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