Harry Patch attending the launch of the 2007 poppy appeal, in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/Rex Features
"I am the only one that got through
The others died where ever they fell
It was an ambush
They came up from all sides
Give your leaders each a gun and then let them fight it out themselves
I’ve seen devils coming up from the ground
I’ve seen hell upon this earth
The next will be chemical but they will never learn"
S/ Harry Patch
Lyrics from Radiohead's new song that came from the last remaining Britsh Soldier from WW1
The song is haunting...the man......worth a moment of your time to remember.
"Patch died on 25 July, the last survivor of the bloody Passchendaele assault. For 80 years he refused to talk about his war experiences, but eventually agreed to take part in a BBC documentary in 1998. Patch's realisation that he was one of the last links to the first world war persuaded him to go on record about it." s/Dan martin, The Guardian.UK
click on title for the song...
Harry Patch ( In Memory Of)
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