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Albert Richards

1919–1945

Paratroops outside Breville 1944

Biography

Albert Richards (19 December 1919 – 5 March 1945) was a British war artist. Born in 1919 to a World War I veteran, he enlisted as a sapper in 1940. He later served in the British Army during World War II, both as a paratrooper and as a war artist. He was the youngest of the three British official war artists killed during the conflict.

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British War Art

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  • The Landing: H Hour minus 6. In the Distance Glow of the Lancasters Bombing Battery to be Attacked

    Albert Richards
    1944
  • Withdrawing from the Battery after the Battery’s Guns Had Been Destroyed.

    Albert Richards
    1944
  • Paratroops outside Breville

    Albert Richards
    1944
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