MILITARY PERSONNEL

Harry Patch

1898 - 2009

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Henry John Patch (17 June 1898 – 25 July 2009), dubbed in his later years "the Last Fighting Tommy", was an English supercentenarian, briefly the oldest man in Europe, and the world's last surviving trench combat soldier of the First World War. Patch was not the longest-surviving soldier of the First World War, but he was the fifth-longest-surviving veteran of any sort from the First World War, behind British veterans Claude Choules and Florence Green, Frank Buckles of the United States and John Babcock of Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Patch has received more than 1,048,737 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Patch is the 1,733rd most popular military personnel (down from 1,495th in 2019), the 3,259th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,377th in 2019) and the 85th most popular British Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Harry Patch ranks 1,733 out of 2,058. Before him are John Benbow, Alexander Gorbatov, Solomon, Oleksii Arestovych, Pyotr Gavrilov, and François Fournier-Sarlovèze. After him are Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, Arnold Meri, Vladimir Tributs, Lionel Dunsterville, Peisander, and Milivoj Ašner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Harry Patch ranks 197. Before him are Agnes Ayres, Mikhail Artamonov, Dorothy Gish, Alfred Schmidt, M. Ageyev, and Boughera El Ouafi. After him are Ariel Durant, Philippe Hériat, Shirley Booth, Princess Nadejda Petrovna of Russia, Jim Fouché, and Preston Sturges. Among people deceased in 2009, Harry Patch ranks 227. Before him are Pierre Chaunu, G. A. Cohen, Olja Ivanjicki, Pio Laghi, Arne Bendiksen, and Rodrigo Carazo Odio. After him are Kamala Surayya, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, Arnold Meri, Edmund Purdom, Val Avery, and Lei Clijsters.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harry Patch ranks 3,259 out of 8,785. Before him are Leonard Whiting (1950), Madge Syers (1881), Jennifer Saunders (1958), Warren Clarke (1947), Gary Speed (1969), and Jane March (1973). After him are Reginald Punnett (1875), Dave Davies (1947), Isaac Watts (1674), Donald Moffat (1930), Wulfhere of Mercia (650), and Donald Sumpter (1943).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Harry Patch ranks 85. Before him are Roy Urquhart (1901), Tom Phillips (1888), Lawrence Oates (1880), Charles Lee (1731), Frederick Browning (1896), and John Benbow (1653). After him are James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797), Flora Sandes (1876), Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757), Miles Dempsey (1896), John Byng (1704), and Boston Corbett (1832).

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