The Last Fighting Tommy is a wonderful book about a remarkable man, Harry Patch.
Harry Patch was the last remaining British soldier to survive the Western front. He was 111 years old and 90 years ago he was sent with his best mates to fight in the mud and blood of Passchendale.
How Harry made it to 111 is incredible, but when you read that he had an 2 inch lump of white hot shrapnel blasted into his guts, while his mates were blown up, we know are reading something very special. But this is much more than another book on WW1 trench life, this is Harry's story. There are no heros or cowards, there is no patriotism and little bitterness. This is one mans story of how he did his duty and how awful it was. The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, the Veteran of the Trenches
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