Flashermac Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 The last British survivor of the World War I trenches, Harry Patch, has died at the age of 111. Mr Patch was conscripted into the Army aged 18 and fought in the Battle of Passchendaele at Ypres in 1917 in which more than 70,000 British soldiers died. He was raised in Combe Down, near Bath, and had been living at a care home in Wells, Somerset. The sole British survivor of the war is former seaman Claude Choules, who is aged 108 and lives in Perth, Australia. Mr Choules, who is originally from Worcestershire, saw service with the Royal Navy. Henry Allingham, who served in the navy and the RAF in WWI, died at the age of 113 a week ago. Mr Patch's biographer Richard Van Emden said he passed away at 0850 BST on Saturday. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: "I had the honour of meeting Harry, and I share his family's grief at the passing of a great man. "I know that the whole nation will unite today to honour the memory, and to take pride in the generation that fought the Great War. "The noblest of all the generations has left us, but they will never be forgotten. We say today with still greater force - 'We will remember them'." . . . BBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 WWI will be forgotten, just like a lot of other wars have been forgotten. Just give it a little bit of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 I still remember the Peloponnesian Wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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