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The death of the last surviving WW1 veterans changed how we commemorate

George Bell and Thomas McGill were cousins. Their families came from the small village of Glenluce in South-West Scotland where I grew up. Every day, on my way to school, I'd walk past their names, ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Remembering with sadness, the British D-Day veterans recall the war they saw and knew

PORTSMOUTH, EnglandPORTSMOUTH, England — The British D-Day veterans who gathered Monday to kick off events marking the 80th anniversary of the landings in Northern France didn’t need a calendar to ...
Southeast Missourian

World's oldest man, British WWI veteran dies

LONDON -- Henry Allingham, one of the last surviving veterans of World War I and the world's oldest man, died Saturday. He was 113. Allingham's longtime friend Dennis Goodwin said he died in his sleep ...
Reuters

Funeral for last British veteran of WW1 trenches

LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of people attended the funeral on Thursday of "Last Tommy" Briton Harry Patch, who was the last surviving veteran of the World War One trenches until his death at the age ...
The Washington Post

British Veteran Was Last Soldier To Fight in Trenches of World War I

British veteran Harry Patch, the last soldier of any nationality to have fought in the trenches of World War I, died July 25 at 111 at a retirement home in the southwestern English town of Wells. No ...