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As part of the centenary commemoration of the First World War, Great Western Railway named 43172 Harry Patch – The last survivor of the trenches, the longest surviving soldier of the Great War at Bristol Temple Meads on November 6.

Harry was a native of the West Country, born in Combe Down, near Bath, in 1898 the son of a stonemason. He was conscripted in October 1916 and eventually posted to the 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry serving as an assistant gunner in a Lewis Gun section. On September 22 1917, Harry was badly injured when a shell exploded overhead, killing three of his comrades. Harry became a symbol of remembrance as he became the last surviving soldier to have actually fought in the trenches and when he died on 25 July 2009 he was aged 111 year, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day.

<a href="https://www.railmagazine.com/news/fleet/2015/11/07/great-western-railway-hst-honours-last-survivor-of-the-trenches-harry-patch" rel="nofollow">Information found here,Edited</a>
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Author Loco Steve from Bromley , UK
Camera location51° 31′ 03.18″ N, 0° 10′ 40.3″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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