The Standon Farm School shooting

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Standon Farm Approved School shooting
LocationStandon Farm Approved School, Eccleshall, England
Date15 February 1947 (1947-02-15)
Attack type
School Shooting
Deaths1
Injured0
VictimsPeter Fieldhouse
PerpetratorsGerald Cawley,

The Standon Farm approved school shooting was a school shooting in the United Kingdom in which nine boys planned the murder of their headteacher and stole rifles from the cadet armoury to do so. They were interrupted by the teacher Peter Fieldhouse and Gerald Cawley, the leader of the gang, shot and killed him. [1] [2]

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