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Death of a farmer: fortunes of war and the strange case of Ray Walden

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posted on 2023-06-08, 15:26 authored by Brian Short
The sweeping powers necessitated by World War Two emergency conditions are illustrated by the tragedy which unfolded when one farmer, Ray Walden of Itchen Stoke, refused to plough up a large portion of his farm at the insistence of the Hampshire County War Agricultural Executive Committee. The committee finally decided to dispossess him of his farm, and an attempt to evict him followed, but Walden opened fire on the police officers. A one-night siege was followed by the shooting of the 65-year-old bachelor inside his own farm house. He died in hospital. The coroner's verdict was 'justifiable homicide'. The paper sets out the structures of power, the setting of this agricultural conflict, reconstructs the narrative of events and offers an evaluation.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Agricultural History Review

ISSN

0002-1490

Publisher

British Agricultural History Society

Issue

2

Volume

56

Page range

189-213

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  • Geography Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2013-07-25

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