'Granddad would have been proud': War hero Harry Patch honoured in Bristol

Roger Patch said his grandfather would have been 'amazed and proud'. Credit: ITV West Country

A train has been named in remembrance of war hero Harry Patch, the last survivor of the First World War trenches.

Harry, who was born near Bath, died in 2009 at the age of 111. His grandson Roger, who unveiled the Class 43 locomotive at Bristol Temple Meads station, said his grandfather would have been "slightly amazed by it all" - but incredibly proud, particularly as Remembrance Sunday approaches.

The train will be travelling across the country bearing the names of Harry and his fallen comrades, as well as the famous Ode of Remembrance from Laurence Binyon's 1914 poem 'For the Fallen'.

Credit: ITV West Country
Credit: ITV West Country

People from the local area who were there to see the unveiling joined together in an emotional moment of silence, for the comrades Harry Patch lost, and the many others fallen in war, including those who had worked on the Great Western Railway.

Watch: A moment of silence for the fallen.

Harry Patch died in 2009, aged 111. Credit: ITV West Country
Harry Patch. Credit: ITV West Country