Seeking information on war artist Albert Richards' D-Day parachute drop I came across this short video. Quite well done and an interesting idea, but are all the quotes actually authentic? Regards ...
Albert Richards' watercolour of the Pegasus Bridge Coup de Main gliders as compared to a photo by Sgt. Johnson. Regards ..
313191 Captain Albert RICHARDS General List 19th March 1919 Wallasey, Cheshire - 5th March 1945 aged 25 Enlistment Corps of Royal Engineers (Sapper 2005452) 3.4.1940 Posted to 286 Field Company R.E. 23.12.1943 Posted to 591 (Antrim) Para Squadron 24.5.1943 Home Details 31.1.1943 Discharged to Commission Para 390 (XVII) K.R.40 29.2.1944 Killed when his jeep struck a mine 5.3.1945 Buried Milsbeek War Cemetery
From the Airborne Engineers Association. Albert (Bertie) Richards Always remember, never forget, Jim.
Exhibitions Notice of a postwar exhibition. Clippings may have originally been posted by brithm. Pages from the catalogue booklet, "The Rose of Death", from the 1978 travelling exhibition of Richards' art. Regards ...
I was the writer on the tWWIItter film and have been researching Albert Richards for a number of years. The quotes are not real but based on fact (locations, paintings etc). The idea was to imagine how Albert would've covered the war if Twitter had existed in 1944-45. Happy to chat further if you wish. Ged
Very good Ged. I thought it a very well done piece. A minor Richards' curiosity for you: D-Day 6th Airborne 9th Battalion DZ V assembly point. Please feel free to post here or to the "Airborne Art" thread if you find anything of interest concerning Albert Richards you wish to share. Airborne Art Regards ...
Many thanks - will do. Re the 'minor curiosity' - can't help on this I'm afraid but fascinating thought. I'm no specialist on military detail sadly!!
