List of veterans of World War I who died in 2000

The following is a list of known veterans of the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) who died in 2000.

Veterans by country of service - 512 veterans

Australia (9 veterans)

Name Rank/Regiment/Corps Born Died Notes
Clark, Angus MacKayPrivate, 8th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force9 Oct 189920 Feb 2000 (100)Born in Scotland. Enlisted 1917. Non-combat. Posted to England, but did not serve in France until 1919 with the Army of Occupation.[1]
Mayne, John ColburnDriver, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Imperial Forcec.189520 Oct 2000 (105)Enlisted 1916. Served in France.[1]
McPhee, Cecil AlbanSapper, 4th Signal Company, Australian Imperial Forcec.18989 Sep 2000 (102)Enlisted 1916. Served in France and remained in the army until 1922.[1]
Parker, Walter EdwinPrivate, 4/20th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force11 Aug 189422 Jan 2000 (105)Enlisted 1915. Wounded at Pozières 1916 and invalided home.
Peddell, Ernest CharlesPrivate, 2nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force10 Jul 18996 Sep 2000 (101)Enlisted 1917, wounded in action 1918 and invalided out of the War[1]
Riddell, Robert HughPrivate, 57th Battalion, Australian Imperial ForceMay 1899Mar 2000 (100)Enlisted 1917. Served in France.[1]
Rodger, John WilliamPrivate, Australian Imperial Force24 Apr 190021 Aug 2000 (100)Non combat. Enlisted October 1918.[1]
Wetton, Frederick WalterPrivate, Australian Imperial Force2 Dec 189911 Mar 2000 (100)Non combat. Born in England. Enlisted 1917, but discharged after 5 months service as medically unfit. Rejoined the army in 1919.[1]
Winnett, Walter JamesPrivate, 2nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force25 Sep 189919 Aug 2000 (100)Non combat. Enlisted June 1918 and on a troop ship from Sydney to London at the Armistice.[1]

Austria-Hungary (2 veterans)

Name Born Died Notes
Hutschnecker, Arnold A.13 May 189828 Dec 2000 (102)Died in the USA.
Lederer, František6 Nov 189925 May 2000 (100)Born Prague. A corporal in the artillery. Later famous as Hollywood actor Francis Lederer. See entry.

Belgium (2 veterans)

Name Born Died Notes
Vandamme, Jules18972000 (102)Several artillery regiments.
Wouters, Arthur19 Dec 18947 Jun 2000 (105)Fire Cruiser, oldest remaining Belgian veteran.

Canada (20 veterans)

Name Rank/Regiment/Corps Born Died Notes
Bergenham, JohnPrivate, Army2 Mar 18954 Jul 2000 (105)Enlisted 1916. Served in France.[2]
Boyd, Gordon AlexanderGunner, 12th Siege Battery, Canadian Field Artillery18 Mar 189913 Oct 2000 (101)Enlisted 1917. Wounded 1918, also a World War II veteran.[2]
Callfas, Mervin5 April 18965 Jan 2000 (103)Enlisted May 1918.[3][4]
Castle, Arthur Alfred19 May 189715 Jun 2000 (103)Served in France. Also a World War II veteran.[2]
Clark, Harold Wesley25 Aug 18972000 (102-103)[5][6]
Crowther, Alfred H.Private, 8th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force3 Jun 189725 Apr 2000 (102)Born in England. Enlisted 1915, wounded on the Western Front. Died in the USA.
Dechenne, Royer Kerr22 Apr 1895Nov 2000 (105)Born in the USA. Drafted 1917.
Dearing, John Henry43rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force24 Oct 189729 Jun 2000 (102)Drafted 1917. Served in France.[2]
Degruchy, Alfred CharlesLance-Corporal, 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force10 Oct 1895Aug 2000 (104)Born in Jersey (Channel Islands). Enlisted 1915 and served on the Western Front as a telegraphist.[2]
Dumouchel, AlbertPrivate, US Armyc.1896Oct 2000 (104)Served in France 1917-1918.[7]
Ford, George Ranold11th Brigade Light Trench Mortar Battery, 54th Canadian Light Infantry19 Mar 18972000 (102-103)Enlisted 1916.
Gibbons, Laurence C.25 July 1898Jan 2000 (101)Enlisted 1916. Served in France.[7]
Gies, Fred13th Royal Highlanders, Canadian Expeditionary Force18 Sep 189611 Aug 2000 (103)Enlisted 1915. Fought at the Battle of the Somme. Wounded and taken prisoner November 1916.
Leclair, Albert Napoleon18 Aug 1897 2000 (103)Enlisted January 1918.[8][9]
Routhier, HarryPrivate, 46th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force6 Dec 189912 Jul 2000 (100)Enlisted 1916. Fought in France where he was wounded.
Spear, Thomas ArnottPrivate, Canadian Signal Corps22 Oct 1896Oct 2000 (103)Enlisted in Canadian Signal Corps 1916, later a wireless operator with 5th Battery on the Western Front.[2]
Sutherland, Donald DanielPrivate, Canadian Expeditionary Force28 Jan 1893Mar 2000 (107)Fought at Vimy Ridge.[2]
Wales, Ernest Leslie18 Feb 1895Oct 2000 (105)Born in England. Enlisted 1916. Served in France.[2]
West, Frederick HenryPrivate, Canadian Expeditionary Forcec.18991 May 2000 (100) Enlisted aged 16 and fought as a machine gunner on the Western Front.[2]
Wickwire, Lloyd HopkinsPrivate, 193rd Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force5 Apr 189826 Jan 2000 (101)Enlisted aged 17. Wounded at Amiens.[2]

France (42 veterans)

Name Born Died Notes
Angelini, Ange11 Nov 1897Jan 2000 (102)[10]
Bain, Albert18988 Jan 2000 (101)[10]
Balzon, Jean Justin7 Jul 189912 Jun 2000 (101)[10]
Baudry, Léon25 Mar 18962 Aug 2000 (104)[10]
Beaupied, Auguste René28 Feb 189931 Jan 2000 (100)[10]
Caffarena, Raoul12 Sep 18991 Feb 2000 (100)[10]
Capbosq, Léopold8 May 18973 Aug 2000 (103)[10]
Cornu, Marcel Louis30 Oct 1896Dec 2000 (104)Conscripted 1916. Fought with 74e RI at Chemin des Dames. Gassed but survived. Also a World War II veteran.[10]
Courtois, Adrien Edmond26 Oct 189410 Apr 2000 (105)[10]
Demelle, Marcel André17 Nov 189423 Dec 2000 (106)[10]
Destabeau, Louis25 Apr 18995 May 2000 (101)[10]
Drin, Jean3 Feb 18996 Aug 2000 (101)[10]
Dupuis, Victor7 Oct 18976 Jan 2000 (102)[10]
Durrieu, Jacques20 Nov 1898May 2000 (101)[10]
Esquirol, Fernand JeanJan 2000Captain, artillery.[10]
Favier, Pierre Jean7 Dec 18919 Jan 2000 (108)[10]
Ferret, Philippe7 Jul 189719 Aug 2000 (103)[10]
Foulquier, Joseph4 Dec 1899Jan 2000 (100)[10]
Fourquet, Jean23 Jun 189918 Sep 2000 (101)Conscripted 1918. Served with the artillery on the Belgian front from 1–11 November 1918.[10]
Grasset, Edouard26 Aug 18975 Dec 2000 (103)[10]
Grimault, Pierre15 Jul 189818 Sep (102)[10]
Henriet, Jean31 Dec 189915 Jul 2000 (100)[10]
Huard, Ernest5 Feb 190025 Oct 2000 (100)[10]
Huon, Jean-Marie Lucas27 May 18972000 (103)[10]
Lacoste, Louis11 Nov 189819 Jul 2000 (101)Enlisted 1917. Served on the Western Front.[10]
Lange, Jean25 Jul 18994 Jan 2000 (100)[10]
Lebrun, Gaston25 Dec 189323 Dec 2000 (106)Joined the cavalry in 1913, later served with the 62e RA. Fought at Arras, on the Somme and at Chemin des Dames.[10]
Maison, Louis30 Oct 18994 Apr 2000 (100)[10]
Mirabel, Raymond23 Jan 1898Feb 2000 (102)[10]
Perroy, Jean Albert25 Nov 18987 Jun 2000 (101)Conscripted 1918. Severely wounded on the Somme.[10]
Pignolet, Roland9 Oct 189831 Jul 2000 (101)[10]
Pressouyre, Marie-Pierre Ferdinand2 Dec 18982000 (101)[10]
Rideau, Georges13 Mar 18985 Oct 2000 (102)Enlisted 1917. Served on the Western Front.[10]
Rougier, Alexandre6 Feb 189528 Mar 2000 (105)[10]
Sanselme, Edmonde31 Dec 18935 Jun 2000 (106)[10]
Serres, Pierre1 Jul 1897Jul 2000 (103)Served in the cavalry. Fought at Chemin des Dames.[10]
Teffri, Constant17 May 189816 Jan 2000 (101)Fought on the Western Front. Wounded 1918.[10]
Tignac, André16 May 1898Jun 2000 (102)[10]
Tissier, Louis13 Jan 18986 Dec 2000 (102)[10]
Valette d’Osia, Jean16 Aug 189828 Feb 2000 (101)Lieutenant, 19e RI. Fought on the Marne and at Chemin des Dames. Awarded the Legion d’Honneur in 1917 aged 19. Also a World War II veteran, remained in the army and reached the rank of General.[10]
Vallières, Louis Clémént Baptiste8 Mar 18939 Dec 2000 (107)[10]
Vicenti, Jean-Brando30 Jun 19002 Jun 2000 (99)[10]

