The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, Last Veteran of the Trenches, 1898-2009
On 17 June 2009, Harry Patch celebrated his 111th birthday. At the time, he was the last living British Tommy that had fought in the trenches of the First World War. Now that direct link with the past has gone. From his vivid memories of an Edwardian childhood, through the horrors of the battles...
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On 17 June 2009, Harry Patch celebrated his 111th birthday. At the time, he was the last living British Tommy that had fought in the trenches of the First World War. Now that direct link with the past has gone. From his vivid memories of an Edwardian childhood, through the horrors of the battles of Ypres and Passchendaele to working on the home front in the Second World Wa
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781408855607 (1408855607)
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English