Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Harry Patch, 111, The Last Tommy-- Part 2

He died at the Fletcher House care home in Wells, southwest England.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the country will mourn "the passing of a great man. The noblest of all the generations has left us, but they will never be forgotten. We say today with still greater force, we will remember them."

Queen Elizabeth II said, "We will never forget their bravery and enormous sacrifice of his generation."

Price Charles said, "Nothing could give me greater pride" than paying tribute to Mr. Patch. "The Great War is a chapter in our history we must never forget; so may sacrifices were made, so many young lives lost."

From July 26th Chicago Tribune.

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