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hamster
25-07-2009, 02:19 PM
The Last Soldier has gone.

Only a couple of weeks after we lost Henry Allingham we now have the sad news that Harry Patch has also passed away at the ripe old age of 111.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hdV4Lh88_epPdkxnhuT_vPSo8arA

I know that he didn't consider himself to be a hero, saving that accolade for the ones who didn't come home, but he was and always will be.

Prayers be with you Harry, God bless. I will raise one to you later this evening.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2QJSeWQoKyA/SVygn5kdHKI/AAAAAAAAF2I/9qpB46ZjptI/s400/SWNS_HARRY_DRINKS_0_398681a.jpg
Jillyanne
25-07-2009, 02:38 PM
RIP Sir.
rocknrollman no2
25-07-2009, 03:01 PM
A very brave man indeed.
We all owe that lost generation so much.
RIP.
Master Bates
25-07-2009, 03:14 PM
RIP Sweet Prince.
SaintSparky
25-07-2009, 09:14 PM
Sweet dreams, RIP.
RedAndWhite91
25-07-2009, 09:36 PM
RIP, another hero lost. Lest we forget.
skintsaint
25-07-2009, 09:39 PM
RIP
Billy Shite
25-07-2009, 11:52 PM
Rest in Peace. We'll never forget.
EastleighSoulBoy
26-07-2009, 06:44 AM
R.I.P. and sincere thanks for your part in keeping us Free.


As previously suggested, maybe Harry could have a State Funeral to commemorate all his brothers in arms. He was the last one and represents a generation whose values and commitment were second to none.
RonManager
26-07-2009, 09:04 AM
R.I.P. and sincere thanks for your part in keeping us Free.


As previously suggested, maybe Harry could have a State Funeral to commemorate all his brothers in arms. He was the last one and represents a generation whose values and commitment were second to none.

Agree but apparently there is still one left (that is commonly known of), Claude Choules, 108, living in Australia.
Thorpe-le-Saint
26-07-2009, 09:34 AM
Agree but apparently there is still one left (that is commonly known of), Claude Choules, 108, living in Australia.

I think though that Claude was in the Navy, whereas Harry Patch was the last British veteran alive who fought in the trenches.
sperm_john
26-07-2009, 07:46 PM
A man I got to meet in Toc H, RIP Harry.
EastleighSoulBoy
27-07-2009, 05:26 AM
Agree but apparently there is still one left (that is commonly known of), Claude Choules, 108, living in Australia.


I think though that Claude was in the Navy, whereas Harry Patch was the last British veteran alive who fought in the trenches.

I was not specific enough in my post. I did, of course, mean last British veteran. Which is why I was espousing the idea of a state funeral.
skintsaint
27-07-2009, 06:04 AM
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6728000.ece

but I agree with you ESB, something should be done for the last Army veteran to have fought.