Time for War Hero Harry to Receive Honour ; the West's Last Surviving First World War Veteran Should Receive a British Equivalent of the French Legion of Honour.

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The West's last surviving First World War veteran should receive a British equivalent of the French Legion of Honour.

That is the request made to Gordon Brown by two supporters of Somerset's Harry Patch and Britain's other Great War veteran Henry Allingham, who said it was a travesty that the nation had never formally recognised their sacrifice and achievements.

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Time for War Hero Harry to Receive Honour ; the West's Last Surviving First World War Veteran Should Receive a British Equivalent of the French Legion of Honour.

Harry, who will be 111 next month, is Britain's last fighting Tommy having fought ...

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