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Last surviving veteran of WW1 dies
Harry Patch, Britain’s last veteran of World War One died this weekend at the age of 111. He died at home in Somerset. His death came only a week after another remaining survivor. Only Claude Choules remains as the sole British-Born survivor who resides in Australia.
Patch, who was conscripted at 18 years old in 1917 fought in Ypres on the Western Front and in the in the battle of Passchendaele. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and General Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of General staff paid tribute to Patch noting his nobility and generosity in teaching school children the atrocities of war. Patch was quoted as saying “War isn’t worth one life”- Reuters UK. He outlived both his wives and two sons in his long life.
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