Honingham Hall Shooting

Here is another interesting short film from the Little Bit of History series.  The hall was commissioned in 1605 by Sir Thomas Richardson and then passed down through a number of esteemed owners to Sir Eric Teichman in 1935.  Eric was an explorer/secret agent/diplomat - so he had an interesting life!  But where was he posted during the Second World War?  He retired in 1943 and journeyed back along the old silk road to England and Honingham Hall.  Why did Private George E. Smith, aged 28 years, of Pittsburgh and Private Leonard S. Wijpacha of Detroit take out guns from the armoury of the local American airbase?  Why did Sir Eric go outside to seek out the supposed poachers?  What did the GIs do with the body?  Were they brought to justice?  To find out the answers to these questions and more related information please select the following link and press play (you may need to move the red bar back too the start, you can also give a thumbs up to the film):  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oe18p1cLwM&t=93s

Here is a related article on the Honingham Hall Shooting.  Please select the following link:  

https://norfolktalesmyths.com/2020/05/30/a-murder-at-honingham-hall/