39 year old Joyce was actually an American citizen, although he had claimed to be Irish, who had joined the British Fascist Party in 1936, moving to Germany in August 1939, before the outbreak of war. With the fall of Hamburg to the Allies Joyce tried to escape to Denmark but was shot in the … Read more
27-year-old Theodore William John Schurch was born in London to Swiss parents and was aNazi supporter who had joined the British Union of Fascists in 1934. In 1936 he joined theBritish Army, serving with the Royal Army Service Corps, as a driver. He was captured by theItalians, while fighting at Tobruk in North Africa. He … Read more
With special thanks to Monty Dart for researching and writing this article. Introduction: Pontnewynydd in 1948 Pontnewynydd – a suburb of Cwmbran, South Wales – was a quiet place in 1948. At 11 Wayfield Crescent lived the Parry family: wife Sylvinia, aged 32; husband John, 36; and their 14-year-old son Anthony. Early on the morning … Read more
The Murder of Beatrice Alice Rimmer Beatrice Alice Rimmer was a 54-year-old widow who lived alone at 7 Cranborne Road, opposite Sefton General Hospital on Smithdown Road in Liverpool. She was reputed to keep money in her house. Beatrice had visited her son on the Sunday afternoon and was seen returning to her home that … Read more
Walter Graham Rowland had been convicted on the 16th of December 1946 of battering to death 40 year old Olive Balchin on a bomb site in Cumberland Street, Manchester on the 20th of October 1946, where her body was found by two schoolboys who reported it to the police. As officers searched the crime scene they discovered Olive’s wartime identity … Read more
