Ruth Ellis, née Neilson, was a British nightclub hostess who was convicted of murder and became the last woman to be hanged in the UK following the fatal shooting of her lover, David Blakely, on 10 April 1955. She was executed at Holloway Prison.
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Ruth Ellis
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Ruth Ellis bullet holes - 1st plaque
The naming error on the plaque is interesting. Derek Bentley (1933-53) was a ...
Ruth Ellis bullet holes - 2nd plaque
In 1954 Ruth Ellis shot David Blakely producing these bullet holes. Ruth Elli...
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George Kinnaird
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
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Harold Victor Sheehy
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Bullivant’s Wharf - WW2 bomb
Isle of Dogs - Past Life, Past Lives is an excellent post about this event, with eye-witness accounts, from which we have drawn this brief summary: Bullivant & Co were wire rope-makers with a ...
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