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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 last surviving trench combat soldier of the First World War from any country. 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 999,869 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 18 in 2019). Harry Patch is the 1,497th most popular military personnel (down from 1,204th in 2019), the 3,385th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,506th in 2019) and the 91st most popular British Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Harry Patch ranks 1,497 out of 1,468. Before him are Frederick Browning, Hyman G. Rickover, Richmond K. Turner, Leo Phokas the Younger, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, and Abu Ali al-Anbari. After him are Natalya Kovshova, Stefan Toshev, Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, Oliver Hazard Perry, Henry Halleck, and Friedrich Sixt von Armin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Harry Patch ranks 190. Before him are Preston Sturges, Leonard Howell, Riichi Yokomitsu, Kay Sage, M. Ageyev, and Ferreira de Castro. After him are Shirley Booth, Eduard Wiiralt, Jack Haley, Mikhail Artamonov, Johan Richthoff, and Jim Fouché. Among people deceased in 2009, Harry Patch ranks 225. Before him are Gangubai Hangal, Ivan Gubijan, Anselmo Duarte, Helen Suzman, Mamadou Dia, and Ron Asheton. After him are Rodrigo Carazo Odio, Miroslav Filip, Semyon Farada, Michel Leblond, Shota Chochishvili, and John Mayhew.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harry Patch ranks 3,385 out of 7,765. Before him are Anthony Head (1954), Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827), Robert Greene (1558), John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (1431), Jon Hiseman (1944), and Isaac Pitman (1813). After him are Andrew Smith (1797), Edward Newton (1832), Peter F. Hamilton (1960), John Richardson (1934), Leslie Bricusse (1931), and John Gower (1330).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Harry Patch ranks 91. Before him are George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718), Charles Lee (1731), Timothy Laurence (1955), Guy Simonds (1903), Frederick Browning (1896), and Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827). After him are Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1880), Flora Sandes (1876), John Byng (1704), William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891), Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757), and Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591).

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