Another WWI Vet died

[Doughboy]

Britain's last WWI soldier dies at 111 - Europe- msnbc.com

 

[Doughboy]

R.I.P Harry Patch.

 

[trackend]

I believe Christian that Harry was the very last WW1 vet from any nation there are no more left that saw action in the great war so with Harrys passing the only acounts are those that have been recorded, his death is very significant
hence it being the lead news story on the BBC
so long Harry and all the WW1 vets that went before you

 

[imalko]

The last warrior of the Great War... R.I.P.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

R.I.P. sir.

 

[Vassili Zaitzev]

 

[Doughboy]

I believe Christian that Harry was the very last WW1 vet from any nation there are no more left that saw action in the great war so with Harrys passing the only acounts are those that have been recorded, his death is very significant
hence it being the lead news story on the BBC
so long Harry and all the WW1 vets that went before you

I didn't know he was the last one....R.I.P

 

[syscom3]

Hard to believe that he WAS the last to have participated in those horrible battles.

RIP!

 

[v2]

 

[Wildcat]

 

[evangilder]

Rest in peace, you've earned it!

 

[vikingBerserker]

He is not the last WW1 Vet from any nation, just from the British Army.

 

[syscom3]

He is not the last WW1 Vet from any nation, just from the British Army.

I dont think any of the other surviving vets actually saw combat in the trenches. The last US veteran still around was an ambulance driver but I dont think he actually was up front getting shot at and living n the mud.

 

[Ferdinand Foch]

May you rest in peace, Mr. Patch. We will miss you. I actually had a few tears when I read about it on yahoo.

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

It's very sad to know that these men are almost all gone.
List of surviving veterans of World War I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

R.I.P. Mr. Patch.

You've earned it for sure.


Wheels

 

[trackend]

I stand corrected, done a bit of searching and there are 3 vets left Frank Buckles an ambulance driver, John Babcock who was still in training at the end of the war Claude Choules a sailor who wittnessed the German fleet scuttling at Scapper

So Harry was the last man to fight on the western front in the trenches not the last serviceman

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Wow, may they never be forgotten! It is just terrible that all these memories will soon be gone. Terrible!

 

[Negative Creep]

What once was memory passes into history.......But RIP Harry, seems amazing that you look at all those old WW1 photos and know every last man is no longer with us. However unlike say the Napoleonic wars we have a great deal of information from the ordinary soldier as well as countless pictures, films etc. So I don't think it will ever be forgotten or pass into myth in quite the same way

 

[trackend]

Heres Harry speaking at Pachendale
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7peTBVprtY and one of his transcribed recollections read by Paul McGann