LONDON: John Tinniswood, an Englishman born the identical 12 months the Titanic sank and who survived two world wars and two international pandemics, has died aged 112, Guinness World Information mentioned on Tuesday, months after it recognised him because the world’s oldest man.
Tinniswood handed away on Monday at a care residence in Southport, northwest England, surrounded by “music and love”, his household advised Guinness World Information in an announcement.
“John had many nice qualities. He was clever, decisive, courageous, calm in any disaster, gifted at maths and an amazing conversationalist,” his household mentioned.
Born in August 1912 in Liverpool, he went on to fulfill his spouse Blodwen at a dance earlier than marrying her in 1942, on the top of World Conflict II when he served within the Royal Military Pay Corps, which was answerable for funds and meals provides.
Tinniswood, who’s survived by a daughter, 4 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren, later labored as an accountant within the oil trade earlier than retiring at age 60. His spouse died in 1986.
