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The last fighting Tommy: the life of Harry Patch, the oldest surviving veteran
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- Condition
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- Book Title
- The last fighting Tommy: the life of Harry Patch, the oldest surv
- Topic
- Survival
- ISBN
- 9780747591153
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- The Last Fighting Tommy: the Life of Harry Patch, Last Veteran of the Trenches, 1898-2009
- Item Height
- 234mm
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Item Width
- 153mm
- Subject
- History
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Product Information
Harry Patch, the last British soldier alive to have fought in the trenches of the First World War, is now 108 years old and one of very few people who can directly recall the horror of that conflict. Harry vividly remembers his childhood in the Somerset countryside of Edwardian England. He left school in 1913 to become an apprentice plumber but three years later was conscripted, serving as a machine gunner in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Fighting in the mud and trenches during the Battle of Passchendaele, he saw a great many of his comrades die, and in one dreadful moment the shell that wounded him kill his three closest friends. In vivid detail he describes daily life in the trenches, the terror of being under intense artillery fire, and the fear of going over the top. Then, after the Armistice, the soldiers' frustration at not being quickly demobbed led to a mutiny in which Harry was soon caught up. The Second World War saw Harry in action on the home front as a fire-fighter during the bombing of Bath. He also warmly describes his friendship with American GIs preparing to go to France, and, years later, his tears when he saw their graves. Late in life Harry achieved fame, meeting the Queen and taking part in the BBC documentary The Last Tommies, finally shaking hands with a German veteran of the artillery and speaking out frankly to Prime Minister Tony Blair about the soldiers shot for cowardice in the First World War. The Last Fighting Tommy is the story of an ordinary man's extraordinary life.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-13
9780747591153
eBay Product ID (ePID)
91555520
Product Key Features
Publication Name
The Last Fighting Tommy: the Life of Harry Patch, Last Veteran of the Trenches, 1898-2009
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
153mm
Additional Product Features
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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