Harry Patch , dead at 111 , was last British survivor of World War One trench warfare . Patch was seriously wounded in Flanders , Belgium , in 1917 at Battle of Passchendaele . Patch ` ` tried to recover , and to live as normal a life as possible '' They married in 1919 and had two sons . Former soldier gradually opened up about his life in final years of life .
Harry Patch , dead at 111 , was last British survivor of World War One trench warfare . Patch was seriously wounded in Flanders , Belgium , in 1917 at Battle of Passchendaele . Patch ` ` tried to recover , and to live as normal a life as possible '' Former soldier gradually opened up about his life in final years of life .