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The last living veteran of World War I (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was Florence Green, a British woman who served in the Allied armed forces, and who died on 4 February 2012, aged 110.[1] The last combat veteran was Claude Choules who served in the British Royal Navy (and later the Royal Australian Navy) and died 5 May 2011, aged 110.[2] The last veteran who served in the trenches was Harry Patch who died on 25 July 2009, aged 111. The last Central Powers veteran, Franz Künstler of Austria-Hungary, died on 27 May 2008 at the age of 107.

The total number of participating personnel is estimated by the Encyclopædia Britannica at 65,038,810. There were approximately 9,750,103 military deaths during the conflict.

Veterans, for this purpose, are defined as people who were members of the armed forces of one of the combatant nations up to and including the date of the Armistice. This policy may vary from the policy in actual use in some countries. There is one living World War I-era veteran, listed below.

Last 10 veterans

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The last 10 surviving veterans of World War I is shown in the table below.

Country served Name Born Died Notes
 United Kingdom Green, Florence Beatrice 19 February 1901 4 February 2012 (110) Last veteran. Worked as a waitress in the Women's Royal Air Force.[3] Lived in North Lynn, Norfolk.[4]
 United Kingdom Choules, Claude Stanley 3 March 1901 5 May 2011 (110) Last living combatant of World War I.[5] Last seaman. Last veteran who served in both World Wars. Last male veteran. Joined in 1916. Last witness to the German Naval surrender. Moved to Australia in 1926 and served with Royal Australian Navy in World War II. Lived in Perth, Western Australia.[6][7][8][9]
 United States Buckles, Frank Woodruff 1 February 1901 27 February 2011 (110) United States Army 1st Fort Riley Casual Detachment Last American veteran. Joined in 1917. Ambulance driver near Western Front. Held prisoner in World War II as a civilian. Lived in Charles Town, West Virginia.[10][11][12]
Canada Canada Babcock, John Henry Foster (Jack) 23 July 1900 18 February 2010 (109) Last Canadian veteran. Declined state funeral. Joined in 1916. Served first in 146th, CEF, then transferred to Boys Battalion. Completed training in UK but did not see action due to age. Moved to US in 1924. Lived in Spokane, Washington.[13][14][15][16]
 United Kingdom Patch, Henry John (Harry) 17 June 1898 25 July 2009 (111) Last Tommy. Served in the British Army under the 7th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Last veteran to serve in trenches and to be wounded in action. Called up in 1916. Last survivor of Battle of Passchendaele. Fireman in World War II. Europe's oldest man upon death. Lived in Wells, Somerset.[17][18][19][20]
 United Kingdom Allingham, Henry William 6 June 1896 18 July 2009 (113) Last airman. Served in the 12 Squadron RNAS (later RAF). Joined in 1915 as mechanic. Last veteran of the Battle of Jutland. World's oldest man and oldest ever British man. Oldest veteran ever to see action. Lived in Brighton, Sussex.[21][22][23]
 Australia Ross, John Campbell (Jack) 11 March 1899 3 June 2009 (110) Last Australian digger and the last veteran of any status to serve Australia in the conflict. Joined in early 1918 as wireless operator, but did not see action. Served in Home Guard in World War II. Australia's oldest person. Lived in Bendigo, Victoria.[24][25][26][27]
 United Kingdom Hughes, Netherwood (Ned) 12 June 1900 4 April 2009 (108) Called up to the 51st Manchester Regiment in mid 1918 as truck driver. Did not see action as he was still in training. Lived in Accrington, Lancashire.[28][29]
 United Kingdom Stone, William Frederick (Bill) 23 September 1900 10 January 2009 (108) Joined Royal Navy in 1918. Did not see action as he was still in training, but was also a World War II veteran. Lived in Reading, Berkshire at the time of his death.[30][31]
 Russia Krichevsky, Mikhail Efimovich 25 February 1897 26 December 2008 (111)

Served for Russia. Joined up in 1917. Accounts differ as to whether he was sent to the Austro-Hungarian front. After October Revolution returned home. Ukraine's oldest man. Lived in Donetsk.[32][33]

Last veterans by nation

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The last surviving veteran of World War I per country is shown in the table below.

Country Name Death date Age
 Algeria Saci Ben Hocine Mahdi[34] June 1998 100 years
 Austria August Bischof[35] 4 March 2006 107 years
 Australia John Campbell Ross[36] 3 June 2009 110 years
 Barbados George Blackman[37] March 2003 105 years
 Belgium Cyrillus-Camillus Barbary[38] 16 September 2004 105 years
 Canada John Babcock[39] 18 February 2010 109 years
 Czechoslovakia Alois Vocásek[40] 9 August 2003 107 years
 Denmark Lorenz Gram[41] 26 December 2004 105 years
 Estonia Juhan Kallaste[42] 28 August 1999 107 years
 France Lazare Ponticelli[43]

(Last to be officially recognized as a poilu.)

12 March 2008 110 years
 France Pierre Picault[44] 20 November 2008 109 years
 Germany Erich Kästner[45] 1 January 2008 107 years
 Guyana Gershom Browne[46][47] 6 December 2000 102 years
 Hungary Franz Künstler[48] 27 May 2008 107 years
 Italy Delfino Borroni[49] 26 October 2008 110 years
 Jamaica Stanley Stair[50][51] April 2008 107 years
 Netherlands Bert van Sloten[52] September 2005 105 years
 Newfoundland and Labrador Wallace Pike[53] 11 April 1999  99 years
 New Zealand Bright Williams[54] 13 February 2003 105 years
 Philippines Eracleo Alimpolo[55][56] 2 October 2002 104 years
 Poland Stanisław Wycech[57] 12 January 2008 105 years
 Portugal José Ladeira[58] 5 May 2003 107 years
 Romania Gheorghe Pănculescu[59] 9 January 2007 104 years
 Russian Federation Dmitry Malozemov[60] 13 May 1998 101 years
 Senegal Abdoulaye N'Diaye[34] 10 November 1998 104 years
 Serbia Aleksa Radovanović[61] 22 June 2004 105 years
 Slovenia Ivan Kovačič[62] 16 April 2001 103 years
 South Africa Norman Kark[63][64] March 2000 102 years
 Thailand Yod Sangrungruang[65] 9 October 2003 106 years
 Turkey Yakup Satar[66] 2 April 2008 110 years
 Ukraine Mikhail Krichevsky[67][68] 26 December 2008 111 years
 United Kingdom Florence Green[69] 4 February 2012 110 years
 United States Frank Buckles[70] 27 February 2011 110 years

References

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