British Executions

William Quayle

Age: 52

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 3 Aug 1943

Crime Location: 132a Bath Row, Spring Vale, Birmingham

Execution Place: Birmingham

Method: hanging

Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint

Source: http://discovery.nationalarchives.co.uk

William Quayle murdered Vera Clarke 8 at 132a Bath Row, Birmingham on 5 May 1943.

She was later found naked under a pile of bricks in a bombed house in Spring Vale having been assaulted and mutilated.