Description:[Submitted by Don Richards]
On the 17th April 1883 Alfred Thomas Richards was born at Harrold Place, Bell Barn Road, Edgbaston Birmingham, an area more popularly known today as Lee Bank. On July 1st 1916 aged 33 he would lose his life in the first hours of the Somme offensive. Alfred died at the onset of one of WW1’s most infamous and bloody campaigns, in which many Birmingham men were killed.
This 'Birmingham Faces and Places' entry uses family materials belonging to Don Richards. The letters, leaflets, pictures, postcards and certificates tell a moving personal story and provide important insights into a vital chapter of our social history.