Radiohead主唱Thom Yorke听到这位百岁老兵2005年的访谈录音,至为感动。他根据老人的战争经历和感想创作了一首歌,题名就叫Harry Patch(In Memory of)。
I am the only one that got through
The others died where ever they fell
It was an ambush
They came up from all sides
Give your leaders each a gun and then let them fight it out themselves
I've seen devils coming up from the ground
I've seen hell upon this earth……
歌的大意是: 我是唯一的生还者,我的战友都倒在了战场上。我们中了埋伏,敌人从四面包围过来。把枪交给你的领导人,让他们自己去打吧。我已经见过了阴间来的魔鬼,我已目睹了人间地狱…
人们可以从网上下载这首“纪念哈利·帕奇”的歌,所有收入将捐献给英国老兵协会。