Germany (11 veterans)

Name Born Died Notes
Engelhard, Ludwig F.23 Jun 18973 Jan 2000 (102)Awarded the Iron Cross. Died in the USA.
Finance, Lucien27 Aug 18961 Apr 2000 (103)Born Alsace-Lorraine. Conscripted into the German army in 1915. Fought on the Eastern Front in Lithuania and Poland. Died in France.[10]
Khalil, Ibrahim Sol2000 (105)Last surviving German soldier from the African Campaigns. Born in Tanganika.
Kurztisch, Friedo7 Aug 189222 Feb 2000 (107)
Hochreither, Fritz (Friedrich) 19 Feb 1900 11 June 2000 (100)Also served in World War II
Imminger, Lorenz11 July 189116 Dec 2000 (109)Infantry
Lerner, Georg25 Jan 18958 Jun 2000 (105)
Seidel, Emil28 Nov 189319 Sep 2000 (106)Soldier since 1913, taken prisoner by the French.[10]
Tischer, Arthur20 Apr 18957 Sep 2000 (105)
Uhlmann, Joseph15 Aug 189929 Mar 2000 (100)Born Alsace-Lorraine. Conscripted into the German army in 1917. Fought on the Russian Front and in the spring offensives on the Western Front. Died France.[10]
Veckenstedt, Hermann14 Apr 189515 Sep 2000 (105)[10]

Guyana (1 veteran)

Name Rank/Regiment/Corps Born Died Notes
Browne, GershomPrivate, 1st British West Indies Regiment8 Aug 18986 Dec 2000 (102) Last Guyanese veteran. Served on the Western Front.

Italy (1 veteran)

Name Rank/Regiment/Corps Born Died Notes
Ferrai, FrancescoMay 189426 Nov 2000 (106)

Jamaica (1 veteran)

Name Rank/Regiment/Corps Born Died Notes
Powell, CliffordPrivate, British West Indies Regiment18902000 (110)Died in Cuba.[11]WO372/16

New Zealand (1 veteran)

Name Rank/Regiment/Corps Born Died Notes
Spriggs, Ernest (Ron)Gunner, 16th New Zealand Field Artillery5 Jan 18981 Apr 2000 (102).[12]

Puerto Rico (3 veterans)

Name Born Died Notes
Miranda-Perez, Julio7 Jan 189824 Jan 2000 (102)Private, US Army. Enlisted October 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[13]
Resto, Miguel Pantoja6 Aug 189511 May 2000 (104)Private, US Army.[13]
Reyes-Fitzpatrick, Vicente28 Jul 189510 Feb 2000 (104)US Army. Enlisted July 1918.[13]

Serbia (1 veteran)

Name Born Died Notes
Djordjevic, Naum2 Sept 189825 Jan 2000 (101)Joined the Serbian Army in 1915 and fought on the Salonika Front. Also served in World War II as a colonel in the Yugoslav People's Army. Died in Belgrade.

South Africa (1 veteran)

Name Born Died Notes
Kark, Norman10 Feb 1898Mar 2000 (102)Last known South African veteran. Also served in World War II in the rank of Major.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (147 veterans)

