Lillian Rose Kendall
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| Character: Lillian Rose Kendall | Nature: Visionary | Profession: Thief |
| Player: NPC | Demeanor: Bravo | Education High Elementary |
| Chronicle: London - Pax Britannica | Concept: [] | Religion: Anglican |
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Lilian Rose Kendall, known as the "Bobbed-Haired Bandit", was a prominent leader of the Forty Elephants, a notorious all-women crime gang based in South London. She took over leadership of the gang during the 1920s while Alice Diamond was imprisoned following the Lambeth Riot in 1925, a violent attack led by Diamond against a gang member who had married without her approval.
Kendall specialized in "smash-and-grab" raids, using her car to crash through shop windows—such as those of Cartier’s on Bond Street—to steal goods in the middle of the night. Her signature flapper-era bobbed hairstyle and side curls became iconic, and she was celebrated for maintaining her stylish appearance even during high-speed heists.
After Diamond’s release from prison, she transitioned into running a brothel in Lambeth and mentoring younger thieves, while Kendall led the gang’s more aggressive, car-based operations. The Forty Elephants gradually declined in the 1950s due to changing fashion, increased security, and wartime upheaval, but Kendall’s era marked the gang’s most daring and publicized phase. She remains a symbol of the gang’s evolution from stealthy shoplifting to bold, high-impact crime.
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