Seriousness Last WWI veteran in the UK dies at 111

HarryT · 07-25-2009, 09:35 AM

Henry Patch, the last surviving Briton to fight in the trenches in WWI, has died, aged 111. Strangely enough, the only other surviving British veteran, Henry Allingham, died only a week ago, aged 113. Mr. Allingham was the oldest man in the world at the time of his death.

See:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8168691.stm

Cookie Monster · 07-25-2009, 11:13 PM

Patch wasn't the last British veteran. Claude Choules is still alive.

He served in the Royal Navy in WW1 and the Royal Australian Navy in WW2. He lives in Australia maybe that's why people don't think of him as the last British veteran.

HarryT · 07-26-2009, 03:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cookie Monster

Patch wasn't the last British veteran. Claude Choules is still alive.

He served in the Royal Navy in WW1 and the Royal Australian Navy in WW2. He lives in Australia maybe that's why people don't think of him as the last British veteran.

Mr. Patch was the last living person who fought in the trenches. I think that's the reason it's made the news headlines.

cassidym · 07-26-2009, 07:27 AM

God bless them both, I say.

The last living US WW I veteran is Frank Buckles, 107, of Charles Town, WVA.

07-25-2009, 09:35 AM	#1
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,660 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	Last WWI veteran in the UK dies at 111 Henry Patch, the last surviving Briton to fight in the trenches in WWI, has died, aged 111. Strangely enough, the only other surviving British veteran, Henry Allingham, died only a week ago, aged 113. Mr. Allingham was the oldest man in the world at the time of his death. See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8168691.stm __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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cassidym Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,323 Karma: 5032368 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Northern Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-505, iPhone 5, Sony T1, iPad 3	God bless them both, I say. The last living US WW I veteran is Frank Buckles, 107, of Charles Town, WVA. __________________ I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. - Jorge Luis Borges

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Cookie Monster Connoisseur Posts: 86 Karma: 134 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Sony PRS-700	Patch wasn't the last British veteran. Claude Choules is still alive. He served in the Royal Navy in WW1 and the Royal Australian Navy in WW2. He lives in Australia maybe that's why people don't think of him as the last British veteran.


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