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The last surviving veterans of world war one
Author(s)Max Arthur
Corporate AuthorThe Guardian
Journal titleThe Guardian, G2, lst November 2005, 1 November 2005
PublisherLondon, 1 November 2005
Pagespp 8-17
Sourcewww.guardian.co.uk
KeywordsArmed Forces ; War ; Memory and Reminiscence.
AnnotationThe journalist, Max Arthur, tracked down and interviewed these last survivors of what Wilfred Owen, the poet, called a 'carnage incomparable' (WWI), to mark Remembrance Day 2005. A selection of their stories are published together with b/w portraits by Johnnie Shand-Kydd. By way of a postscript, by the end of 2009, these few known survivors of those who fought in the trenches had all died, the last one being Henry John "Harry" Patch aged 111 (known as "the Last Tommy") who died on July 25, 2009. (KJ).
Accession NumberCPA-100222204 P
ClassmarkVMM: VMC: DB*

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