Funeral Of Tom Williams✊🇮🇪
On January 19th 2000, 57 years after his execution Tom Williams was buried in Milltown cemetery in Belfast.
Williams was hanged in Crumlin Road Gaol Belfast at 080 on Wednesday, September 2nd 1942. The executioner was the official English hangman Thomas Pierrepoint, assisted by his nephew Albert Pierrepoint.
Afterwards, Williams' body was interred in the unhallowed ground in an unmarked grave within the grounds of the Gaol.
His remains were only released in January 2000 after the closure of the Gaol in 1996 and a lengthy campaign by the National Graves Association, Belfast.
Tom's funeral held on January 19th 2000 was attended by thousands, with Williams buried at Milltown Cemetery.
Joe Cahill, Tom's cellmate, and John Oliver sentenced to death with Tom but later reprieved, as well as Madge McConville, who had been arrested with Tom, Greta McGlone, Billy McKee, Eddie Keenan and perhaps least known, Nell Morgan, Tom's girlfriend at the time of his death, were all present.