Born in 1896, Henry Allingham was the world's oldest man and one of the last surviving first world war servicemen.
Henry William Allingham, the world's oldest man and one of the last surviving first world war servicemen, has died at the age of 113.
Born in 1896 to an ironmonger's wife in a corner of north-east London, the veteran, whose life spanned three centuries and six monarchs, was 67 when John F Kennedy was assassinated and 73 when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.
He died this morning at the St Dunstan's care home in Ovingdean, near Brighton, East Sussex.
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