The nameplate of 43172 Harry Patch - The last survivor of the trenches, pictured at Charlbury station on 18 April 2018. Harry Patch, was as the plate indicates, the last surviving soldier from the Great War, and also at one point the oldest man in Europe. He died, aged 111, in 2009. The coloured band on the nameplate represents Harry's eight medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal, Defence Medal, Légion d'honneur (Officer), Légion d'honneur (Chevalier), Order of Leopold, National Service Medal and the Hors de Combat Medal. |