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Henry Allingham remembers the Somme

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The Somme is remembered as the World War One battle which killed more than 19,000 British soldiers on the first day alone.
Henry Allingham, who is 110 years old, is the only surviving founder member of today's Royal Air Force.
First broadcast 26th June 2006.
For more clips from the BBC about the Somme go to http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=somme&tab=av&edit...

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  • I'm speechless. Not enough is done to honor our few WWI veterans, at least in the US. Glad to see the UK gives them a pat on the back.

  • God bless his spirit! A blessed and great thank you from America!!

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  • I hope we have learned from the terrible wars of the 20th Century.

  • THANKYOU SO MUCH X

  • Every time I go through the churchyard to walk my dog in the woods, I always think of mainly the WWI Veterans who died bravely and almost 100 years ago to defend this country. R.I.P. all of you.

  • @macka1331 So did Canadians. And I know you posted that comment 3 years ago so don't mention it lol.

  • @superenglish1 Yes thats correct,but we lost the United States&that could have been prevented,had the establishment been say,more democratic&had adapted to irregular warfare&standardised uniforms to forest-green,instead of red.Also britain could have produced more Fergueson rifles,which were breech-loading,fast-firing flintlocks.

  • @MarineAqua45 We didn't lose all of North America, Canada is still part of the British Commonwealth

  • Thank you Henry Allingham,Harry Patch,Bill Stone & all your kind ,for wot u did 4 us all.We must be eternally grateful,the whole population of this country & the free world.We must never ever forget them. THANK YOU SO MUCH & GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

  • Wow, I agree. MUCH more needs to be done to honor all of our veterans!

  • My last name is Allingham!!!!! :D I've never seen anyone else ever with the same name. :P

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