had simply stated his disagreement with the guilty verdict, proclaimed his innocence, and claimed that he had not owned the knife identified as being used in Wolfe's murder). Nonetheless, Thorp did emphasise the jury's strong recommendation to mercy. The same day they had convened to hear Sangret's appeal, the Court of Appeal upheld his conviction, ruling there had been no evidence presented to attest to either trial misconduct or Sangret's innocence, adding they had further chosen to summarily dismiss the appeal due to "the abundance of evidence the appellant was the murderer of the girl", further stating there had been "no possible ground on which the verdict could be disturbed". Issues relating to the jury's recommendation to mercy were lodged with the Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison, who shortly thereafter upheld Sangret's death sentence. Execution August Sangret was held in the condemned cell at Wandsworth Prison, to await execution. He was hanged by Albert Pierrepoint at 9 a.m. on 29 April 1943. The official cause of death upon Sangret's death certificate reads: "Injury to brain and spinal cord consequent upon judicial hanging." Following his execution, Sangret was interred in an unmarked grave inside the grounds of Wandsworth Prison. Prior to his burial on the afternoon of 29 April, Dr. Keith Simpson performed an autopsy on Sangret's body, during which he found a tattoo on his arm bearing Joan Wolfe's name. Aftermath The Canadian Army authorities did not protest Sangret's conviction and sentencing, having passed the civil authority pertaining to cases involving their serving personnel charged with treason, murder, manslaughter, rape or treason-felony while stationed in the United Kingdom to the British courts shortly after Canada had joined the Second World War. Private August Sangret was posthumously inducted onto a 3 May 1943 list of Canadian servicemen who had died while serving overseas. Sangret's entry onto this list simply reads: "Royal Canadian Service Corps. – Sangret, August, Pte. L27572." Officially, his death is listed within the Regina Rifle Regiment as having occurred while "serving with other units". A plaque within the grounds of the Brookwood Military Cemetery commemorates Private August Sangret; he is one of 18 people convicted of murder and executed by hanging who is commemorated upon this memorial. Sangret's entry can be found on Panel 23, Column 3. Each individual convicted of murder is commemorated within the Brookwood Military Cemetery due to the fact their respective regiments failed to discharge