Harry Patch is now a national icon, the last surviving British combat soldier of the First World War until he died aged 111 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day. But when I first met and filmed him ...

Harry Patch, the last survivor of World War One to fight in the trenches, has died. He passed away at Fletcher House, the care home in Somerset where he was living. He was 111.

The Last Tommy, Harry Patch, in October 2007, then 109Credit: PA This picture taken in London on November 11, 2008, shows British World War One veterans Henry Allingham, Harry Patch and Bill ...

Royalty, senior military figures and ordinary men and women united yesterday to say farewell to the last Tommy, Harry Patch. Peace and reconciliation was the theme of the service for Mr Patch at ...

Harry Patch was buried in Britain this week, and Canadians would do well to take notice of how his compatriots marked his death. Mr. Patch, Britain's last living veteran of the First World War who ...

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Harry Patch enjoyed a cream tea with English strawberries at a party at his nursing home in Wells, Somerset. Mr Patch served with the Duke of Cornwall's light infantry and saw action in the trenches ...

Harry Patch, then 109, from Wells, England, is the guest of honor during a 2007 ceremony in Weston-super-Mare, England, to launch the local Poppy Appeal to honor current and past service members.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced plans for the service, following the death of Harry Patch, the last surviving British soldier to fight in the trenches, at the age of 111. The memorial will ...