The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, Last Veteran of the Trenches, 1898-2009 by Richard van Emden, Harry Patch

The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, Last Veteran of the Trenches, 1898-2009

Richard van Emden, Harry Patch

256 pages first pub 2007 (view editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography history emotional medium-paced
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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 Edward...

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