Information relating to the death of the mother of G/2914 Pte Alfred Price.
Price served with 7th Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) in the British Expeditionary Force and was wounded at the Battle of Trones Wood, an action of the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front, World War One, and died of his wounds, Fri 14 Jul 1916.
After World War One the Price family collected money so that their mother could visit Pte Price’s grave, but as she prepared to visit she learnt that it had been destroyed and she collapsed and died in her daughter’s arms.
Price is now commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.