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Article: WW1 Veteran Harry Patch leaves Lasting Tribute.
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- November 6, 2008
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M2 PRESSWIRE-6 November 2008-Lasting Tribute: WW1 Veteran Harry Patch leaves Lasting Tribute(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Harry Patch, who at 110 is Britain's last surviving veteran of the First World War trenches, has left a message on www.lastingtribute.co.uk on a page dedicated to General Douglas Haig.
Haig, who died on 29 January, 1928, was both an icon of military history and a much-maligned historical figure.
As commander of the British forces at the Somme and Ypres he eventually won out a battle of attrition and determination against Germany on the Western Front.
His plan to unify British troops into ...