Age: 73
Sex: male
Date: 11 Jun 1947
Place: Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Hirst Wood, Shipley
Albert Dawson was found dead in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Hirst Wood in Shipley on 11 June 1947.
He had a fractured skull which was said to have been inflicted before he had gone into the water.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Shipley Times and Express - Wednesday 18 June 1947
see Unsolved 1947