Henry "Harry" Patch (born June 17, 1898) is, at age 109, one of the last three surviving British veterans of the First World War still living in the country. He is, as of 2007, the last surviving Tommy to have served on the Western Front. Before the Great War he worked as an apprentice plumber in Bath. In the Great War, Patch was conscripted into the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. He was a private at the Third Battle of Ypres. Wikipedia
Harry Patch, of Wells, received an Honorary Masters from the University of Bristol, where he worked 80 years ago. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4534214.stm
The last surviving veteran who saw action in the trenches during World War One celebrates his 108th birthday. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/5090664.stm
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Harry Patch. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Patch
Harry Patch from Wells, in Somerset, will have lunch with friends and family before returning to his residential home for a party. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/6760973.stm
The book gives anyone of my age (42) a snapshot of what it was like to live through 2 world wars and the simple rural life that Harry has enjoyed. His in-sites into life before the war and then during and after are both well written and interesting, he c www.clanbrandon.co.uk/book-shop/the+last+fighting+tommy+t...
Harry Patch was born on 17th June, 1898, at Combe Down, near Bath. His father and grandfather were stonemasons; his great grandfather, in the early years of the 19th century, was a carpenter in Wedmore. According to Patch family tradition, he built his www.lightinfantry.org.uk/regiments/dcli/harrypatch/harryp...
Harry Patch , 108 years old, is the last British soldier alive to have fought in the trenches of the First World War. From his vivid memories of an Edwardian childhood, the horror of the Great War and fighting in the mud during the Battle of Passchendael www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/5119749/The-Last-Fighting-Tom...
He wanted me to go and meet Harry, who is 109 years old and the last surviving "Tommy" who fought in the trenches during the First World War, share his memories, then come home to London and write something about him. If things went well, there would be www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xm...
