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Article: Last World War One Tommy launches poppy appeal

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October 30, 2008
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Britain's last Tommy joined serving Navy personnel to launch this year's poppy appeal as the Royal British Legion reveal they have seen the number of young serviceman needing help double in the past year.

Harry Patch, 110 years old, is the last survivor of trench warfare on the Western Front and was joined by Falklands War ...

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