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WWI veteran Patch dies aged 111 WWI veteran Patch dies aged 111
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The last British survivor of the World War I trenches, Harry Patch, has died at the age of 111.The last British survivor of the World War I trenches, Harry Patch, has died at the age of 111.
Mr Patch was conscripted into the Army aged 18 and fought in the Battle of Passchendaele at Ypres in 1917 in which more than 70,000 British soldiers died.Mr Patch was conscripted into the Army aged 18 and fought in the Battle of Passchendaele at Ypres in 1917 in which more than 70,000 British soldiers died.
He was raised in Coombe Down, near Bath, and had been living at a care home in Wells, Somerset.He was raised in Coombe Down, near Bath, and had been living at a care home in Wells, Somerset.
The oldest WWI veteran Henry Allingham, who served in the Royal Navy and the RAF, died at the age of 113 a week ago. Henry Allingham, who served in the Royal Navy and the RAF in WWI, died at the age of 113 a week ago.
His biographer Richard Emden said Mr Patch passed away at 0850 BST on Saturday morning. Mr Patch's biographer Richard Emden said he passed away at 0850 BST on Saturday morning.
A statement from the Fletcher House care home said: "It is with much sadness that we must announce the death of Mr Harry Patch on 25 July at the age of 111.A statement from the Fletcher House care home said: "It is with much sadness that we must announce the death of Mr Harry Patch on 25 July at the age of 111.
"Funeral arrangements are being made in accordance with Mr Patch's wishes, and we wish to extend our deepest sympathies to his family, friends and the residents and staff of Fletcher House.""Funeral arrangements are being made in accordance with Mr Patch's wishes, and we wish to extend our deepest sympathies to his family, friends and the residents and staff of Fletcher House."
Mr Patch served as a private at the Third Battle of Ypres - known as Passchendaele - from June to September 1917 when he was seriously injured by a shell explosion which killed three of his friends.