Oldest WWI veteran dies

[Gerard_Francis]

Oldest WWI veteran dies aged 113

Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and one of the last surviving World War I servicemen, has died at the age of 113

Incredible life span

1901 - Queen Victoria dies
1914 - WWI begins
1929 - The Wall Street Crash
1945 - First atomic bomb detonated
1953 - Everest climbed for the first time
1963 - President Kennedy assassinated
1969 - Neil Armstrong walks on the Moon
1977 - Death of Elvis Presley
1989 - Fall of the Berlin Wall
1990 - Nelson Mandela freed from prison after 27 years
2008 - US elects first black president

RIP

BBC NEWS | UK | Oldest WWI veteran dies aged 113

 

[McBain]

To think he was a few years older than me when Wall street crashed hurts my head to think about.

Phenomenal, RIP Digger.

 

[chicoazul]

He put his long life down to "whisky, cigarettes and wild, wild women".

He's a legend. Rest in peace big fella.

 

[trebilcock66]

What a life to have lived...

Hats off to Henry

 

[trebilcock66]

And thank you to him and all that generation who fought (and died) so that we can enjoy the freedoms we have today. Well in, Henry

 

[chicoazul]

And thank you to him and all that generation who fought (and died) so that we can enjoy the freedoms we have today. Well in, Henry

Hear, hear. Lest we forget.

 

[davek]

RIP Henry.

Hard lines like, I heard he'd just made a list of things to do by the time your 120.

 

[gwlad all over]

imagine the players and matches he'd of seen with a s/t in the gwlady.

 

[padefc]

Hear, hear. Lest we forget.

well said

 

[Bluelass]

RIP and thank you and all of those who served to maintain our freedom.

 

[Screech]

RIP, what a life to live, been through so many amazing events, and tragic events, in world history