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17 Jun 09 - 02:19 PM (#2658738) Subject: BS: Happy Birthday Harry Patch From: Rog Peek Harry Patch, the last survivng 'Tommy' from the Great War is 111 years old today. Rog |
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17 Jun 09 - 02:32 PM (#2658745) Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday Harry Patch From: Rapparee Good on him, and keep on! |
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17 Jun 09 - 04:38 PM (#2658842) Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday Harry Patch From: Acorn4 I think it might have been him who said he was looking forward to becoming a teenager again! What an achievement! |
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17 Jun 09 - 04:58 PM (#2658856) Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday Harry Patch From: gnu Awwww. Lest we forget! |
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17 Jun 09 - 06:07 PM (#2658917) Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday Harry Patch From: GUEST,The Vulgar Boatman (currently sans cookie) For those who don't already know, Harry's story appears in "Last Post", compiled by Max Arthur from interviews with the (then) last 21 British veterans of WW1(isbn 0-3043-6732-X). Happy Birthday Harry |
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18 Jun 09 - 05:16 AM (#2659221) Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday Harry Patch From: gnomad I think the "teenager" comment was Henry Allingham (our oldest man, a Jutland survivor) who achieved his aim on June 6th this year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Allingham Happy birthdays to both of them. |