Name Rank/Regiment/Corps Born Died Notes
Andrew, Kenneth WalterLance Corporal, Military Provost Staff Corps & Royal Air Force18 Oct 1893Mar 2000 (106)[11]WO372/1
Andrews, Edward FrankPrivate, 17th (County of London) London Regiment (Poplar & Stepney Rifles)9 Oct 1900Apr 2000 (99)Enlisted October 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[14]
Argall, Ernest Charles K.Sapper, Royal Engineers16 Jan 1899Aug 2000 (101)Served as a wireless operator on the Western Front.[11]WO372/1
Bainbridge, Clement SpencerSapper, Royal Engineers15 Nov 1896Apr 2000 (103)[11]WO372/1
Ball, James FrederickStoker, Royal Navy22 Sep 1900Apr 2000 (99)Enlisted 1918.[15]ADM 188/970
Barlow, William HenryPrivate, King’s Royal Rifle Corps14 Jan 1899Jun 2000 (101)[16]
Barnard, George GrayCaptain, Royal Engineers19 Jan 1893Jan 2000 (106)[16]
Bate, Sidney DouglasRoyal Naval Air Service25 Nov 1899Apr 2000 (100)Enlisted 1917.[15]ADM 188/636
Bates, RalphArmy3 Nov 189926 Nov 2000 (101)Later a prominent novelist. See entry.
Bedford, John WilliamOrdinary Seaman, Royal Navy25 Mar 1900Apr 2000 (100)Enlisted 1918.[15]ADM 188/817
Blackburn, BenjaminStoker, Royal Navy20 Mar 1899Feb 2000 (100)Enlisted 1917.[15]ADM 188/951
Blain, LeonardPrivate, Lincolnshire Yeomanry & Machine Gun Corps28 Feb 1899Oct 2000 (101)[11]WO372/2
Blatchford, Stanley HoraceKing’s Royal Rifle Corps29 Apr 1899Aug 2000 (101)[16]
Boddington, John PhillipsPrivate, Somerset Light Infantry & Hampshire Regiment28 Aug 1899Jan 2000 (100)[11]WO372/2
Booth, Walter HermanRoyal Naval Volunteer Reserve20 Jun 1900Apr 2000 (99)[17]ADM 337/1-108
Borrett, Edward HenryPrivate, 3rd Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)16 Jan 1900Sep 2000 (100)[11]WO372/2
Botwright, Guy2nd Lieutenant, Army Service Corps5 Nov 1897May 2000 (102)Conscripted 1916. Fought on the Western Front but later sent home with shellshock.[18]
Bowers, William JamesRoyal Naval Air Service17 Apr 1900Dec 2000 (100)Enlisted 1918.[15]ADM 188/639
Bridle, BertramPrivate, Hampshire Regiment & Dorsetshire Regiment10 May 1900Jan 2000 (99)Last known Great War veteran of the Dorsetshire Regiment.[11]WO372/3
Brown, ThomasOrdinary Seaman, Royal Navy25 Mar 1899Nov 2000 (101)Enlisted 1916.[15]ADM 188/787
Burns, RobertPrivate, 7th Queens Own Cameron Highlanders12 Nov 189529 Oct 2000 (104)Enlisted 1914. Fought at Loos and went ‘over the top’ at the Battle of the Somme. Later wounded.[18]
Burt, Arthur TomSteward, Royal Navy8 Apr 1896Oct 2000 (104)Enlisted 1914.[15]ADM 188/1000
Caneparo, Silvio Luigi S. (Jack)Private, Royal Engineers3 May 1900Jan 2000 (99)Enlisted October 1918 and in training as a wireless operator when the war ended.[14]
Chatfield, Arthur Amos F.Private, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)26 Dec 1899Apr 2000 (100)[11]WO372/4
Christie, William Sam G.Private, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)8 Nov 1898Feb 2000 (101)[11]WO372/4
Clarke, Charles ArthurRoyal Naval Air Service27 Nov 1899Aug 2000 (100)[16]
Clarke, Percy JosephSapper, third London Field Company, Royal Engineers22 Aug 18958 May 2000 (104)Last holder of the Distinguished Conduct Medal.[11]WO372/4
Clayton, StanleySapper, Royal Engineers27 Oct 189417 Mar 2000 (105)Fought on the Western Front.[11]WO372/4
Coates, John DudleyRoyal Flying Corps20 Jul 1899Jan 2000 (100)[16]
Coleman, Arthur ThomasSomerset Light Infantry & Hampshire Regiment31 Dec 1899Jan 2000 (100)Conscripted aged 18. Fought on the Western Front.
Coleman, Harry JamesPrivate, East Lancashire Regiment2 Feb 1898May 2000 (102)[16]
Collins, Arthur LeonardArtificer, Royal Navy23 Feb 1898May 2000 (102)Enlisted 1918.[15]ADM 188/1077
Collins, EdwardArmy22 Nov 189519 Nov 2000 (104)Enlisted 1914. Fought at the Battle of the Somme.
Collumbine, Leslie Granville L.Private, York & Lancaster Regiment & King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)26 Aug 1899Aug 2000 (100)Last known Great War veteran of the York & Lancaster Regiment.[11]WO372/4
Cook, AlbertSherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment)15 Feb 1896Jan 2000 (103)[16]
Corrie, William Richard (Bill)Royal Naval Air Service22 Jun 1900Nov 2000 (100)Enlisted 1917. Served in France.[15]ADM 188/638
Coss, AlbertArmyc.189915 Mar 2000 (100)Penultimate Northern Irish veteran. Enlisted aged 15 and served on the Western Front.
Daniel, Cecil GeorgeRoyal Engineers5 Jul 1896Jun 2000 (103)[16]
Daniels, Percy FrederickPrivate, Royal Sussex Regiment & Lincolnshire Regiment13 Aug 1898Jan 2000 (101)[11]WO372/5
Dasley, Allen AlbertDriver, Royal Field Artillery22 Aug 1897Jan 2000 (102)[11]WO372/5
Davies, Evan TreharnePrivate, Welsh Regiment7 Feb 1898Dec 2000 (102)[16]
Day, Wilfred Lionel G.Private, Suffolk Regiment & North Staffordshire Regiment4 Sep 1897Apr 2000 (102)[11]WO372/5
Dixon, William ThomasPrivate, 2/6th North Staffordshire Regiment & Royal Engineers22 Dec 1897Jul 2000 (102)Wounded on the Western Front. Awarded the Military Medal for bravery.[14]
Drake, JamesArtificer, Royal Navy23 Jan 1895Mar 2000 (105)Enlisted 1915.[15]ADM 188/1052
Ellery, JamesPrivate, Wiltshire Regiment & 63rd Machine Guns Corps17 Nov 1899Nov 2000 (100)Enlisted underage, wounded on the Western Front.[14]
Elliott, Leonard FrankPrivate, The Queen’s Own (West Kent Yeomanry)12 Aug 1895Sep 2000 (105)[16]
Englander, PhilipPrivate, Middlesex Regiment16 Oct 1898Sep 2000 (101)Born Philip Pinkus.[11]WO372/6
Evans, Herbert VaughanArmy28 Apr 1900Dec 2000 (100)[11]WO372/6
Evans, RobertRoyal Naval Volunteer Reserve23 Aug 1899Jan 2000 (100)[17]ADM 337/1-108
Evans, Thomas Sydney H.Driver, Royal Horse Artillery21 Aug 1899Apr 2000 (100)[16]
Fifield, Edwin CharlesGunner, Royal Marine Artillery8 Sep 1899Nov 2000 (101)Enlisted 1917.[19]ADM 159
Frampton, Francis EdwinPrivate, 53rd (Young Students) Middlesex Regiment10 Aug 1900Jan 2000 (99)Enlisted September 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[14]
Francis, JohnEssex Regiment2 Sep 1898Mar 2000 (101)[16]
Frost, Alfred NealGunner, Royal Garrison Artillery31 Jan 1899Jan 2000 (100)[11]WO372/7
Gadsby, George WilliamPrivate, 1/18th (County of London) London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)4 Mar 18988 Apr 2000 (102)Served in France and taken prisoner by the Germans.[20]
Gaffron, Horace (Jock)Private, 4th Gordon Highlanders20 Oct 189615 Apr 2000 (103)Last known Great War veteran of the Gordon Highlanders. Fought on the Somme for two months and lost his leg. Later a photographer for 'Life' magazine. Died in the USA.[18]
Good, Stephen GeorgeOrdinary Seaman, Royal Navy4 Mar 1899Oct 2000 (101)Enlisted 1916.[15]ADM 188/1052
Grey, Alfred JohnPrivate, Army14 Jul 1899Dec 2000 (101)[11]WO372/8
Griffin, Fred George W.Private, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment)26 Feb 1900Feb 2000 (99)[11]WO372/8
Griffiths, Robert DoccharAble Seaman, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division27 Feb 1895Jul 2000 (105)[21]ADM 339/1
Guy, Harold WarwickRoyal Naval Volunteer Reserve17 Aug 1900Mar 2000 (99)[17]ADM 337/1-108
Halford, HarryCorporal, 49th (London) Royal Field Artillery15 Jun 189126 Jul 2000 (109)Britain’s oldest man at his death. Fought at Ypres and the Battle of the Somme.
Hall, James HenryRoyal Naval Air Service23 Dec 1899Jan 2000 (100)Enlisted 1918.[15]ADM 188/639
Hamnett, John KyffinAble Seaman, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division3 Apr 1899Jun 2000 (101)[21]ADM 339/1
Harper, Henry Gerald (Harry)Private, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment)23 Mar 1899Jun 2000 (101)[16]
Hartley, Henry LomasPrivate, Army Service Corps (Mechanised Transport)25 Feb 1900Mar 2000 (100)Enlisted March 1918 and in training as a lorry driver when the war ended.[14]
Hatfield, Norman Henry R.Private, Machine Gun Corps19 Jan 1899Feb 2000 (101)[11]WO372/9
Hawkins, Sidney JohnPrivate, Machine Gun Corps & 13th Tank Corps29 Apr 1899Apr 2000 (100)[14]
Henderson, Roy Galbraith28th (County of London) London Regiment (Artists Rifles)4 Jul 189916 Mar 2000 (100)Later a well-known baritone, teacher and musician. See entry.
Henn, Alfred AmbroseDriver, Royal Horse Artillery3 Dec 189724 Mar 2000 (102)[11]WO372/9
Hinsley, LawrencePrivate, 52nd (Graduated) Cheshire Regiment & Royal Army Medical Corps7 May 1900Nov 2000 (100)Enlisted June 1918 and still in training when the war ended. Served in the army of occupation 1919.[14]
Hobster, HenryPrivate, Lincolnshire Regiment29 Aug 1894Apr 2000 (105)[11]WO372/9
Horsfield, Cecil BlairPrivate, Army Service Corps27 Oct 1895May 2000 (104)[11]WO372/10
Howard, John LionalPrivate, Army21 Nov 1899Jun 2000 (101)[11]WO372/10
Howard, William FrankOrdinary Seaman, Royal Navy7 Jan 1900May 2000 (100)Enlisted 1915.[15]ADM 188/730
Howe, ArnoldPrivate, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) & Machine Gun Corps20 May 1898Oct 2000 (102)Enlisted aged 16 and served as a messenger at Ypres.
Hudson, Harold Edward (Hal)Bombardier, Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery17 Jun 189918 Jul 2000 (101)Enlisted aged 17. Fought on the Western Front.[11]WO372/10
