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sloth2008
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As a former soldier I felt very proud and privileged to have listened too him being interviewed over the years. He was from a generation of heroes who gave their all for their country and the freedom of all mankind. He was a very modest man, and said once that he never shot to kill. We have lost the only link to WWI and I feel very sad that he has left this life. I know that he has now gone to meet those mates who didn’t make it back home, or get to raise a family as he did. He will never be forgotten, and neither will all those of both sides who fought and died for their countries.
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Bless them all for what they did for us.
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the day harry patch died was a sad day he was living history.he was the last foot soldier to survive the first world war and he described some of the horrors of probably the last brutal war where the soldiers were cannon fodder.As a child i remember the chelsea pensioners most of whom were survivors of the first world war snd over the years i have watched their numbers dwindle until the last tommy. r.i.p. harry ratch the last tommy may you rest in peace
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