Harry Patch , dead at 111 , was last British survivor of World War One trench warfare . half-eaten , on the morning that the soldiers had gone off to France , the Ministry of Defence said . Patch was seriously wounded in Ypres , Belgium , in 1917 at Battle of Passchendaele . He died on the battlefield and his body was never recovered. Former soldier gradually opened up about his experiences 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 Ypres , Belgium , in 1917 at Battle of Passchendaele . He died on the battlefield and his body was never recovered. Former soldier gradually opened up about his experiences in final years of life .