About
British war veteran who was a supercentenarian and the last surviving soldier who fought in the First World War. At the time of his death he was the oldest man in Europe at 111 years and 38 days old.
Before Fame
He left school in 1913 and worked as an apprentice plumber in Bath.
Trivia
He published an autobiography entitled The Last Fighting Tommy in 2007.
Family Life
He married Ada Billington in 1918 and they had two sons.
Associated With
Poet Andrew Motion wrote a poem in his honor titled The Five Acts of Harry Patch.
