enjoyment at 25-07-2009 06:27 PM (15 years ago) (m)
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.
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Posted: at 25-07-2009 06:27 PM (15 years ago) | Gistmaniac
enjoyment at 25-07-2009 06:48 PM (15 years ago) (m)
SURVIVING WWI VETERANS John Babcock, who turned 109 on 23 July, was with Canada's Boys Battalion in England but the war ended before he turned 18 and could go to the front Frank Buckles, 108, joined the American army aged just 16 and was held in reserve in England from December 1917. After six months he was sent to France but never saw action on the frontline Claude Choules, 108, served with the Royal Navy during World War I. Originally from Worcestershire, he now lives in Perth, Australia
'In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” Martin Luther King Jr ...
Posted: at 25-07-2009 06:48 PM (15 years ago) | Gistmaniac
enjoyment at 25-07-2009 07:32 PM (15 years ago) (m)
The Queen said she was "saddened" to hear of Mr Patch's death.
Prince Charles spoke of the terrible conditions faced by soldiers during WWI "We will never forget the bravery and enormous sacrifice of his generation, which will continue to serve as an example to us all."
'In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” Martin Luther King Jr ...
Posted: at 25-07-2009 07:32 PM (15 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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