247551 Pte. Louisa Edith Jenny Price Auxiliary Territorial Service from:Birkenhead (d.8th September 1943) Louisa Price was murdered on the evening of 8th of September 1943. She had been attending a dance organised by US Military Police at the Forest Glen Pavilion on The Wrekin, a beauty spot near Wellington in Shropshire. Sometime late that evening she was seen leaving the venue with a tall US serviceman. Her body was found the next day by quarry workers 200 yards from The Pavillion. She had been repeatedly struck on the head by rocks. There is also a suggestion that she was sexually assaulted. A sergeant, Michael Pihosh, from the United States Army was charged with the murder.
As was the practice during the war Pihosh was tried by an US Courts-Martial. On the 23rd November after 7 days of testimony he was found not guilty by a jury of 9 US Airforce personnel. The US authorities were satisfied of the innocence of Pihosh but unhappy with some of the evidence given by others. They pledged to continue there investigations, however, no further action was taken against anyone. Louisa has never had justice.
She came from Birkenhead and is buried in Bebington Cemetery.
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