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Alfred Price

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Group photograph of five soldiers from The Buffs, c1916. Private Alfred Price is pictured second from the left.

Group photograph of five soldiers from The Buffs, c1916. Private Alfred Price is pictured second from the left.

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Group photograph of soldiers from The Buffs, c1916

Group photograph of soldiers from The Buffs, c1916

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Group photograph of men from The Buffs Regiment, c1916

Group photograph of men from The Buffs Regiment, c1916

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‘At dawn, in a determined rush, we carry the fortified Hun entrenchments in Trones Wood by assault’, 1916

‘At dawn, in a determined rush, we carry the fortified Hun entrenchments in Trones Wood by assault’, 1916

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Letter to Private Price’s mother informing her that Price was wounded on 14 July 1916, from his Platoon Commanding Officer, 1916

Letter to Private Price’s mother informing her that Price was wounded on 14 July 1916, from his Platoon Commanding Officer, 1916

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Letter from Captain Victor Allen to Miss Cross, the daughter of Private Price’s employer, 27 August 1916

Letter from Captain Victor Allen to Miss Cross, the daughter of Private Price’s employer, 27 August 1916

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Press cutting relating to the death of Private Price, published August or September 1916

Press cutting relating to the death of Private Price, published August or September 1916

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Letter from Mr J Duckworth of the Ely Fruit Preserving Company, Oldham Road, Rochdale, Lancashire, offering his sympathy to Private Price’s father following the death of his son, 16 October 1916

Letter from Mr J Duckworth of the Ely Fruit Preserving Company, Oldham Road, Rochdale, Lancashire, offering his sympathy to Private Price’s father following the death of his son, 16 October 1916

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‘Scene in Trones Wood as it appears today’, Autumn 1917

‘Scene in Trones Wood as it appears today’, Autumn 1917

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Army Form B 104-82, informing Private Price’s mother on 11 April 1917 that a report has been received from the War Office notifying the death of Alfred Price on 14 July 1916

Army Form B 104-82, informing Private Price’s mother on 11 April 1917 that a report has been received from the War Office notifying the death of Alfred Price on 14 July 1916

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Letter from the Record Office posthumously transmitting the 1914-15 Star to Private Alfred Price, 31 July 1920

Letter from the Record Office posthumously transmitting the 1914-15 Star to Private Alfred Price, 31 July 1920

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Letter from The War Office informing Private Price’s mother that she will receive the sum of £10 6s 2d from the accounts of Alfred Price, 7 Aug 1917

Letter from The War Office informing Private Price’s mother that she will receive the sum of £10 6s 2d from the accounts of Alfred Price, 7 Aug 1917

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Memoriam card for the memorial of the Unknown Warrior who was to be interred in Westminster Abbey, 11 November 1920

Memoriam card for the memorial of the Unknown Warrior who was to be interred in Westminster Abbey, 11 November 1920

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