Execution Dock His remains were gibbeted by the river Thames at Tilbury for three years. George Davis and William Watts, convicted for piracy for the "Cyprus" mutiny, were the final hangings at the dock on 16 December 1830. Some sources state there is a large "E" on the Thames side of the building at Swan Wharf, indicating the site of Execution Dock. Another source states it was approximately where the London Overground station now stands. Execution Dock Execution Dock was a place in the River Thames near the shoreline at Wapping, London, that was used for more than 400 years to execute
David George Watts David George Watts David George Watts (14 May 1931 - 14 October 2016), known as George Watts, was an English local historian closely associated with the work of the "Victoria County History" (VCH) and the history of Titchfield, Hampshire. David George Watts was born in the Old Inn House, West Street, Titchfield, Hampshire, on 14 May 1931, into a family of strawberry growers which was an important local industry. In a local history talk he recalled that as a boy he could walk from Titchfield to Warsash alongside strawberry fields the whole distance. His family aimed to harvest their first