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Steve Wade

Steve Wade (died 1956) was Britain's executioner from 1941 to 1955.

He had also worked as an assistant to Tom and Albert Pierrepoint on 31 occasions and carried out 28 executions in his own right after Albert resigned having been his most trusted assistant.

His last job was that of Alec Wilkinson whom he and Robert Leslie Stewart hanged at Armley jail on the 12th of August 1955.

Last updated: 01-04-2007 01:18:57
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