LONDON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The last three survivors of the millions of Britons who fought in World War I marked the 90th anniversary of the Armistice Tuesday in London.
The oldest of the three, Henry Allingham, 112, laid a wreath of poppies at the Cenotaph, the World War I memorial, as buglers played the Last Post. Before he placed the wreath, he kissed one of the flowers, the Daily Mail reported.
Allingham, an aircraft mechanic, served at sea and on the Western Front. He was joined by Bill Stone, 108, a Royal Navy veteran who also served in World War II, and Harry Patch, 110, the last British survivor of the deadly trench warfare.
The three, all in wheelchairs, were escorted by veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Johnson Beharry, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in Iraq, laid Patch's army wreath, and Marine Mkhuseli Jones, who earned the Military Cross in Afghanistan, did the same with the Royal Navy wreath for Stone.
But Allingham insisted on placing his own wreath, although Flight Lt. Michelle Goodman, awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross for her service in Iraq, guided his hand.
