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This is a list of the last known surviving veterans of the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) who lived to 1999 or later, along with the last known veterans for countries that participated in the war. Veterans are defined as people who were members of the armed forces of the combatant nations during the conflict, although some ...
Frank Buckles (1901–2011), shown here in this recruitment photo, was the last verified American soldier to have served in World War I. Frank Woodruff Buckles (1901–2011) – U.S. Army. Last U.S. veteran, served with the 1st Fort Riley Casual Detachment. [53] Lloyd Brown (1901–2007) – U.S. Navy. Served on USS New Hampshire.
In addition to being the last U.S. veteran of World War I, Buckles was the oldest World War I veteran in the world at the time of his death, as well as the last field veteran of the war. [106] Following his death and funeral, there were two surviving World War I veterans, British-born Florence Green and British Australian citizen Claude Choules ...
Frank Buckles, the last surviving veteran of World War I, died in February of 2011 at age 110 in his West Virginia home. Stark County men who fought in America's previous wars similarily have been ...
Last Entente veteran and last veteran of World War I. Served as an officer's mess steward in the Royal Air Force; the Women's Royal Air Force. Claude Choules (1901–2011) – British Empire. Last combat veteran. Served in the Royal Navy on HMS Revenge. Also last veteran to serve in both World Wars. Harry Patch (1898–2009) – British Empire.
Harry Patch was born in the village of Combe Down, near Bath, Somerset, England.He appears in the 1901 Census as a two-year-old boy along with his stonemason father William John Patch (1863–1945), mother Elizabeth Ann (née Morris) (1857–1951) and older brothers George Frederick (1888–1983) and William Thomas (1894–1981) at a house called "Fonthill" in Gladstone Road. [3]
For decades, the family of World War I veteran CL Daniel didn’t know where he was buried but believed he died in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. An investigation of unmarked graves recently solved ...
This is a chronological list of the last known surviving veterans of battles, sieges, campaigns, and other military operations throughout history. The listed operations span from the 5th century BC to the end of World War II. Excluded from this list are last living veterans of wars and insurgencies.