Jul. 25th, 2009

unforth: (Default)
Last British Veteran of WWI Trench Warfare Dies at 111 - read his story, it's pretty amazing, and very sad.

According to the article, he may be the very lest to have fought - there is one Australian who "may have" fought in the Navy who is now 108, and an American ambulance driver, also 108. There are no remaining French or German veterans. The other two oldest veterans also died this year - one just last week - Henry Allingham, who was 113 and the oldest man in Britain.

Once the last witnesses to history pass away, it's up to us to honor their memory and not allow what they saw to be forgotten, or what they fought for to be lost. But no matter what we do, once the last survivors are gone, we lose something irreplaceable.

I, for one, will mourn for Harry Patch.

December 2018

S M T W T F S
      1
2345678
91011 12131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031     

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Aug. 13th, 2025 07:01 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios