He started fighting in 1917 and was seriously wounded at Passchendaele.
Mr. Patch was on record as saying that he was honoured to be representing an entire generation.
He was also on record as saying that the war "...wasn't worth it."
WFDS
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Saturday, July 25, 2009
575...Then There Were None
The last surviving veteran of The Great War, World War I, Harry Patch, has exited planet earth at the age of 111. The Fletcher House Care Home, Wells, England, said he passed earlier today.
He started fighting in 1917 and was seriously wounded at Passchendaele.
Mr. Patch was on record as saying that he was honoured to be representing an entire generation.
He was also on record as saying that the war "...wasn't worth it."
WFDS
He started fighting in 1917 and was seriously wounded at Passchendaele.
Mr. Patch was on record as saying that he was honoured to be representing an entire generation.
He was also on record as saying that the war "...wasn't worth it."
WFDS
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