
The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, Last Veteran of the Trenches, 1898-2009 (Paperback)
Harry Patch (author), Richard van Emden (author)
£7.99
Paperback
Published: 02/06/2008
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Harry Patch, 110 years old, is the last British soldier alive to have fought in the trenches of the First World War. From his vivid memories of an Edwardian childhood, the horror of the Great War and fighting in the mud during the Battle of Passchendaele, working on the home front in the Second World War and fame in later life as a veteran, The Last Fighting Tommy is the story of an ordinary man's extraordinary life.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780747593362
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 17 mm
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“The Last Fighting Tommy”
it is a really good read. It was sad to see him pass away.
“Fantastic!”
An excellent insight into life in the trenches. After reading this book I visited many of the war graves in Belgium and was able to imagine the horrendous conditions the soldiers lived (and died) through. Harry Patch... More
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