- Syd
Dernley (29
December 1920 – 1
November 1994) was
appointed ****istant
executioner by the Home
Office in 1949, and parti****ted in 20
hangings until...
- 8 May 1951, the executioner,
Albert Pierrepoint and his ****istant, Syd
Dernley,
escorted Inglis from his cell to the
gallows immediately adjacent, and...
- and so
there was no need for a 'death row'. ****istant
executioner Syd
Dernley used the term "death row" in his 1990
memoir The Hangman's Tale to refer...
- 2008, p. 209
Albert Pierrepoint Harry Allen Robert Leslie Stewart Syd
Dernley Bibliography Fielding,
Steve (2008), The Executioner's Bible, John Blake...
- the
early 1950s,
having graduated from the same
training group as Syd
Dernley. The two
Harry Allens are
known to have
worked together as ****istants on...
-
capital punishment was
questioned by his long-time
former ****istant, Syd
Dernley, in his 1989 autobiography, The Hangman's Tale: Even the
great Pierrepoint...
-
engineered and
mixed by Mike
Fraser ****istant
recording engineers: Mark
Dernley,
Steve Holroyd,
Brandon Harris, Kyle Bess, Rory
Romano Mastered by George...
-
Operator –
James Bawden ****istant
Director – Jack
Causey Continuity –
Doreen Dernley Sound Recordists – Bill
Daniels & Ken
Barker Make-up –
Geoffrey Rodway...
-
Bernard Allen above; both men were
known socially as "Harry Allen" Syd
Dernley 1949–1954 (****istant)
Robert Leslie Stewart 1950–1964 (Home
Office List)...
-
Evans was
hanged on 9
March 1950 by
Albert Pierrepoint, ****isted by Syd
Dernley at
Pentonville Prison. The
safety of Evans's
conviction was
severely criticised...
