Letter to Private Alfred Price’s mother informing her that her son had been wounded on 14 July 1916
letter, letter
Accession Number

NAM.2001-11-39-6

Description

Letter to Pte Price’s mother informing her that Pte Price was wounded on Jul 14 1916, from his Platoon Commanding Officer, 1916 (c). Possibly sent by J Barrows Senior. 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 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. 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