By: jbritchford - 27th July 2009 at 12:04
Actually, he wasn’t the last British Veteran, this gentleman is;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Choules
Served the RN in WW1 and the RAN in WW2, now resides in Perth, Australia.
By: Pondskater - 26th July 2009 at 14:50
RIP to both of them. We will remember but with nobody left from that conflict in this country, it is also now our responsibility to pass on those memories to new generations.
For those who don’t already know, then poet laurate Andrew Motion wrote about Harry Patch:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3671688/The-Five-Acts-of-Harry-Patch.html
And you can hear it here: (Scroll right down, he is the ninth poet up from the bottom)
http://www.wordsworth.org.uk/poetry/index.asp?pageid=256
Allan
By: Grey Area - 26th July 2009 at 02:41
Bless him, and Henry Allingham too. 🙁
We will remember.
By: steve rowell - 26th July 2009 at 00:02
Lest we forget
By: Denis - 25th July 2009 at 13:37
Sad news indeed, and so close behind Henry too.
Lest we forget.
Thank you Harry.
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