The circumstances of Sidney Reilly’s execution and the location of his remains have remained a mystery although it is known he was ensnared in an elaborate counter-espionage deception by the Russians.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death in the United States for conspiracy to commit espionage.
Josef Jakobs was found guilty of espionage by General Court Martial and taken to the miniature firing range at the Tower of London where he was strapped to a wooden Windsor chair and killed by firing squad at 7:12am.
British nurse Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad during the First World War.
Powers had been sentenced to 10 years’ confinement in the USSR but, amidst concerns that he might reveal any remaining secrets to the Soviet authorities, the U.S. government agreed to exchange Powers and imprisoned student Frederic Pryor in return for Soviet Colonel Rudolf Abel.
The last execution at the Tower of London took place on the 15th August 1941. Josef Jakobs was a German spy who was arrested after he signalled for help after breaking his ankle when he parachuted into Britain.
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