Age: 34
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 16 Mar 1944
Crime Location: Milborne Port, Somerset
Execution Place: Bristol
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
Ernest Charles Digby murdered his 3 week old daughter Dawn Digby who he battered to death in woods near Milborne Port, Somerset on 15 November 1943.
see National Archives - ASSI 26/56/4, MEPO 3/2264, PCOM 9/1023
see Aberdeen Journal - Tuesday 08 February 1944
see Derby Daily Telegraph - Friday 28 January 1944
