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British servicemen from the Royal Navy, left, and the Royal Air Force, right, carry the coffin of WWI veteran, Henry Allingham into St Nicholas' Church in Brighton, England, for a funeral service, Thursday, July 30, 2009. Dignitaries, relatives and well-wishers gathered Thursday for the funeral of Henry Allingham, one of the last British survivors of World War I and the world's oldest man when he died at 113. He was the last founding member of the Royal Air Force and one of only a handful of World War I veterans when he passed away on July 18.
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