LONDON — Guinness World Records said Friday that 113-year-old British World War I veteran Henry Allingham has become the world’s oldest man.
The previous holder of the title, Tomoji Tanabe, died in his sleep in southern Japan earlier Friday at the age of 113.
Allingham is one of only two surviving World War I veterans in Britain and celebrated his 113th birthday June 6. He has been Britain’s oldest man since January 2007.
He joined the Royal Naval Air Service — precursor to the Royal Air Force — in 1915, and later took part in the Battle of Jutland, the war’s largest naval battle.
by the associated press
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