Harry Allen (executioner), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English executioner
Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1911
Place of Birth: Denaby Main, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 14-Aug-1992
Profession: executioner
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Harry Allen (executioner)
- Harry Bernard Allen (5 November 1911 – 14 August 1992) was one of Britain's last official executioners, officiating between 1941 and 1964.
- He was chief executioner at 41 executions and acted as assistant executioner at 53 others, at various prisons in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and Cyprus.
- He acted as assistant executioner for 14 years, mostly to Albert Pierrepoint from 1941 to 1955. In October 1955 Allen was appointed as Chief Executioner alongside Pierrepoint, although he did not execute anyone in this role until 10 May 1956, when he hanged two EOKA members in Cyprus.
- Pierrepoint was no longer available because he had resigned in February 1956.
- Allen's most controversial hanging came in April 1962, when James Hanratty was hanged for murder, despite efforts to clear his name.
- Hanratty was proven guilty in 2002 by DNA.
- Allen also assisted in the execution of Derek Bentley in 1953, and he performed one of the last two executions in Britain, in August 1964.
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