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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 07 > Britain bids goodbye to a very old soldier, as well as an entire era

Britain bids goodbye to a very old soldier, as well as an entire era

By Henry Chu / The Bulletin
August 7, 2009

WELLS, England " The cathedral bells pealed for an entire hour, tolling not just one man's death but the near passing of an era.

Harry Patch was 111 when he died two weeks ago, and his body was laid to rest Thursday after a memorial service here in the medieval city of Wells in southwest....

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