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Siege of Sydney St

Name: Siege of Sydney St – Great Britain factsheet records
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Great Britain · Government / Liberal Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1911

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill3 January 1911

London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Instructs the firebrigade to let the house burn, 1 is shot & another asphyxiated. Deploys Scots guards to cover an east London house when 2 anarchists fire on police. "better to let the house burn down than spend good British lives". 3 policemen are murderred by a gang & then trapped in Sydney St

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill18 January 1911

London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Gives evidence at the Sydney St inquest

Names involved

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

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