The last British survivor of the World War I trenches

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8168691.stm

He put his longevity down to "cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women" Top man

Top bloke indeed, true hero. Although apparently he only ever kissed his wife!

*detonates*

  On 7/25/2009 at 1:38 PM, chris moss acid said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8168691.stm

 

He put his longevity down to "cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women" Top man

No, that quote is from Henry Allingham who died the other week. Only one British veteran left now, only 4 in total.

  On 7/25/2009 at 2:00 PM, kakapo said:

  On 7/25/2009 at 1:38 PM, chris moss acid said:

http://news.bbc.co.u.../uk/8168691.stm

 

He put his longevity down to "cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women" Top man

 

 

No, that quote is from Henry Allingham who died the other week. Only one British veteran left now, only 4 in total.

Ah, that's who I thought we were talking about - naturally I didn't actually bother to click the link.