Bibliograph

The last fighting Tommy, the life of Harry Patch, last veteran of the trenches, 1898-2009, Harry Patch with Richard van Emden

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The last fighting Tommy, the life of Harry Patch, last veteran of the trenches, 1898-2009, Harry Patch with Richard van Emden

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

portraitsmapsillustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The last fighting Tommy

Responsibility statement

Harry Patch with Richard van Emden

Sub title

the life of Harry Patch, last veteran of the trenches, 1898-2009

Summary

On 17 June 2009, Harry Patch celebrated his 111th birthday. At the time, he was the last living British Tommy who had fought in the trenches during the First World War. Now that direct link with the past has gone. From Patch's vivid memories of an Edwardian childhood, through the horrors of the battles of Ypres and Passchendaele to 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. A hundred years after the end of the Great War, this powerful account of a life defined by those four devastating years remains as important and relevant as ever. This updated edition includes a new introduction, as well as previously unseen photographs

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