Hugo, John Mandeville2nd Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery1 Jul 1899Jun 2000 (100)Fought at Ypres and on the Somme. Also a World War II veteran.
Humphries, FrankPrivate, 5th (City of London) London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)7 Mar 1897Apr 2000 (103)[16]
Hurn, Percy HenryPrivate, Army3 Oct 1900Nov 2000 (100)[11]WO372/10
Iceton, RalphGunner, Royal Garrison Artillery26 Feb 1898Apr 2000 (102)[11]WO372/10
Jewitt, William Henry2nd Lieutenant, King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)15 Mar 1897Sep 2000 (103)Fought on the Western Front.[11]WO372/10
Jones, Arthur GeorgePrivate, 3rd (Reserve) Norfolk Regiment & 683 Agricultural Company, Labour Corps15 August 1898Dec 2000 (102)Non combat. Enlisted 1917 but never posted overseas.[14]
Jones, Darcy Harold2nd Lieutenant, East Yorkshire Regiment & Royal Air Force26 Nov 1896Jan 2000 (103)Enlisted 1914, fought at Gallipoli and in the last mounted cavalry charge, Egypt 1917. Also a World War II veteran.
Kernerman, Samuel CharlesSapper, Royal Engineers & Private, 38th-40th (Jewish) Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)19 Jan 189920 Oct 2000 (101)Born Portsmouth, died Canada. Served in the Middle East with both the RE and Jewish Legion.
Large, CharlesRoyal Naval Volunteer Reserve15 Sep 1900Feb 2000 (99)[17]ADM 337/1-108
Leatherland, Frederick WilliamPrivate, Durham Light Infantry & Labour Corps14 Jul 1897May 2000 (102)[16]
Lee, William Thomas (Bill)South Staffordshire Regiment & Royal Engineers30 Jan 189220 Oct 2000 (108)Last known Great War veteran of the South Staffordshire Regiment. Britain’s oldest man at his death. Wounded and blinded in one eye on the Western Front.[11]WO372/12
Louth, George AquilaPrivate, 15th (2nd Portsmouth) Hampshire Regiment & Labour Corps27 Feb 18971 Apr 2000 (103)Enlisted 1915. Went ‘over the top’ at the Battle of the Somme.[18]
Lucas, Frederick George HenryOrdinary Seaman, Royal Navy12 Mar 1899Apr 2000 (101)Enlisted 1914.[15]ADM 188/710
Luscombe, Clarence JosephPrivate, 1/1st Duke of Connaught’s Own (Royal East Kent Yeomanry)12 Apr 1899Nov 2000 (101)Enlisted underage, fought on the Western Front.[11]WO372/12
MacPherson, Anthony BuchanPrivate, Hussars15 Apr 1899Jul 2000 (101)Last known Great War veteran of the Hussars.[11]WO372/13
Maddock, Sidney EdwardStoker, Royal Navy31 May 1899Oct 2000 (101)Enlisted 1917.[15]ADM 188/955
Mansfield, Stanley GladstonePrivate, North Staffordshire Regiment27 Apr 1899Aug 2000 (101)[16]
Marsh, Robert VincentOrdinary Seaman, Royal Navy7 Jun 1900Jul 2000 (100)Enlisted 1915.[15]ADM 188/744
Mason, Samuel EwartRoyal Naval Air Service31 Aug 1899Mar 2000 (100)[16]
McQuet, GeorgePrivate, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons & Army Service Corps30 Dec 18947 Aug 2000 (105)Last known Great War combat veteran of the Dragoons. Enlisted 1914. Fought at Ypres, the Somme and Passchendaele.
Merrick, Frank EdwardPrivate, Army6 May 1896Dec 2000 (104)[11]WO372/13
Miles, Philip VernonRoyal Naval Volunteer Reserve24 Oct 1899Mar 2000 (100)[17]ADM 337/1-108
Moore, Alfred GeorgePrivate, East Lancashire Regiment17 Jul 1898Oct 2000 (102)[16]
Morris, Frederick CharlesAble Seaman, Royal Navy22 Jul 1898Aug 2000 (102)[16]
Morris, Henry RichardStoker, Royal Navy20 Dec 1899Nov 2000 (101)Enlisted 1918.[15]ADM 188/965
Mortimer, Arthur Broadbent2nd Lieutenant, 12/8th West Yorkshire Regiment21 Mar 189825 Dec 2000 (102)Last holder of the Military Cross
Musk, Hector ArchibaldPrivate, 8th (Reserve) (City of London) London Regiment5 Jul 1900Jan 2000 (99)Non combat. Still in training when the war ended.[14]
Myron, JoshuaPrivate, 38th-40th (Jewish) Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)17 Aug 18998 Jun 2000 (100)Born Joshua Miransky. Fought in the Middle East. Died USA.
Neabard, James Arthur BPrivate, Cheshire Regiment8 Jul 1895Mar 2000 (104)Fought on Western Front.
Niner, Alfred Horatio (Harry)Gunner, Royal Field Artillery12 May 1900Jun 2000 (100)[11]WO372/15
North, Alfred WilliamPrivate, Somerset Light Infantry & Royal Berkshire Yeomanry11 Jun 1899Apr 2000 (100)[16]
Noyce, Cyril RayPrivate, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)19 Aug 1895Sep 2000 (105)[16]
Olds, PeterRoyal Naval Air Service11 Nov 1899Feb 2000 (100)Enlisted 1918.[15]ADM 188/639
Ormsby, Gilbert ThomasGunner, Royal Field Artillery & Royal Garrison Artillery1 Nov 1898Feb 2000 (101)[11]WO372/15
Perkins, Cyril EdwardOrdinary Seaman, Royal Navy15 Aug 1900Jan 2000 (99)Enlisted 1918.[15]ADM 188/1103
Perry, Francis EdwardOrdinary Seaman, Royal Navy2 Feb 1900Sep 2000 (100)Enlisted 1915.[15]ADM 188/740
Philp, Alfred EdwardOrdinary Seaman, Royal Navy13 Jan 189921 Sep 2000 (101)Enlisted 1915.[15]ADM 188/720
Pine, Richard QuintusPaymaster Midshipman, Royal Navy2 Feb 1900May 2000 (100)Enlisted 1917.[15]ADM 188/1052
Proctor, John AndrewPrivate, Cheshire Regiment14 Mar 1897Jun 2000 (103)[16]
Putland, Frederick GeorgePrivate, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry & Devonshire Regiment29 Oct 1898Dec 2000 (102)Conscripted in 1916. Fought at Ypres and Passchendaele.[11]WO372/16
Raisin, Frank BranstonSergeant, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment)5 Jun 1897Jun 2000 (102)[11]WO372/16
Redgrave, Jack BramleyPrivate, London Regiment5 Oct 1899Feb 2000 (100)[11]WO372/16
Riches, Albert Dacosta MPrivate, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) & Tank Corps19 Sep 1898Oct 2000 (102)Last known Great War veteran of the Tank Corps.[11]WO372/16
Rimmer, StanleyGunner, Royal Field Artillery22 Feb 1895May 2000 (105)[11]WO372/17
Roberts, Charles WilliamOrdinary Seaman, Royal Navy30 Mar 1900Jul 2000 (100)Enlisted 1916.[15]ADM 188/766
Rodger, Thomas JamesRoyal Naval Volunteer Reserve5 Feb 1899May 2000 (101)[17]ADM 337/1-108
Rogers, Henry John (Jack)Private, 1/7th & 2/7th (Robin Hood) Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment)21 Mar 189414 Apr 2000 (106)Enlisted 1914 and fought as a sniper. Spent 9 months as a POW.[18]
Rugg, Gilbert Sydney S BEast Surrey Regiment21 Oct 1896Nov 2000 (104)[16]
Russell, Charles StewartOrdinary Seaman, Royal Navy26 Nov 1899Feb 2000 (100)Enlisted 1917.[15]ADM 188/810
Salway, Percy JohnRoyal Naval Volunteer Reserve5 Oct 1900Aug 2000 (99)[17]ADM 337/1-108
Shepherd, PercivalCorporal, Royal Garrison Artillery21 May 1898Dec 2000 (102)[11]WO372/18
Shepperson, Frederick ArthurPrivate, Leicestershire Regiment15 May 1897Nov 2000 (103)Last known Great War veteran of the Leicestershire Regiment.[11]WO372/18
Short, Samuel AllenPrivate, 2/10th (County of London) London Regiment (Hackney) & 2/8th (County of London) London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)26 May 18993 Jan 2000 (100)[11]WO372/18
Sim, WilliamPrivate, Seaforth Highlanders16 Dec 1899Feb 2000 (100)Last known Great War veteran of the Seaforth Highlanders.[16]
Steel, Alec John HRoyal Flying Corps3 Jun 1898Aug 2000 (102)[16]
Strong, Edward RobertPrivate, Army Ordnance Corps6 Sep 1897May 2000 (102)[11]WO372/19
Targett, Arthur RobertRoyal Naval Volunteer Reserve7 Jun 1899Jun 2000 (100)[17]ADM 337/1-108
Tayler, Frederick WilliamGunner, 13th Battery, 29th Royal Field Artillery12 May 189819 Mar 2000 (101)Lost a leg on the Western Front just a month before the Armistice.[18]
Taylor, William ErnestOrdinary Seaman, Royal Navy20 Dec 1899Jan 2000 (100)Enlisted 1918.[15]ADM 188/1102
Tickner, Albert GeorgeRoyal Horse Artillery8 Sep 190118 Jul 2000 (98)Enlisted aged 16. Served in India. Also a World War II veteran.
Trevillion, Stephen ClemmowPrivate, Hampshire Regiment & Labour Corps31 May 1898Oct 2000 (102)[11]WO372/20
Wagstaff, ArthurPrivate, 2/4th & 1/4th Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)12 May 1897Aug 2000 (103)Went ‘over the top’ at the Battle of the Somme. Later wounded.[18]
Wallis, WalterPrivate, 4th (Pioneers) Coldstream Guards14 Oct 1898Jan 2000 (101)Last known Great War veteran of the Coldstream Guards. Enlisted at 17. Fought on the Western Front.
Wallworth, WilfredPrivate, Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) & Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers27 Jul 1898Aug 2000 (102)Last known Great War veteran of the South Lancashire Regiment and Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Fought at Ypres.[16]
White, George EdwardPrivate, Cambridgeshire Regiment & Suffolk Regiment28 Feb 1899Mar 2000 (101)Last known Great War veteran of the Cambridgeshire Regiment.[16]
White, Sidney HarryPrivate, 2/4th Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)31 May 189925 Jan 2000 (100)Served in France and taken prisoner by the Germans.[20]
Whitlock, Arthur JamesGunner, Royal Field Artillery16 Oct 189119 Apr 2000 (108)Fought on the Western Front.
Williams, Percy HerbertPrivate, 1/5th Northumberland Fusiliers15 Sep 189928 May 2000 (100)Wounded at Fismes, May 1918 and taken prisoner.[18]
Williams, Richard EdricRoyal Naval Air Service13 Mar 1900Mar 2000 (99)Enlisted 1917.[15]ADM 188/626
Wright, William HayesAble Seaman, Royal Navy5 Dec 1894Feb 2000 (105)Enlisted 1907 as a boy rating.[15]ADM 188/667

