Letter to Miss Cross, the daughter of Private Price’s employer, 27 August 1916
letter, letter
Accession Number
NAM.2001-11-39-1
Description
Letter from Capt Victor Allen to Miss Cross, the daughter of Pte Price’s employer, 27 Aug 1916. The letter explains that Pte Price was wounded on the night of 13-14 Jul 1916 at the Battle of Trones Wood, that he was taken by stretcher bearers to a casualty clearing station where he died the next day, 14 Jul 1916. From a collection of eight documents relating to G/2914 Pte Alfred Price, 7th Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) with the British Expeditionary Force. Price is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.
Events
Somme, Battle of the, 1916 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)
Associated collection





