The Last World War 1 Vet gone, a moment passes in history
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The Last World War 1 Vet gone, a moment passes in history
The Australian Newspaper reports the last known WW I combat vet, Claude Choules RN, RAN, has passed away aged 110.
Lest we forget
Lest we forget
It always surprises me that he was the last. Of the tens of thousands of young men who had their eighteenth birthday in 1918 and therefore qualified to fight in the trenches so few have survived to the present day. One would have thought that out of that number there would have been a few more that could crack 110 years.
Not that I will.
Not that I will.
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I thought it was uplifting when I heard a recent recording of him on the news today saying 'I've had a wonderful life...If I had to live it over again I wouldn't change a thing that I have done' or words very close...
Simply superb and rest in peace.
Simply superb and rest in peace.
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This is an important moment.
The 20th century was both disastrous and enhancing for mankind. Of the three most significant events (WW1, WW2 and the Moon landing) one has now passed into history.
The keeping of evidential records now becomes of even greater importance. Our last chance to take original information is gone.
And we are all diminished by the loss of one who has seen and done so much.
Iain
The 20th century was both disastrous and enhancing for mankind. Of the three most significant events (WW1, WW2 and the Moon landing) one has now passed into history.
The keeping of evidential records now becomes of even greater importance. Our last chance to take original information is gone.
And we are all diminished by the loss of one who has seen and done so much.
Iain
