{"id":870,"date":"2009-07-18T11:12:57","date_gmt":"2009-07-18T10:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=870"},"modified":"2009-07-18T11:12:57","modified_gmt":"2009-07-18T10:12:57","slug":"henry-allingham-the-worlds-oldest-scout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=870","title":{"rendered":"Henry Allingham – The World’s Oldest Scout"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was saddened to read that Henry Allingham<\/a> passed away<\/a> in his sleep early this morning. He was the oldest surviving British World War 1 veteran, the oldest man in the world, the last survivor of the Battle of Jutland<\/a>, the last original member of the Royal Air Force and the world\u2019s oldest Scout!<\/p>\n

As I posted last year<\/a>, he became a member of the 6th Brighton Scout Group 100 years after first trying to join Scouting!<\/p>\n

With his passing a little bit more history passes with him and it is very noticeable how the First World War is now virtually gone from living memory. <\/p>\n

RIP Mr. Allingham.<\/p>\n

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I was saddened to read that Henry Allingham passed away in his sleep early this morning. He was the oldest surviving British World War 1 veteran, the oldest man in the world, the last survivor of the Battle of Jutland, the last original member of the Royal Air Force and the world\u2019s oldest Scout! As … <\/p>\n

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