Harry Patch's history confounds stereotypes, says Nigel Fountain On 9 November 1920 Britain's Unknown Warrior, having been duly saluted in Boulogne by Maréchal Foch, supreme commander of allied forces on the western front, set... [read full story]
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This is the first November since the death of the “last Tommy”, Harry Patch. But Patch regarded Remembrance Day as "just show business". We can honour his memory by recognising that it's time to change the way that we remember.
In an exclusive extract from his new biography, Peter Parker charts the remarkable life of Britain's last World War One veteran, Harry Patch. The last surviving British veteran of World War One, Harry Patch, who died in July...
Simon Heffer admires Harry Patch and the Legacy of War by Peter Parker, a moving account of the last survivor of the First World War At the intensely moving Remembrance Sunday commemorations last November, on the 90th...
Harry Patch's history confounds stereotypes, says Nigel Fountain On 9 November 1920 Britain's Unknown Warrior, having been duly saluted in Boulogne by Maréchal Foch, supreme commander of allied forces on the western front, set...
Your account has been frozen. Published Date: 07 November 2009 AS we approach Remembrance Day, SUSAN MANSFIELD talks to the authors of two books that examine the long-lasting impact of the First World War, not just on the...
Alan Clark, Armed Forces, Defence & Security Forces, War, Terrorism & Civil Disorder, Religion, War, Defence, Historical Wars, British Armed Forces, Hauts-de-Seine, France, Ile-de-France, Boulogne
