Topic: Henry Allingham

July 19, 2009With the death of Henry William Allingham in the early morning hours of July 18, 2009 the number of known surviving veterans of World War I, or the Great War as it is known outside the U.S., has dwindled ...
Britain remembers World War I at funeral of veteran Henry Allingham, world's oldest manHenry Allingham understood the cost of war in his heart, his guts and his bones and made it his mission to share that knowledge.It seems he succeeded ...

World's oldest man laid to rest

Hundreds of people paid their last respects Thursday at the funeral of Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and a veteran of World War I, who died earlier this month aged 113.Allingham -- who jokingly put his longevity down to " cigarettes ...
On Father's Day, I wrote about Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man, who was a great-great-great-grandfather. It appears that Walter Breuning of Great Falls, Montana, is now the world's oldest man, although the Guinness World Records folks have yet ...

World's oldest man, WWI veteran dies aged 113

Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and World War I veteran who put his longevity down to " cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women", died Saturday at the age of 113.Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Gordon Brown led the tributes ...

World's oldest man dies aged 113

Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and oldest World War I veteran, who put his longevity down to " cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women", died Saturday at the age of 113.Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Gordon Brown led the ...
World's oldest man, WWI veteran Henry Allingham, dies aged 113 in southern EnglandOnly death could silence Henry Allingham.He went to war as a teenager, helped keep flimsy aircraft flying, survived his wounds and came home from World War I to ...

World's oldest man, WWI veteran dies at 113

Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and oldest World War I veteran, died Saturday at the age of 113, the nursing home where he spent his last years said.Allingham, who in 2008 led the country in marking the 90th anniversary ...

World's oldest man, Henry Allingham, dies at 113

LONDON (Reuters) - Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and one of the last survivors of World War One, has died at the age of 113, his care home said on Saturday.Allingham, who once jokingly credited his long life to " cigarettes ...
Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and oldest World War I veteran, died Saturday at the age of 113, the nursing home in Britain where he spent his last years said.Allingham, who in 2008 led the country in marking the ...