Age: 52
Sex: male
Date: 31 Dec 1916
Place: Regents Canal, Shoreditch, London
Alfred James Merrett was found dead in the Regents Canal with a broken back, broken ankle and head injuries.
He had been missing from his lodgings for ten days.
He had been a single man and had been a clerk.
His brother, an undertaker, said that they last time he saw him was in July 1916 when they had both attended their sister's funeral.
His inquest took place in Shoreditch.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Pall Mall Gazette - Tuesday 02 January 1917
see Westminster Gazette - Tuesday 02 January 1917
