The last veteran
Subtitle: Harry Patch and the legacy of war
By: Peter Parker
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780007357963
Subjects: Social aspects; World War, 1914-1918; Veterans
Description: The First World War was fought not by a professional army but by ordinary civilians like Harry Patch, who epitomised Edwardian Britain and the sense, now lost, of what Britain stood for and why it was worth fighting for. 'The Last Veteran' tells Patch's story, and explores the meaning of the war to the generations that have followed.
Notes: Originally published: 2009.

"Harry Patch was just one of the millions of ordinary men caught up in the horror of the First World War -- the only difference was that he became the last survivor. From the mud and chaos of the Battle of Passchendaele, where he lost his three closest friends, to his quiet life as a plumber in Somerset, Patch was an ordinary man made extraordinary by history."--Page 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-312) and index.
Table of contents: title: Armistice 1918; title: The unknown warrior 1919-1921; title: A nation remembers? 1921-1939; title: Old soldiers 1939-1945; title: Fifty years on 1945-2000; title: Head count 2000-2009.