The Last "Tommy"

[John Sukey]

Last veteran of Paschendale (3rd Ypres) and last veteran to visit the Western Front, (21 September2004)
Pte. Henry Jones Patch, No29295, 7th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.
17 June 1896, age 109

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/03/08/bomotion108.xml

 

[Steppenwolf]

God Bless him.

 

[Vimy Ridge]

God Bless him.

x2

 

[steve1973]

x2

x3

Wow, 109 years old. What a fascinating life that man must have had!

 

[Gibbs505]

May he rest in peace.

 

[TheTooner]

Er, ... I don't think he's dead yet, Gibbs505. The story is that they got the Poet Laureate to write a poem about him and made a television show about that, because Mr. Patch is the last British veteran of Passchendaele still surviving

 

[bosley]

Er, ... I don't think he's dead yet, Gibbs505. The story is that they got the Poet Laureate to write a poem about him and made a television show about that, because Mr. Patch is the last British veteran of Passchendaele still surviving

Lets not push him into the grave just yet. He is a fighter.

 

[John Sukey]

Not only the last survivor of Paschendale but the LAST British WW1 survivor.

 

[pitdogboy]

incredible...what a life indeed!

 

[Gibbs505]

Er, ... I don't think he's dead yet, Gibbs505. The story is that they got the Poet Laureate to write a poem about him and made a television show about that, because Mr. Patch is the last British veteran of Passchendaele still surviving

Opp's sorry!

 

[Tomochan]

I bought his book " The Last Fighting Tommy" when I was back home in May - a brilliant read that I highly recommend.

 

[ollie]

I bought his book " The Last Fighting Tommy" when I was back home in May - a brilliant read that I highly recommend.

that's all the push I needed to order it from Amazon. Looks like a good one, hats off the the last of many!