Last WW I veteran.
Last witness of the scuttling of the High seas Fleet.
Last man to serve in both World Wars.
This leaves only one living person who served in uniform during WW I and she was a WRAF waitress on a Norfolk Airfield.
Inevitable I guess, but sad none the less, from interviews and his writings he was a remarkably humble yet brave man.
A chapter of history closes with him but he leaves a legacy of epic bravery and sacrifice...
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When Henry Allingham and Harry Patch died there were some lovely tributes.
A Song for Harry Patch, music by Radiohead, lyrics by Harry Patch
Poems for the last of WWI by the Poet Laureate
I had no idea about Claude, the fading of a misused generation.