A sad day

[tibilicus]

Today the oldest man alive and one of the only other ww1 veterans left alive passed away.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8157128.stm

I'd like to pay my respects to a man who was part of a small group of remaining survivors from a bygone time. This man lived through some remarkable events from the hideous great war to the equally hideous second world war. He also lived through some happier times however and I really think the events he lived through towards the end of his life show a humanity starting to develop for the better.

R.I.P Henry Allingham. Be assured, on the 11th November every year for the rest of my life I will give time to remember people like you.

[InsaneApache]

A ripe old age to get to. The changes that man must have seen. It reminds me of when my grandma died in the early 90s. She was born before telephones, radio, cars, aeroplanes, in fact most things we take for granted every day.

Having said that the generations born in the latter part of the 20th centuary have seen the fastest changes in society and technology ever made.

RIP Mr. Allingham. :bow:

[miotas]

A man who witnessed 3 centuries. Truly amazing. :bow:

[CountArach]

Rest in peace :bow:

[rajpoot]

RIP.
His grand children must be very lucky. The stories he was capable of telling them.......such people ought to write an autobiography of sorts before passing.

I only hope I live to see year 2100 and the colonisation of Mars.

[Samurai Waki]

Wow. Incredible life this guy must've had. reminds me of my great grandma who passed away last year at the ripe old age of 104.

[Centurion1]

God bless him for the sacrifices he made and everything he lived through. truly someone to remember

[edyzmedieval]

R.I.P. Mr. Allingham. May you find your peace in a better world. :bow:

[seireikhaan]

What longevity! Of all that he'd seen in his life, here's the one I really can't get my head wrapped around:
His wife Dorothy, who he was married to for more than half a century, died in 1970.
The guy married, by all appearances, the woman of his dreams, 'till death did part them after more than fifty years. And he lived another 39 years on top of that. :dizzy2:

[Mouzafphaerre]

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[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

R.I.P.

As we mourn his passing let us hope he is now at peace.

[Hooahguy]

indeed a sad day.
RIP

[Justiciar]

And so soon after Allingham's death, Harry Patch - aged 111 - follows.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8168691.stm

A sad week.

[Caius]

:bow:

[Fragony]

It is absolutely bewildering for me that a person has been trough such an amount of life. RIP Henry Allingham and I hope you made the best out of all that.

[Mouzafphaerre]

And so soon after Allingham's death, Harry Patch - aged 111 - follows.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8168691.stm

A sad week.
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[MasterPhantom]

Sad week indeed! WWI vetreans should recieve the same amount of respect as the rest of the vetreans we have today. RIP Mr. Allingham.

[woad&fangs]

In addition to Mr. Allingham, now the last of Britain's WWI veterans has passed away (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32141785/ns/world_news-europe).:shame:

May both of them rest in peace :bow:

Edit: I see Justiciar posted the news first.

[miotas]

Sad week indeed! WWI vetreans should recieve the same amount of respect as the rest of the vetreans we have today. RIP Mr. Allingham.
NO!!!!
You are wroing!!!!!\

They shgould get more respect then thoze today!!!!

[Reverend Joe]

RIP.
His grand children must be very lucky. The stories he was capable of telling them.......such people ought to write an autobiography of sorts before passing.

AS a matter of fact, it seems he did/ (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/7632416.stm)

[Samurai Waki]

:bow:

[Tribesman]

Harry Patch
A man that knew it was bollox
Went out even though he knew it was bollox.
Survived to say it was bollox.
Rest in peace