Henry Allingham greets 11-month-old Floyd Kearns as he leaves Brighton Town Hall in Brighton, East Sussex after being made an Honoury Freeman of the city. 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