Standon Farm Approved School shooting | |
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Location | Standon Farm Approved School, Eccleshall, England |
Date | 15 February 1947 |
Attack type | School Shooting |
Deaths | 1 |
Injured | 0 |
Victims | Peter Fieldhouse |
Perpetrators | Gerald 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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