A sad day
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.
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