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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.
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.
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The people listed below are, or were, the last surviving members of notable groups of World War II veterans, as identified by reliable sources. About 70 million people fought in World War II between 1939 and 1945. Background shading indicates the individual is still living Last survivors Veteran Birth Death Notability Service Allegiance Aimé Acton 1917 or 1918 13 December 2020 (aged 102) Last ...
This is a list of successful assassinations, sorted by location.For failed assassination attempts, see List of people who survived assassination attempts.. For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder of a prominent figure, often for religious, political or monetary reasons.
Last King of Afghanistan: Rome Italy: Disguised person 7 Feb John Major [202] Prime Minister of the United Kingdom: London United Kingdom: Irish Republican Army: 1993 27 Jan Boris Yeltsin [203] [204] President of Russia: Moscow Russia: Ivan Kislov Nov Atef Sedki [205] Prime Minister of Egypt: Cairo Egypt: Vanguards of Conquest: 1994 26 Jan ...
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Filip Müller (1922–2013) inmate no. 29236, survivor and author of Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers (1979). Alfred "Artem" Nakache (1915 – 1983), French swimmer, world record (200-m breaststroke), one-third of French 2x world record (3x100 relay team), imprisoned in Auschwitz, where his wife and daughter were killed.