Harry Patch, last British veteran of World War I, dies at 111

September 9th, 2009 LONDON - Prince Harry is reportedly set to become a multi-millionaire when he turns 25 on September 15. The third in line to the British throne will inherit his share of Princess Diana's fortune on the special day.

September 8th, 2009 Columnist Army Archerd dies at 87LOS ANGELES — Veteran entertainment journalist Army Archerd, who wrote a column for the entertainment trade publication Variety for over 50 years, has died. He was 87. Archerd's spokeswoman said he died Tuesday at UCLA Medical Center of mesothelioma, a cancer of the lungs strongly tied to asbestos exposure.

August 16th, 2009 LONDON - Prince Harry is so keen on learning how daredevil motorcycle riders speed at 200mph that he has signed up a world champion race to teach him. Know for his love for motorbikes, Harry recruited Australian Chris Vermeulen after their last month's meeting at the British MotoGP at Donington Park, Leicestershire, following which the two of them became close friends.

August 6th, 2009 Britain's last WWI vet to be honored at funeralWELLS, England — Church, state and hundreds of warriors of other battles were according last honors Thursday to Harry Patch, Britain's last combat veteran of World War I. Hundreds of people lined the main street to watch Patch's coffin, shrouded in a Union flag, roll silently down the narrow road leading to the town cathedral.

August 6th, 2009 Britons pay final honors to last World War I vetWELLS, England — Church, state and hundreds of warriors of other battles were according last honors Thursday to Harry Patch, Britain's last combat veteran of World War I. Hundreds of people lined the main street to watch Patch's coffin, shrouded in a Union flag, roll silently down the narrow road leading to the town cathedral.

August 6th, 2009 Britain's final WWI infantryman honored at funeralWELLS, England — Harry Patch, the last known survivor of trench warfare on World War I's Western Front, was buried Thursday in his native village with the simplicity he craved. He was Britain's last infantry veteran of the Great War, and his funeral was a tribute not only to a simple man but also to the millions of soldiers who died on the battlefields of northern Europe.

August 5th, 2009 Radiohead song honors UK's last WWI survivorLONDON — Radiohead has recorded a song in tribute to Britain's last World War I survivor. The rock band's song is inspired by a radio interview the late veteran Harry Patch gave in 2005 recounting the horrors of war.

July 26th, 2009 LONDON - Harry Patch, the last British soldier to have served in the First World War trenches, has died at the age of 111. Patch, who was known as the Last Fighting Tommy, was the last living soldier to have fought in bloody battle of Passchendaele, at Ypres, in 1917 in which more than 70,000 troops died.

July 26th, 2009 UK plans memorial to World War I veteransLONDON — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office says a national memorial service will take place to honor those who fought in World War I. Brown's office said Sunday that no date has been set for the ceremony, but that it could take place on Remembrance Day, also known as Veterans Day, either this year or next year.

July 26th, 2009 LONDON - The last surviving British soldier to fight in the World War I Harry Patch died at the age of 111, the defence ministry has said. Patch had been unwell for some time and passed away peacefully at a care home, the ministry said Saturday.

July 25th, 2009 Harry Patch, last British WWI soldier, dies at 111LONDON — Harry Patch, the last British army veteran of World War I, has died at 111, the nursing home where he lived said Saturday. The Fletcher House care home in Wells, southwest England, said Patch died early Saturday.

July 25th, 2009 Last UK veteran of WWI trench battles dies at 111LONDON — Harry Patch, Britain's last survivor of the trenches of World War I, was a reluctant soldier who became a powerful eyewitness to the horror of war, and a symbol of a lost generation. Patch, who died Saturday at 111, was wounded in 1917 in the Battle of Passchendaele, which he remembered as "mud, mud and more mud mixed together with blood." "Anyone who tells you that in the trenches they weren't scared, he's a damned liar: you were scared all the time," Patch was quoted as saying in a book, "The Last Fighting Tommy," written with historian Richard van Emden.

July 13th, 2009 LONDON - Prince Harry drew a 400-pound booze bill in less than an hour during an outing with his flying school friends. The 24-year-old royal, who is training to become a combat helicopter pilot in the British Army, was said to have guzzled five bottles of tequila-flavoured beer, 5.9 per cent Desperado, with his 20 rookie pilot friends.

June 6th, 2009 UK World War I veteran marks 113th birthdayLONDON — One of Britain's last surviving veterans of World War I has celebrated his 113th birthday. Henry Allingham, who is also Britain's oldest man, marked the occasion Saturday with a cake and a party.

May 29th, 2009 NYC readies for 1st official visit by Prince HarryNEW YORK — Prince Harry plans to mark his first official visit to the United States with a stop at the World Trade Center site. At midday Friday, the 24-year-old prince will meet with relatives of four people who died in the 9/11 attacks.