Veteran of WWI Trenches Dies – 111 Years Old
25 July 2009 | Machine Wrench | Max
The Last Tommy – Harry Patch fought in the battle of Passchendaele in 1917 in which more than 70,000 British troops died.
Gordon Brown and Prince Charles, amongst others, have used inflated words and nationalist sentiments in an attempt to associate themselves with Harry and his reputation for courage and honesty, but in reality they have nothing in common.
Harry Patch made his position quite clear, long before his death, when he said amongst other things: “War is a calculated and condoned slaughter of human beings.”
