Harry Pitts
Male, Deceased Person
1861 – 1897
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Who was Harry Pitts?
Harry Pitts was the first person to be killed by a terrorist attack on the London Underground.
Pitts died of injuries received from a bomb which exploded at Aldersgate Station on 26 April 1897. The bomb was planted by Russian anarchists in revenge for one of their members being given a seven-year prison sentence. At an inquest into Pitts death a verdict of "wilful murder against person or persons unknown" was recorded.
Pitts was born in Bradninch, Devon the son of a millwright. He briefly spent some time in Lancashire before settling in Tottenham, North London. He was married and had two daughters.
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