the last tommy

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Sat 25 Jul, 2009 11:06 pm

I see that the last surviving Tommy from WW1 died today.Harry Patch was his name .I recently read his biography and was deeply touched by the mans humanity,He was for a few days the oldest living Englishman when Henry Allingham died a few days ago. There will not now be WW1 veteran at the Cenataph in London in Nov.They have all gone God Bless 'em. It makes me very sad to think of them.

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 25 Jul, 2009 11:09 pm

Posted a link to this in the HomeComing thread earlier Stutterdog - repeated here:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8168691.stm

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Sat 25 Jul, 2009 11:29 pm

chameleon wrote: Posted a link to this in the HomeComing thread earlier Stutterdog - repeated here:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8168691.stm Sorry Chameleon, missed your post on Harry Patch.

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Sat 25 Jul, 2009 11:35 pm

No worries stutterdog i think our harry deserves his own little tread.Rip Harry.......

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 25 Jul, 2009 11:45 pm

stutterdog wrote: chameleon wrote: Posted a link to this in the HomeComing thread earlier Stutterdog - repeated here:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8168691.stm Sorry Chameleon, missed your post on Harry Patch. Not a problem at all - we should just acknowledge this to be a poignant marker in the history of that war.