'The Last Veteran: Harry Patch and the Legacy of War'

[Maurice]

by Peter Parker, Amazon.co.uk £10



Prologue: Armistice 1918

The Unknown Warrior 1919-1921

A Nation Remembers? 1921-1939

Old Soldiers 1939-1945

Fifty Years On 1945-2000

Head Count 2000-2009



Publication is well-timed.



On Wednesday, there is the special service, at Westminster Abbey, in recognition of Harry Patch and others who served in WWI.



11th November: BBC1 10.30am 'Passing of a Generation'



Remembrance Sunday, 8th November, 4.55pm:

'Songs of Praise' includes a tribute to Harry Patch, Henry Allingham and Bill Stone who have all died this year.



Peter Parker is the author of 'The Old Lie: The Great War and the Public-School Ethos' (1987), now available in paperback.

[Maurice]

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Publication is well-timed.



On Wednesday, there is the special service, at Westminster Abbey, in recognition of Harry Patch and others who served in WWI.



11th November: BBC1 10.30am 'Passing of a Generation'

In his surmon, the Archbishop of Canterbury refered to:

"Peter Parker's fine book on Harry Patch, 'The Last Veteran'.... ".

[Harleybloke]

Be the first thing he's got right in years...............