The Murder of PC Gutteridge: Britain's Underworld in the Roaring Twenties - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Neil R. StoreyTheme:Chronological Period/20th Century, Cultural Region/BritishPublish date:8/6/2026Pages:216
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Pen and Sword HistoryISBN-13:9781036136970ISBN-10:1036136973UPC:9781036136970Book Category:True Crime, HistoryBook Subcategory:Murder, Organized Crime, EuropeBook Topic:Great BritainSize:9.30 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.499Product ID:SCSFWC6N8X
A rural Essex murder of a beloved village constable sparked Britain's largest manhunt and a masterful police pursuit revealing a brutal underworld in the Roaring Twenties.
PC George William Gutteridge was a well-liked and respected village policeman for Stapleford Abbotts in rural Essex, where he lived with his wife and two young children. While on his beat out on a lonely country road in the early hours of the morning of 27 September 1927, he was gunned down in one of the most horrific and callous killings of a police officer in the history of British law enforcement.
It had been PC Gutteridge's misfortune to stop a stolen car containing hardened career criminals, Frederick Guy Browne and William Kennedy. Neither had any respect for the police, and neither was afraid to use extreme violence to evade capture. What ensued was one of the biggest manhunts Britain had ever seen.
The murderers were brought to justice by a masterpiece of detective work by Scotland Yard, and their arrest required the skill and bravery of officers from a number of police forces. Drawing on Home Office and police files along with a host of contemporary newspaper reports and long-forgotten memoirs, Neil R. Storey provides a vivid account of the case and, in doing so, presents a darkly fascinating insight into Britain's underworld during the roaring 1920s.
PC George William Gutteridge was a well-liked and respected village policeman for Stapleford Abbotts in rural Essex, where he lived with his wife and two young children. While on his beat out on a lonely country road in the early hours of the morning of 27 September 1927, he was gunned down in one of the most horrific and callous killings of a police officer in the history of British law enforcement.
It had been PC Gutteridge's misfortune to stop a stolen car containing hardened career criminals, Frederick Guy Browne and William Kennedy. Neither had any respect for the police, and neither was afraid to use extreme violence to evade capture. What ensued was one of the biggest manhunts Britain had ever seen.
The murderers were brought to justice by a masterpiece of detective work by Scotland Yard, and their arrest required the skill and bravery of officers from a number of police forces. Drawing on Home Office and police files along with a host of contemporary newspaper reports and long-forgotten memoirs, Neil R. Storey provides a vivid account of the case and, in doing so, presents a darkly fascinating insight into Britain's underworld during the roaring 1920s.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Pen and Sword HistoryISBN-13:9781036136970ISBN-10:1036136973UPC:9781036136970Book Category:True Crime, HistoryBook Subcategory:Murder, Organized Crime, EuropeBook Topic:Great BritainSize:9.30 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.499Product ID:SCSFWC6N8X
Storey, Neil R.: - Neil R. Storey is an award-winning historian and author of over fifty books. He is one of the leading historians of The Royal Norfolk Regiment. Members of his family served in regular and territorial battalions of the Regiment in peacetime and through two World Wars. Neil lectures for academic and social audiences all over the UK. He regularly appears on television and radio factual programmes as a guest expert.
His previous books published by Pen & Sword include The King's Men: The Sandringham Company & Norfolk Regiment Territorial Battalions 1914-1918, Britain's Coast at War, and The British Army: Training for War 1939-1945.
His previous books published by Pen & Sword include The King's Men: The Sandringham Company & Norfolk Regiment Territorial Battalions 1914-1918, Britain's Coast at War, and The British Army: Training for War 1939-1945.
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