**Henry Allingham, the world’s oldest man and one of the last surviving World War I servicemen, has died at the age of 113, his care home has said.**Mr Allingham served with the Royal Naval Air Service during WWI, later transferring to the Royal Air Force and serving at Ypres.
Bosses at his care home said everybody was “saddened by Henry’s loss and our sympathy goes out to his family”.
Last month, Mr Allingham, born in 1896, became the world’s oldest man.