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  2. 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 ...

  3. The last living veteran of World War I was Florence Green. She was a British woman who served in the Allied armed forces, and who died on 4 February 2012, aged 110. [1] The last veteran who served in combat was Claude Choules. He served in the British Royal Navy (and later the Royal Australian Navy) and died 5 May 2011, aged 110. [2]

  4. This a list of known veterans of World War I who died in 2009 (5 veterans), 2010 (1 veteran), 2011 (2 veterans) and 2012 (1 veteran). Florence Green, who died on 4 February 2012, was the last surviving veteran of any nation.

  5. Jul 30, 2009 · The recent deaths of Mr Allingham and fellow WWI veteran Harry Patch mean just three veterans from the war are still alive. The last surviving British veteran is Claude Choules, 108, who...

  6. Nov 11, 2018 · Gaining the nickname “the Last Fighting Tommy” in his later years, Harry Patch was the last surviving combat soldier of WW1 from any country. He was conscripted and sent to the trenches of...

  7. Florence Green was a British servicewoman who was the last surviving veteran of World War I. Patterson joined the newly created Women’s Royal Air Force (WRAF) on September 13, 1918, at age 17 and was assigned to work as a steward in the officers’ mess halls at the Marham and Narborough airfields in.

  8. Frank Woodruff Buckles (born Wood Buckles, February 1, 1901 – February 27, 2011) was a United States Army corporal and the last surviving American military veteran of World War I. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 aged 16 and served with a detachment from Fort Riley, driving ambulances and motorcycles near the front lines in Europe.

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