Remark: a further 282 men old enough to have served in World War I died in 2000 in England & Wales. Their veteran status is not yet confirmed. Scottish and Irish records are not checked either.

United States (270 veterans)

Name Born Died Notes
Allen, Nathan17 May 18947 Nov 2000 (106)(Pennsylvania) US Army.[13]
Arnold, J. Leroyc.1896Apr 2000 (103)(Pennsylvania) Served in France.[7]
Axe, Alfred Frederick30 Apr 190010 Aug 2000 (99)(Ohio) Private, US Army.[13]
Azzinaro, Joseph9 Mar 18956 Jun 2000 (105)(New Jersey) Served in France.[7]
Bartholomew, Elmer10 Jun 189927 Feb 2000 (100)(Illinois) US Marine Corps. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Bates, Creed Fulton13 Jan 189721 Feb 2000 (103)(North Carolina) US Army.[13]
Battle, John Bascombe27 Mar 189724 Jun 2000 (103)(North Carolina) US Army.[13]
Becker, Oscar H.30 Aug 189625 Oct 2000 (104)(California) Served in France.[7]
Bigger, John W.22 Dec 18993 Jun 2000 (100)(New York) US Army.
Bender, Leonard William27 Sep 18943 Oct 2000 (106)(California) Private, US Army. Enlisted September 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[13]
Blakeney, Robert Samuel1 Aug 190015 May 2000 (99)(Washington) Served in France.[7]
Blitstein, Michael4 Nov 189626 Aug 2000 (103)(Illinois) US Navy. In training as a wireless operator when the war ended.
Blumner, Myron11 Feb 190019 Apr 2000 (100)(Florida) Private, US Army. Enlisted October 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[13]
Bolt, Leland Eddy16 Jul 189918 Mar 2000 (100)(Idaho) Private, US Army.[13]
Bond, Leon H.9 Jun 189515 Mar 2000 (104)(Wisconsin) Served as a telegraphist in the US Navy.
Bones, Leigh K.31 Dec 189527 Jan 2000 (104)(Oregon) Served in France.[7]
Bourinot, Paul M.29 May 190023 Feb 2000 (99)(Massachusetts) Served in France.[7]
Box, James Monroe12 Dec 189812 Aug 2000 (101)(Tennessee) US Army.[13]
Bowman, Mitchell28 Nov 189815 Apr 2000 (101)(Florida) Served in France.[7]
Broesler, Walter V.14 Dec 189621 Apr 2000 (103)(New Jersey) Served in France.[7]
Brown Jr., Addison H.11 Oct 189915 Jan 2000 (100)(Florida) Served in France.[7]
Bryant, Lenster7 Apr 189731 Mar 2000 (102)(North Carolina) US Army.[13]
Burgess, Verne K.8 Jul 189628 Oct 2000 (104)(Illinois) Served in France as a private in the 5th (Red Devils) Division in an anti-aircraft machine gun battalion. En route to the Front when the Armistice was signed and did not see combat.[7]
Butler, Henry13 Mar 18949 Sep 2000 (106)(Louisiana) Served in France.[7]
Caddell, James M.9 Sep 189928 Sep 2000 (101)(California) Served in France.[7]
Caldwell, Charlie22 Jul 18956 Mar 2000 (104)(Alabama) Served in France.[7]
Campbell, William Hill26 Jan 18993 Jan 2000 (100)(Wyoming) Served in France.[7]
Carnevale, Antonio (Tony)12 May 189812 Mar 2000 (101)(Rhode Island) Last known veteran from Rhode Island to have served overseas.[7]
Carpenter, Arthur J.15 Aug 189529 Mar 2000 (104)(Ohio) US Army. Served on the Mexican border.[13]
Chapman, Earl Edward27 Dec 18984 Jun 2000 (101)(Arkansas) US Army.[13]
Chappell, J. Harold31 Dec 189727 Apr 2000 (102)(Indiana) US Army.[13]
Christie, Ralph W.3 Jul 18975 Feb 2000 (102)(Oregon) Served in France.[7]
Clark, Thomas J.4 Sep 189611 Mar 2000 (103)(Texas) Served in France.[7]
Clemons, William5 Mar 189524 Aug 2000 (105)(Georgia) Served in France.[7]
Cleveland, Benjamin F.14 Oct 189622 Sep 2000 (103)(New York) US Army.[13]
Collins, Henry4 Mar 189617 Jan 2000 (103)(Tennessee) Served in France.[7]
Corley, Cleophus C.9 Nov 18971 Jan 2000 (102)(Iowa) Private, US Army.[13]
Daniel, Isaac M.20 Feb 18977 Oct 2000 (103)(Alabama) Private, US Army.[13]
Davis, Benjamin Alonzo18 May 189721 Jun 2000 (103)(Georgia) US Army.[13]
Davis, Thomas F.30 Nov 18925 Jun 2000 (107)(Massachusetts) Served in France from August 1918 with the 809th Pioneer Infantry, US Army, constructing a hospital at St Nazaire.[7]
Decorner, Willie19 Jan 189814 Jan 2000 (101)(Mississippi) Corporal, US Army. Enlisted March 1918. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Deel, Richard D.8 Jan 189717 Dec 2000 (103)(Virginia) Served in France.[7]
Deibler, George Edward8 Mar 190029 May 2000 (100)(Pennsylvania) US Army.[13]
Dickson, James8 Oct 189516 May 2000 (104)(Georgia) Served in France.[7]
Dieda, Albert J.8 Jul 18999 Apr 2000 (100)(California) Served in France.[7]
Dillan, J. Alfred5 Sep 189822 Jan 2000 (101)(Minnesota) Private, US Marine Corps. Enlisted October 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[13]
Doughty, John H.19 Aug 189911 Jan 2000 (100)(Maine) Engineman 1st Class, US Navy. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Drake, James Ralph31 May 18973 Feb 2000 (102)(South Carolina) US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Duffy, Joseph Patrick29 Sep 18969 Sep 2000 (103)(New Jersey) US Army.[13]
Dunn, Thomas J.2 Jul 18993 Oct 2000 (101)(Pennsylvania) Served in France.[7]
Duprey, Horton J.9 Mar 189712 Sep 2000 (103)(New York) Private, US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Edwards, Jesse3 Sep 18994 Jan 2000 (100)(Kentucky) US Army.[13]
Englar, Paul W.29 Jun 189418 Sep 2000 (106)(Maryland) Last known veteran from Maryland to have served overseas.[7]
Enzminger, Arthur W.27 Feb 18947 Oct 2000 (106)(Nebraska) Served in France.[7]
Ezell, Edward Haynie8 Aug 189625 Jun 2000 (103)(Texas) US Navy.[13]
Faris, John I.1 Feb 189823 Jan 2000 (101)(Missouri) Served in France.[7]
Farley, John W.25 Oct 189719 Dec 2000 (103)(Ohio) Served in France.[7]
Farrar, Andrew C.17 May 189615 Dec 2000 (104)(California) Served in France.[7]
Fernandez, Maximiano1 Feb 189624 Mar 2000 (104)(New Mexico) Served in France.[7]
Ferraro, Lawrence8 Apr 189623 Mar 2000 (103)(New York) Served in France.[7]
Flege, John Blain2 Apr 189612 Mar 2000 (103)(Kentucky) Private, US Army.[13]
Flynn, George H.19 Oct 19003 Aug 2000 (99)(Connecticut) Private, US Army. Also served in World War II and Korea.[13]
Forcier, Edmond3 Dec 189517 Apr 2000 (104)(Massachusetts) Served in France.[7]
Ford, Lorenzo20 Nov 189321 Mar 2000 (106)(Louisiana) Served in France.[7]
Foster, Ralph L.1 Jul 189420 Jun 2000 (105)(Florida) Served in France.[7]
Fountain, Maurice E.30 Oct 19001 May 2000 (99)(Maine) US Army.[13]
