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Rest in Peace, Henry Allingham. He did his duty.
When he went to the Somme in 2006, Henry Allingham was asked how he would want to be remembered. He said, "I don't. I want to be forgotten. Remember the others"
We do. We remember them all - we do not forget. In tribute to him and his wise words; here, on the day that he died, the oldest man in the world, are others, Dovorians, who never fulfilled their span of days.
William Weller 1916, aged 46
John Disbury 1944, aged 26
George Lapham 1943, aged 29
James Sayer 1916 aged 25
George Gilbertson 1915, 46
Charles Wentworth Reeve 1916
Henry Allingham said, of the accolades he was receiving, "I feel that I don't deserve it. It's trading on other men who did so much for me and everyone else here."
As are all our lives. We are forever grateful.