but the Homicide Act of 1957 reduced the number of condemned criminals by some 75%, from an average of 15 a year in the early 1950s to approximately 4 a year in the late 1950s. Albert Pierrepoint (30 March 1905 &ndash 10 July 1992 is the most famous member of a family from Yorkshire who provided three of the United Kingdom 's official Steve Wade (died 22nd December 1956 was one of the United Kingdom 's Executioners from 1940 to 1955 Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Leslie Stewart (April 1918 - November 1989 from Edinburgh, Scotland, was one of the last Executioners in the United Kingdom, officiating This is a list of people who have acted as official Executioners Algeria Austria Belgium Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Allen's most controversial case was that of James Hanratty, hanged on 4 April 1962 at Bedford Prison for the A6 murder case, although efforts to clear Hanratty's name continued until 2001 when DNA testing matched Hanratty to the crime scene. James Hanratty (born October 4, 1936 in Bromley, Kent, England; died April 4, 1962 in Bedford Prison Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bedford is the County town of Bedfordshire, England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the Bedford borough James Hanratty (born October 4, 1936 in Bromley, Kent, England; died April 4, 1962 in Bedford Prison

Allen performed the last execution in Northern Ireland when he hanged Robert McGladdery in Crumlin Road Prison, Belfast in December 1961. HMP Belfast, also known as Crumlin Road Gaol is a former Prison situated in north Belfast, Northern Ireland. He also performed the last hanging in Scotland when Henry Burnett was hanged in Aberdeen on 15 August 1963 for the murder of Thomas Guyan. Henry John Burnett (1941/2 - executed August 15, 1963) was the last man to be Hanged in Scotland and the first in Aberdeen since Aberdeen ( pronounced; Aiberdeen Obar Dheathain is Scotland 's third most populous city and one of Scotland's 32 local government council Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He also performed one of the two final executions in Britain, when at 8. 00 a. m. on 13 August 1964 Gwynne Owen Evans was hanged at Strangeways Prison in Manchester for the murder of John Alan West. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Gwynne Owen Evans ( 1 April 1940 &ndash 13 August 1964) (real name John Robson Walby or Welaby was 24 years old when he and his accomplice HM Prison Manchester is a Prison located in the city of Manchester, England, also known (now unofficially since it was renamed in the 1990s John Alan West (born 1911 died 7 April 1964) was a 53 year-old laundry van driver of Workington, Cumberland, England, murdered by This occurred simultaneously with the execution of Evans' accomplice Peter Anthony Allen, who was hanged at Walton Prison in Liverpool by Robert Leslie Stewart. Peter Anthony Allen ( 4 April 1943 &ndash 13 August 1964) was one of the two last people in the United Kingdom to be executed Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Robert Leslie Stewart (April 1918 - November 1989 from Edinburgh, Scotland, was one of the last Executioners in the United Kingdom, officiating

Allen habitually wore a bow-tie during executions,[1] as noted by Albert Pierrepoint in his autobiography. The bow tie is a men's Necktie popularly worn with Formal attire, such as suits or Dinner jackets It consists of a ribbon of fabric tied around Albert Pierrepoint (30 March 1905 &ndash 10 July 1992 is the most famous member of a family from Yorkshire who provided three of the United Kingdom 's official An autobiography, from the Greek αὐτός autos "self" βίος bios "life" and γράφειν graphein "to write"