Henry Allingham waves goodbye after being made an Honorary Freeman of Brighton and Hove at Brighton Town Hall in Brighton, East Sussex. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo Picture date: Thursday April 30, 2009. The 112-year-old, was feted as an "everyman" who represented an almost entirely diminished generation of people who sacrificed their lives during the First World War and there have been calls for him to be knighted. See PA story DEFENCE Allingham. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire