>Henry John "Harry" Patch (17 June 1898 – 25 July 2009), dubbed in his later years "the Last Fighting Tommy", was a British supercentenarian, briefly the oldest man in Europe and the last surviving combat soldier of the First World War from any country. He is known to have fought in the trenches of the Western Front.[1] Patch was the longest surviving combat soldier of World War I, but he was the fifth longest surviving veteran of any sort from World War I, behind British veterans Claude Choules and Florence Green, Frank Buckles of the United States and John Babcock of Canada.[2] At the time of his death, aged 111 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day, Patch was the third-oldest man in the world and the oldest man in Europe.
>WWI ends on the 11th hour of the 11th day on the 11th month
>Last combat veteran of WWI dies at 111 years, 1 month, 1 week, and 1 day
What are the odds of a coincidence like this?
Also WWI thread
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>>1704077
fuck that's so sad
>>1704077
Women have always been the primary victims of war
>>1704077
#Trenchfoot
>>1704224
Who was it that said that originally? Wasn't it Hillary? Seems like something she would say even if it wasn't her.
World War journals are really fucking cool
There was a person in the German navy writing that was convinced that the war was fought over economic interests and that the british were betraying their germanic brothers their due destiny to have colonies and a navy.
Is the Great War channel on YT any good?
>>1704233
Yeah it was Hillary.
>>1704070
Impressive digits
>>1704077
>>1704250
yup
>>1704239
>World War journals
Is this a specific collection or do you just mean war diaries in general?
>>1704325
War diaries in general I guess
though this was specifically a starter source book for the war that was curated for good journals, and introduction reading and organized into categories.
Looking for more information about the German commerce raiders