Freeman, Charles S.14 Dec 189417 Sep 2000 (105)(New York) Served in France.[7]
Freeman, Harley E.14 Jun 189824 Dec 2000 (102)(California) US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
French, Arthur P.20 Jun 189516 May 2000 (104)(Colorado) Served in France from June 1918 in the Medical Corps.[7]
Friend, Laurence H.6 Aug 189811 Jul 2000 (101)(Florida) Served in France.[7]
Frisch, Herbert W.16 Apr 189818 Apr 2000 (102)(Wisconsin) US Army.
Gabel, Ernest A.12 Apr 18997 Jun 2000 (101)(Kansas) US Army.
Garcia, Eduardo12 Oct 189819 Mar 2000 (101)(New Mexico) Served in France.[7]
Garland, Milton W.23 Aug 189520 Jul 2000 (104)(Pennsylvania) US Navy. Later a pioneer in refrigeration engineering.
Gebhardt, Willis H.12 Jul 189614 Sep 2000 (104)(California) US Navy.
Geister, Raymond G.19 Oct 18946 Feb 2000 (105)(Illinois)
German, Homer S.9 Dec 189527 Jul 2000 (104)(Florida) Served in France.[7]
Gibson, Leland S.17 Oct 189815 Mar 2000 (101)(Georgia) Served in France.[7]
Gilbert, Guy H.8 Sep 189629 Jan 2000 (103)(Washington) Served in France.[7]
Gilbert, Junia18 Mar 189625 Nov 2000 (104)(California) Served in France.[7]
Gilbert, William C. W.15 Nov 189928 Feb 2000 (100)(New Jersey) Private, US Army. Enlisted April 1918.[13]
Gillam, Jfestus30 Jul 189619 Jun 2000 (103)(California) Electrician 3rd Class, US Navy. Enlisted July 1917.[13]
Gillum, Dan2 Feb 189231 Jan 2000 (107)(Texas) Private, US Army. Enlisted June 1918.[13]
Ginsburg, David18 Apr 189817 Mar 2000 (101)(New York) Served in France.[7]
Goldenberg, Ray Benjamin19 Mar 18995 Dec 2000 (101)(New York) Served in France.[7]
Goodman, Elves L.26 May 189412 May 2000 (105)(Missouri) Sergeant, US Army. Served on the Mexican border.[13]
Goodyear, Marvin Paulsen13 Apr 18972 Aug 2000 (103)(California) US Navy. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Gorseth, Peter23 Dec 189314 Feb 2000 (106)(Washington) Non-combat. Arrived in France on 12 November 1918 and served for 6 months as a veterinarian assistant in Bordeaux.[7]
Graff, Cletus J.12 Mar 18999 Jan 2000 (100)(Florida) Served in France.[7]
Graham, James H.1 Sep 189413 Sep 2000 (106)(Kansas) Served in France.[7]
Granaman, Campbell19 Aug 189418 Apr 2000 (105)(Iowa) A member of General Pershing’s honour guard on his arrival in France.[7]
Grays, Galveston4 Feb 189731 May 2000 (103)(Texas) Private, US Army.[13]
Green, Matthew25 Dec 189617 Jun 2000 (103)(New York) Private, US Army[13]
Greene, Arthur C.4 Oct 189227 Dec 2000 (108)(New York) Served in France.[7]
Greenough, Paul E.31 Jul 190016 May 2000 (99)(Pennsylvania) Private, US Army.[13]
Griffin, James M.4 Dec 189730 Sep 2000 (102)(Oregon) US Marine Corps. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Grizell, Roy4 Jul 189312 Apr 2000 (106)(Mississippi) Served in France.[7]
Grizzle, Joseph Edward25 Aug 189420 Jul 2000 (105)(Georgia) US Army.[13]
Haley, Thomas Holt2 Aug 190023 Aug 2000 (100)(Arkansas) US Navy.[13]
Hanson, Melvin W.30 Dec 189827 Dec 2000 (101)(South Dakota) Fireman 2nd Class, US Navy.[13]
Hardison, Dock29 Aug 189419 Mar 2000 (105)(Texas) Private, US Army. Enlisted July 1918.[13]
Harper, Ivan W.25 Dec 189415 Mar 2000 (105)(Arizona) Private, US Army.[13]
Harris, Clarence A.18 Oct 189721 Oct 2000 (103)(Florida) Served in France.
Hartshorne, Charles5 Jun 18979 Oct 2000 (103)(Pennsylvania) Served as a hospital orderly in the US army. Later a prominent philosopher. See entry.
Hawley, Donald Dewey18 Feb 18983 Sep 2000 (102)(South Dakota) Private, US Army. Served in France.[7]
Hayden, Norbert E.28 Sep 189613 Jan 2000 (103)(Missouri) Served in France.[7]
Hemphill, Charles23 Jan 189729 Jan 2000 (103)(Iowa) Private, US Army.[13]
Henkel, John A.28 Dec 18953 Mar 2000 (104)(Florida) Served in France.[7]
Hickman, Luther L.24 Oct 189725 Feb 2000 (102) (Colorado) Served in France.[7]
Hironymous, Carlton J.5 Jun 189913 May 2000 (100)(California) US Army.[13]
Hirsch, Steven J.25 Jan 18952 Sep 2000 (105)(California) Served in France.[7]
Hobart, Ira Anson12 Apr 189529 Feb 2000 (104)(New York) Private, US Army.[13]
Hof, Gus F.29 Mar 18995 Jun 2000 (101)(Florida) Served in France.[7]
Hoffman, Frank F.17 Sep 189713 Feb 2000 (102)(Wisconsin) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy.[13]
Holasek, Joseph F.30 Oct 189823 Dec 2000 (102)(Texas) Served in France.[7]
Holzheimer, Thomas R.27 Feb 19008 Dec 2000 (100)(Connecticut) US Marine Corps.[13]
Houser, Ross A.28 June 18978 Sep 2000 (103)(Ohio) Also a World War II veteran.
Howell, Arch27 Sep 18955 Dec 2000 (105)(Oklahoma) Served in France.[7]
Hubb, Ewald G.4 Jun 189719 Nov 2000 (103)(Wisconsin) Private, US Army.[13]
Hughes, Jesse L.9 Jan 189730 Sep 2000 (103)(Kentucky) Served in France.[7]
Humes, Warren M.5 Jul 189918 Jan 2000 (100)(Connecticut) Served in France.[7]
Hundley, Henry Bryant20 Jul 189610 Oct 2000 (104)(Kansas) US Army.
Johnson, Norman26 Jan 189517 Jan 2000 (104)(Alabama) Private, US Army[13]
Jones, Henry10 Mar 189524 Aug 2000 (105)(Louisiana) US Army.[13]
Jump, Frank Russell16 Mar 189518 Apr 2000 (105) Enlisted 1917. Prepared to serve as an Army Air Corps pilot when the war ended. Later mayor of Wichita, Kanas. See entry.
Kaddatz, Edward20 Nov 189823 Dec 2000 (102)(Wisconsin) Private, US Army. Enlisted June 1917.[13]
Kilray, William F.2 Aug 189318 Apr 2000 (106)(Florida) US Navy.[13]
Kinisky, James P.8 Oct 190024 Feb 2000 (99)(New York) US Navy. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Kling, William30 Aug 189627 Dec 2000 (104)(Arizona) Served in France.[7]
Kniesley, Willis D.8 Jun 189817 May 2000 (101)(Michigan) Enlisted 1917 and fought with the 1st Division, US Army at Sommerville, Ansauville, Cantigny, Montdidier-Noyon, Aisne-Marne, Saizerais, St. Mihiel and the Argonne. Awarded the Croix de Guerre.[7]
Knosp, Jacob23 Feb 19006 Oct 2000 (100)(New York) US Navy. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Kohlars, Dorothy22 Aug 18956 Mar 2000 (104)(Washington) Served as a nurse in the US Nurse Corps on the Western Front 1918.
Krantz, Frank Joseph19 Jun 189413 Jan 2000 (105)(California) Private, US Army. Enlisted December 1917.[13]
