Memorial Harry Patch

This memorial commemorates Henry John (Harry) Patch, the last surviving soldier from World War One, who died in 2009 aged 111. He was a freeman of the City of Wells, where he was born and also died.

"The Last Fighting Tommy.
Pte Henry John Patch (Harry)
C Company 7th D.C.L.I.
17th June 1898- 25th July 2009
Age 111
Fought in the Battel of Passchendaele
During the 1914-1918 war.
Freeman of the City of Wells
also representing all the brave young men
lost in The Great War"

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries + Sharky Ward
• Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward