In somerset Harry Patch, age 111, died on July 25th 2009.

He was the British soldier who fought in the trenches of World War I.

His death follows 1 week after the death of Henry Allingham, aged 113 and at his death the oldest man alive.

Harry Patch, 109, at Passchendaele (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7peTBVprtY#lq-lq2-hq)

sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Patch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Patch)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/last_tommy_gallery_03.shtml (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/last_tommy_gallery_03.shtml)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6954937.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6954937.stm)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090725/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_obit_patch (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090725/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_obit_patch)