Kunz, Samuel W.18 Jan 189816 Dec 2000 (102)(California) Served in France.[7]
Latson, Ralph J.14 Sep 189513 Dec 2000 (105)(California) Enlisted March 1918. Served as a private in Co D, 319th Engineering Unit, 27th Infantry Division building warehouses in Le Havre and Brest.[7]
Lally, Anthony Stephen27 Aug 189419 Jul 2000 (105)(California) Corporal, US Army. Enlisted February 1918.[13]
Landers, Frank Knoke11 Apr 190021 Jan 2000 (99)(Indiana) US Army.[13]
Lavalley, Leslie E.5 Apr 189919 Feb 2000 (100)(Oregon) Served in France.[7]
Leach, Fred W.15 Oct 189729 Jul 2000 (102)(Missouri) Private, US Army.[13]
Leblanc, Frederick J.11 Aug 189827 Jan 2000 (101)(Louisiana) US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Lerdall, Elmer V.24 Dec 18959 Apr 2000 (104)(Minnesota) US Army.[13]
Lewis, Floyd14 Aug 189527 Jan 2000 (104)(Alabama) Private, US Army.[13]
Lewis, Oscar C.20 Dec 189210 Dec 2000 (107)(Washington) Served in France.[7]
Lilley, Roy M.20 Sep 18993 Nov 2000 (101)(Missouri) Served in France.[7]
Locke, John R.10 Feb 189411 Jan 2000 (105)(Texas) Served in France.[7]
Lyon, Lawrence Bruce (Frosty)29 Sep 189428 Aug 2000 (105)(West Virginia)
Mack, Chris H.6 Nov 18959 Apr 2000 (104)(Washington) Served in France.[7]
Mackenzie, George A.28 Feb 189910 Dec 2000 (101)(California) Served in France.[7]
Madrick, Frank28 Mar 189611 Apr 2000 (104)(California) Served in France.[7]
Mallard, Clinton E.4 Oct 190124 Sep 2000 (98)(North Carolina) Enlisted underage. Served in France.[7]
Mallard, C. Eugene4 Oct 190024 Sep 2000 (99)(North Carolina) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy.[13]
Marbury, Leonard23 Feb 190021 Jul 2000 (100)(Ohio) Served in France.[7]
Margarall, Dominick V.2 Dec 189825 Sep 2000 (101)(New York) Private, US Army.[13]
Marshall, Clyde M.9 May 189323 Jan 2000 (106)(Kentucky) Corporal, US Army.[13]
Martelle, Lester Dewey12 May 189818 Mar 2000 (101)(Nebraska) Private, US Army.[13]
Martin, John F.28 Jun 189910 Jul 2000 (101)(Missouri) Private, US Army.[13]
May, Jesse A.8 Apr 189719 Sep 2000 (103)(New Mexico) Drafted August 1918 as a private in a medical unit in 36th Division, US Army but was not in combat.[7]
McAndrew, Earl Michael18 Dec 18952 Oct 2000 (104)(West Virginia) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy.[13]
McDonough, John P.23 Oct 189521 Jun 2000 (104)(Arizona) Served in France.[7]
McDonough, Michael7 Oct 189819 Aug 2000 (101)(Massachusetts) Served in France.[7]
McGowan, Joseph M.10 Mar 189728 Feb 2000 (102)(Florida) Machinist’s Mate 1st Class, US Navy.[13]
McKay, Joseph T.21 Feb 189223 Jun 2000 (108)(Louisiana) Served in France.[7]
McMillan, Charles Monroe12 Feb 189519 Jul 2000 (105)(Florida) Served in France.[7]
Meadors, George L.20 Nov 18945 Apr 2000 (104)(Texas) Served in France.[7]
Medford, Hugh W.14 May 18984 May 2000 (101)(North Carolina) Served in France.[7]
Mijal, Anthony29 Mar 189820 May 2000 (102)(Massachusetts) Served in France.[7]
Miller, Dudley3 Nov 189324 Jul 2000 (106)(New Jersey) Served in France.[7]
Montecalvo, Raffael (Ralph)2 Mar 18951 Feb 2000 (104)(Florida) Served in France.[7]
Moore, Joseph L.17 Apr 189530 Mar 2000 (104)(Michigan) Served in France.[7]
Moorman, Elmer F.14 Aug 189730 Mar 2000 (102)(Mississippi) Private, US Army.[13]
Morehouse, Henry L.18 Jun 189913 Dec 2000 (102)(Connecticut) Served in France.[7]
Morgan, John13 May 18954 Dec 2000 (105)(Virginia) Served in France.[7]
Moss, Peodus O.13 Apr 18934 Jul 2000 (107)(Texas) Served in France.[7]
Mount, Nathan9 Aug 189627 Aug 2000 (104)(Illinois) Served in France.[7]
Nelsen, Gordon L.30 Dec 190022 Nov 2000 (99)(Georgia) Enlisted underage. Served in France.[7]
Newhauser, Arthur C.30 Nov 189729 Aug 2000 (102)(Massachusetts) Served in France as a sergeant in the US Army.[7]
Ochsner, Carl W.6 Mar 189616 Jan 2000 (103)(Florida) Served in France.[7]
Oltman, John F.1 Oct 189625 Jan 2000 (103)(Washington) Called to military service at the end of the war but discharged before commencing training.
Orsi, Frank5 Aug 189918 Nov 2000 (101)(California)
Ostermeier, William H.8 Jul 18937 Jul 2000 (106)(Ohio) Private, US Army.[13]
Parrigin, Ivan F.19 Apr 189614 Sep 2000 (104)(New Mexico) Served in France.[7]
Payne, Harry O.12 Aug 189923 Oct 2000 (101)(Washington) Served in France.[7]
Perkins, Roscoe D.12 Nov 189528 Jan 2000 (104)(Minnesota) Served in France.[7]
Phillips, Lloyd R.26 Jan 189812 Jan 2000 (101)(California) Private, US Army.[13]
Pollard, Richard H.18 Jan 189825 Sep 2000 (102)(Texas) Served in France.[7]
Pool, Lester Ray15 Sep 189511 Jan 2000 (104)(Oklahoma) Yeoman 2nd Class, US Navy.[13]
Poole, Ralph17 Dec 19008 Mar 2000 (99)(South Carolina) US Navy.[13]
Prater, Daniel Duff27 Jun 18954 Feb 2000 (104)(Kentucky) Private, US Army.[13]
Price, Ralph W.12 Dec 18997 Apr 2000 (100)(Florida) US Navy. Served aboard USS Solace. Also a World War II veteran.
Probst, Pertle Earnest21 Aug 18962 Nov 2000 (104)(Missouri) Private, US Army.[13]
Proske, Frank16 Dec 189523 Sep 2000 (104)(Iowa) Served in France.[7]
Quilla, Louis A.10 Nov 190029 Feb 2000 (99)(California) Enlisted underage. Served in France.[7]
Rabinowitz, Harry W.14 Jul 189510 Nov 2000 (105)(Idaho) Served in France.[7]
Rainey Jr., Tom1 Mar 189616 Dec 2000 (104)(Alabama) Served in France.
Rasmussen, Arthur3 Mar 189627 Jan 2000 (103)(Iowa) Served in France.[7]
Reinhold, Frank W.17 Nov 189829 Apr 2000 (101)(New Hampshire) US Navy.[13]
Renfrow, Stevens A.29 Jul 18928 Dec 2000 (108)(Mississippi) Served in France.[7]
Richburg, Horace8 Mar 18961 Nov 2000 (104)(Alabama) Served in France.[7]
Rickert, Glennis H.23 Feb 189518 May 2000 (105)(Pennsylvania) Served in France.[7]
Ricklin, Martin15 Nov 189410 Aug 2000 (105)(Florida) Served in France as a medical orderly in the US Army.[7]
Roehlk, Rudolph F.11 Nov 18994 Sep 2000 (100)(Florida) Enlisted underage. Served in France.
Rowe, John E.2 Jan 190030 Nov 2000 (100)(Ohio) US Navy.[13]
Rudd, Roy R.24 Jun 19008 Jun 2000 (99)(Florida) US Army. Served on the Mexican border.[13]
Sandoval, Amadeo23 Jun 19005 Jun 2000 (99)(New Mexico) Private, US Army.[13]
Scerbo, Luigi23 Apr 18977 Dec 2000 (103)(New Jersey) Private, US Army.[13]
Schick, Urban A.9 Oct 189611 Nov 2000 (104)(Missouri) Served in France.
