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Colonel 11-21-2005 10:54 AM
British WWI Veteran Dies at Age 109
 
RIP. Thanks for your service!


http://www.comcast.net/news/internation ... 68447.html

Zoner 11-21-2005 11:12 AM
/salute

Man, the things he must've seen and the stories he could've told. Unreal.

Stammer 11-21-2005 11:48 AM
Holy shit 109 thats a nice ripe age, may he rest in peace.

Edit: We need a salute .gif FFS.

elstatec 11-21-2005 11:55 AM
last allied soldier involved in the christmas truce,

rest in peace thanks for your service.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4456234.stm
http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/c ... struce.htm

Stammer 11-21-2005 12:10 PM
The picture on BBC website is crazy, the guy doesn't look a day over 70.

Himmler 11-21-2005 01:59 PM
wow he looked really good. my uncle who died a few years ago was i think 93 or 94 and he looked like 5 times worse then that.

/salute and RIP.

Trunks 11-21-2005 06:17 PM
RIP.

Sniper101 11-21-2005 06:37 PM
RIP

[img]http://www.dublincastle.ie/images/history_collins.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.1914-1918.net/PIX/20thBde_dec14.JPG[/img]

Judas 11-21-2005 06:52 PM
wow 109 ...

Stammer 11-21-2005 06:54 PM
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cuss:

Tripper 11-21-2005 10:10 PM
He's lived in 3 centuries....That's just nuts. R.I.P.

Stammer 11-22-2005 06:07 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tripper
He's lived in 3 centuries....That's just nuts. R.I.P.
It must have been intresting to have fought in "The War to End All Wars" and then see an even larger global war break out not even 30 years later.


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