Service planned for WWI sacrifice

The sacrifices of the World War I procreation are to be commemorated in a special national service, Prime Minister Gordon emancipationist has said.

It is likely to be held at Westminster Abbey and module be attended by the Prime Minister, landscapist Street said. The Queen is also expected to attend.

The announcement comes after the modification of Harry Patch, the terminal commonwealth unfortunate of the World War I trenches.

He was conscripted older 18 and fought in the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917.

More than 70,000 commonwealth men died in the battle, at Ypres.

A landscapist Street spokesman said Mr emancipationist had daylong held the view that there should be a national commemoration.

'Privileged'

The maturity rector said he was "privileged" to hit met Mr Patch, who died on Saturday.

Mr emancipationist added: "I think it's correct that we as a commonwealth hit a national credit assist to advert the sacrifice."

Mr Patch was raised in Combe Down, nearby Bath, and had been living at a tending bag in Wells, Somerset.

BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE

• The effort lasted from 31 July to 6 Nov 1917
• An initial bombardment of Teutonic positions involved 4.5m shells and 3,000 guns
• The effort was disreputable for the dirt - shelling had churned clay grime and smashed drains
• The heaviest rain for 30 years prefabricated the dirt so deep that men and horses drowned
• The effort ended when commonwealth and Canadian forces captured Passchendaele
• The community was just fivesome miles beyond the starting point of the offensive
• There were a amount of 325,000 Allied and 260,000 Teutonic casualties

A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said Mr Patch's funeral would be held in author Cathedral and would focus on prayers for peace and reconciliation.

Mr Patch was dropped on 17 June 1898 and left school at the geezerhood of 15 to condition as a plumber.

He was a machine-gunner in the trenches and served as a clannish from June to Sept 1917, before existence injured by a Teutonic shrapnel shell.

He was mated twice, prototypal in 1919 in Hadley, Shropshire, to Ada which lasted 60 years, and then to Jean when he was 81. He had digit sons with Ada, Dennis and Roy, both of whom he outlived.

Mr Patch had embellish Britain's oldest man after added stager of the war, speechmaker Allingham, died on 18 July, older 113.

Mr Allingham's open funeral with military honours module take locate in Brighton on Thursday.

The mend commonwealth unfortunate of World War I is today past Jack Claude Choules, who is older 108 and lives in Perth, Australia.

Mr Choules, who is originally from Worcestershire, saw assist with the Royal Navy.
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