Schlink, Louis F.19 Sep 18957 Feb 2000 (104)(Indiana) Served in France.[7]
Schmidt, Joseph P.30 Mar 18936 Jan 2000 (106)(South Dakota) Served in France.[7]
Schmolinske, Arthur H.E.6 Jun 189518 Nov 2000 (105)(Wisconsin) Served in France.[7]
Schnell, Louis John25 Dec 189515 Jan 2000 (104)(Colorado) US Army.[13]
Schoenig, George3 Jul 189712 Oct 2000 (103)(California) Yeoman 1st Class, US Navy. Enlisted July 1918.[13]
Schroll, Russell23 Aug 189729 Apr 2000 (102)(Kansas) Served in France.[7]
Schwartz, P. Bryan9 Nov 18961 Apr 2000 (103)(Colorado) Seaman 1st Class, US Navy.[13]
Schwenk, John J.18 Jul 189927 Sep 2000 (101)(New York) Fought in the Muise-Argonne campaign with the 32nd Division, US Army.[7]
Schwiebert, Ernest G.17 Oct 189510 Mar 2000 (104)(Florida) Lieutenant, US Army.[13]
Scilacci, George18 Dec 189428 Jul 2000 (105)(California)
Scott, Thomas V.14 Aug 18965 Jan 2000 (103)(Florida) US Army.[13]
Shamberger, Ralph J.20 Feb 190011 Mar 2000 (100)(Idaho) Private, US Army.[13]
Shumake, John Wesley20 Mar 18963 Jan 2000 (103)(Texas) US Army.[13]
Smiley, Edward L.29 May 189627 Apr 2000 (103)(Massachusetts) Served in France.[7]
Snow, Walter25 Dec 189721 Apr 2000 (102)(South Carolina) Private, US Army.[13]
Sowa, Stanley8 Jan 189616 May 2000 (104)(Illinois) Sergeant, US Army.[13]
Squires, Charles W.14 Jul 189915 Aug 2000 (100)(Texas) US Navy.
Stagg, Harry P.1 Oct 18986 Feb 2000 (101)(New Mexico) Served in France.[7]
Stallings, Virgil V.25 Aug 189718 Feb 2000 (102)(Nebraska) Served in France.[7]
Stepina, Charles W.15 Feb 189712 Feb 2000 (102)(Texas) Served in France.[7]
Stevens, Robert19 Apr 189713 May 2000 (103)(Mississippi) Served in France.[7]
Stoker, Obie31 Oct 189827 Feb 2000 (101)(Texas) Private, US Army. Enlisted December 1916.[13]
Strong, Henry21 Jan 18969 Mar 2000 (104)(Florida) Served in France.[7]
Surber, Willie Benjamin23 Sep 190026 Jan 2000 (99)(Louisiana) Corporal, US Army.[13]
Swift, Lawrence M.28 Jun 18985 Sep 2000 (102)(Tennessee) Officer, US Army.
Szyperski, Edward Chester12 May 189714 Mar 2000 (102)(Wisconsin) Served in France.[7]
Talbott, Harvey E.11 Feb 190026 Mar 2000 (100)(Missouri) Private, US Army.[13]
Talbott, Robert M.29 Jun 18966 Sep 2000 (104)(Maryland) Served in France.[7]
Thomas, Robert19 Feb 189616 Jun 2000 (104)(New York) Served in France.[7]
Thomas, Willie18 Nov 189424 Mar 2000 (105)(California)
Toutonghi, Philippe Elias1899Jul 2000 (101)(Washington)
Trautman, Louis M.17 Dec 189624 Mar 2000 (103)(Ohio) Served in France.[7]
Turk, Aaron16 Jan 18977 Dec 2000 (103)(Oklahoma) Fireman 3rd Class, US Navy[13]
Underwood, Walter Guy16 Sep 190031 May 2000 (99)(Virginia) Private, US Army.[13]
Unumb, Percival H.11 Feb 18965 Mar 2000 (104)(Minnesota) Served in France.[7]
Upchurch, Thomas Walter29 Nov 189424 Jul 2000 (105)(Texas) US Army.[13]
Valla, Axel27 Jul 189418 Sep 2000 (106)(Minnesota) Served in France.[7]
Van Heukelom, Bernie8 Dec 18943 Mar 2000 (105)(Iowa) Yeoman 3rd Class, US Navy[13]
Vansickel, Oscar R.17 Jun 189916 Sep 2000 (101)(South Dakota) US Navy. Served aboard USS Vermont transporting troops across the Atlantic.
Vasseur, Francis R.D.11 Aug 189718 Aug 2000 (103)(Florida) Served in France.[7]
Veluzat, Paul T.6 Dec 18989 Apr 2000 (101)(California) Texas Rangers & US Army. Rode with Pancho Villa and boarded the U-boat that sank The Lusitania.
Vogt, Carl William5 Jan 19008 Jan 2000 (100)(Washington) Private, US Marine Corps.[13]
Voorhees, Russell W.16 May 189810 Feb 2000 (101)(Hawaii)
Walcez, John S.15 Apr 189920 Mar 2000 (100)US Army.[13]
Wanamaker, William Wesley23 Aug 18988 Feb 2000 (101)(Virginia) Graduated from West Point in the summer of 1918. Remained in the army until 1949 reaching the rank of Brigadier-General in the Army Corps of Engineers.
West, Charles P.18 Jul 189513 Apr 2000 (104)(Pennsylvania) Served in France.[7]
West, Ernest Patrick17 Mar 189620 Jun 2000 (104)(Florida) Served in France.[7]
Westover, Edwin F.26 May 189822 Mar 2000 (101)(California) Served in France.[7]
Wheeler, Chancy G.5 Jun 189928 Jan 2000 (100)(Ohio) Served in France.[7]
Wheeler, Glen W.15 May 189916 Jun 2000 (101)(Texas) Private, US Marine Corps. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
White, Carey S.11 Oct 190012 Mar 2000 (99)(Illinois) Enlisted underage. Served in France.[7]
Wilcox, John Edwin27 Sep 189926 Jan 2000 (100)(Pennsylvania) Private, US Army[13]
Williams, David H.27 Mar 18989 Jan 2000 (101)(New York) Private, US Army.[13]
Wilson, Alonzo C.30 Aug 189523 Jan 2000 (104)(Idaho) Served in France.[7]
Wilson, Samuel30 Apr 18992 Apr 2000 (100)(California) US Army. Enlisted August 1917.[13]
Woesner, Otto Eugene21 Jan 18923 Oct 2000 (108)(California) US Army.
Wohlenberg, Fred H.22 Jul 190011 Dec 2000 (100)(California) Private, US Army. Enlisted October 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[13]
Wright, J. Harold1 Aug 190010 Feb 2000 (99)(Illinois) US Army.[13]
Wueger, Charles L.26 Jul 18974 Oct 2000 (103)(Pennsylvania) Private, US Army.[13]
Wyatt, Thomas20 May 189925 Mar 2000 (100)(Indiana) US Army.[13]
Wylie, William Edward22 Jul 189624 Dec 2000 (104)(Missouri) US Navy.[13]
Young, John W.12 May 18994 Jul 2000 (101)(New Jersey) Served in France.[7]
Zalewski, Alex1896Aug 2000 (104)(Pennsylvania) Served in France.[7]
Zelnicker, William S.12 Oct 189811 Oct 2000 (101)(California) Enlisted aged 17. Served in France as a stretcher bearer and ambulance driver with the 26th (Yankee) Division, US Army. Gassed at St Mihiel.[7]

World War I-era veterans - 1 veteran

Listed here are those that joined the armed services after the Armistice date, but before the Treaty of Versailles was signed, or where there is debate on their join-date, or whose military service is sometimes viewed as outside the scope of "WWI", but are considered World War I-era veterans by the press or by their respective governments, or served in a related conflict.

United States (1 veteran)

Name Born Died Notes
Peters, Barnaby Lucius20 Oct 190015 Dec 2000 (100)(Massachusetts) US Navy. Enlisted January 1919.[13]

Totals - 513 veterans

See also

References

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