The last veteran
Harry Patch and the legacy of war
by Parker, Peter
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The First World War was fought not by a professional army but by ordinary civilians like Harry Patch, who epitomised Edwardian Britain and the sense, now lost, of what Britain stood for and why it was worth fighting for. 'The Last Veteran' tells Patch's story, and explores the meaning of the war to the generations that have followed.
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The last veteran: Harry Patch and the legacy of war
2010, Fourth Estate
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The last veteran: Harry Patch and the legacy of war
2009, Fourth Estate
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Originally published: 2009.
"Harry Patch was just one of the millions of ordinary men caught up in the horror of the First World War -- the only difference was that he became the last survivor. From the mud and chaos of the Battle of Passchendaele, where he lost his three closest friends, to his quiet life as a plumber in Somerset, Patch was an ordinary man made extraordinary by history."--Page 4 of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-312) and index.
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