Walter Shaw

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Date: 16 Jun 1945

Place: Ivy Lane, Bretforton

Walter Shaw was beaten to death in Ivy Lane, Bretforton on 16 June 1945.

Three market gardeners from Bretforton were initially charged with his murder and then tried for his manslaughter but acquitted.

*map pointers are rough estimates based on known location details as per Place field above.

see Gloucestershire Echo - Friday 19 October 1945

see Cheltenham Chronicle - Saturday 11 August 1945

see Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Saturday 20 October 1945

see Birmingham Daily Post - Saturday 20 October 1945

see Western Daily Press - Friday 10 August 1945

see Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 10 August 1945

see Unsolved 1945