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ALBERT RICHARDS │ Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead → 4 July 2015

A Searchlight Battery, 1942. Oil on panel, 50.8 x 76.2 cm. IWM (Imperial War Museums)

“Albt Ričdz (19 Dsmbr 1919 – 5 Māč 1945) wz born in Livpul bt muvd t Woḷsi az a sml bý n atndd Woḷsi Scūl v Āt 1935-39, ẇn h wun a scolršp t ɖ Royl Colij v Āt.

Aftr onli ʈri munʈs, h wz cwld p intu ɖ āmi, ẇr h srvd in ɖ Royl Enjinirz bfr trnsfŕñ t a Paṛšutbriged, n in 1944 h wz apýntd an Ofišl Wōrātist. H wz ɖ yungist v ɖ ʈri Britiš ofišl wōrātists cild jrñ ɖ conflict. On Māč 5ʈ 1945 h drov hiz jīp intu a mînfīld n wz cild, êjd onli 25. Ɖs z a sml ṣlẋn v wrc bî Ričdz, bʈ fṛm stydntdez n jrñ ɖ Secnd Wrldwor.”

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