Britain Oldest Man
A member of the Royal Air Force holds a copy of the Order of Service for the funeral of WWI veteran, Henry Allingham outside St Nicholas' Church in Brighton, England, Thursday, July 30, 2009. Politicians, military chiefs, relatives and hundreds of strangers bade farewell Thursday to Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and one of Britain's last survivors of World War I. Allingham was the last founding member of the Royal Air Force and one of only a handful of World War I veterans left in the world when he passed away at 113 on July 18. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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