Tinniswood became the world's oldest living man after the death of 114-year-old Juan Vicente Pérez Mora in April.
Tinniswood said he was very active in his youth and “walked a lot”, adding, “But to me, I'm no different from anyone else. You either live long or you live short and you can't do much about it.”
Tinniswood said he welcomed turning 112 “like anything else”, adding: “I don't know why I've lived so long, and I don't think I have any special secrets.”
Born in 1912, the same year the Titanic sank, Tinniswood was born 20 years after Liverpool football club was founded and missed only two of the club's 66 major trophies. He was two years old when the First World War began and had just celebrated his 27th birthday when the Second World War began. During the war, he worked in an administrative role in the Army Wages Unit, finding missing soldiers and providing supplies.
He is now the oldest surviving male World War II veteran in the world.
“I eat what they give me, like everyone else”
Tinniswood, who makes a habit of eating a portion of fish and chips every Friday, stated that he does not follow a specific diet and said, “I eat what they give me, like everyone else.”
Since turning 100 in 2012, he has received a birthday card from the monarch every year. First, he received cards from the late Queen Elizabeth II, who was about 14 years his junior, and then from King Charles III.When asked if the world has changed since he was a child, he replied, “In my view, no better than it was then, maybe even worse in some places.”
The oldest man in the world was Japan's Jiroemon Kimura, who lived 116 years and 54 days and died in 2013. The world's oldest living woman and oldest person is Japan's 116-year-old Tomiko Itooka.
