In his last years he lived in a nursing home in Wells where he died on 25 July 2009 just seven days after the death of Henry Allingham , aged 113 , who had been the only other remaining British-resident First World War veteran . Patch died at 9 am on 25 July 2009 , aged 111 years , one month , one week and one day . This was also seven days after the death of fellow veteran Henry Allingham , who was at the time aged 113 .