Joan Pearl Wolfe Headstone: the grave of the victim of the 'Wigwam Murder'.
- Oct 21, 2023
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Updated: Apr 3
A memorial service in September 2023 in the churchyard of St Michael & All Saints, Thursley, saw the placement of a memorial stone on the unmarked grave of Joan Pearl Wolfe, the victim of the 'Wigwam Murder' in 1942. Her murderer, August Sangret, was tried for the crime in 1943 and was hanged in Wandsworth Prison in April 1943. This article written by Jackie Rickenberg was published in the Thursley Parish Magazine November 2023
The complete article is in the pdf below:
Memorial Service booklet:
