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 |
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Clark, Angus MacKay | Private, 8th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force | 9 Oct 1899 | 20 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 Colburn | Driver, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Imperial Force | c.1895 | 20 Oct 2000 (105) | Enlisted 1916. Served in France.[1] |
McPhee, Cecil Alban | Sapper, 4th Signal Company, Australian Imperial Force | c.1898 | 9 Sep 2000 (102) | Enlisted 1916. Served in France and remained in the army until 1922.[1] |
Parker, Walter Edwin | Private, 4/20th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force | 11 Aug 1894 | 22 Jan 2000 (105) | Enlisted 1915. Wounded at Pozières 1916 and invalided home. |
Peddell, Ernest Charles | Private, 2nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force | 10 Jul 1899 | 6 Sep 2000 (101) | Enlisted 1917, wounded in action 1918 and invalided out of the War[1] |
Riddell, Robert Hugh | Private, 57th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force | May 1899 | Mar 2000 (100) | Enlisted 1917. Served in France.[1] |
Rodger, John William | Private, Australian Imperial Force | 24 Apr 1900 | 21 Aug 2000 (100) | Non combat. Enlisted October 1918.[1] |
Wetton, Frederick Walter | Private, Australian Imperial Force | 2 Dec 1899 | 11 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 James | Private, 2nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force | 25 Sep 1899 | 19 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 |
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Hutschnecker, Arnold A. | 13 May 1898 | 28 Dec 2000 (102) | Died in the USA. |
Lederer, František | 6 Nov 1899 | 25 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 |
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Vandamme, Jules | 1897 | 2000 (102) | Several artillery regiments. |
Wouters, Arthur | 19 Dec 1894 | 7 Jun 2000 (105) | Fire Cruiser, oldest remaining Belgian veteran. |
Canada (20 veterans)
Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
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Bergenham, John | Private, Army | 2 Mar 1895 | 4 Jul 2000 (105) | Enlisted 1916. Served in France.[2] |
Boyd, Gordon Alexander | Gunner, 12th Siege Battery, Canadian Field Artillery | 18 Mar 1899 | 13 Oct 2000 (101) | Enlisted 1917. Wounded 1918, also a World War II veteran.[2] |
Callfas, Mervin | 5 April 1896 | 5 Jan 2000 (103) | Enlisted May 1918.[3][4] | |
Castle, Arthur Alfred | 19 May 1897 | 15 Jun 2000 (103) | Served in France. Also a World War II veteran.[2] | |
Clark, Harold Wesley | 25 Aug 1897 | 2000 (102-103) | [5][6] | |
Crowther, Alfred H. | Private, 8th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force | 3 Jun 1897 | 25 Apr 2000 (102) | Born in England. Enlisted 1915, wounded on the Western Front. Died in the USA. |
Dechenne, Royer Kerr | 22 Apr 1895 | Nov 2000 (105) | Born in the USA. Drafted 1917. | |
Dearing, John Henry | 43rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force | 24 Oct 1897 | 29 Jun 2000 (102) | Drafted 1917. Served in France.[2] |
Degruchy, Alfred Charles | Lance-Corporal, 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force | 10 Oct 1895 | Aug 2000 (104) | Born in Jersey (Channel Islands). Enlisted 1915 and served on the Western Front as a telegraphist.[2] |
Dumouchel, Albert | Private, US Army | c.1896 | Oct 2000 (104) | Served in France 1917-1918.[7] |
Ford, George Ranold | 11th Brigade Light Trench Mortar Battery, 54th Canadian Light Infantry | 19 Mar 1897 | 2000 (102-103) | Enlisted 1916. |
Gibbons, Laurence C. | 25 July 1898 | Jan 2000 (101) | Enlisted 1916. Served in France.[7] | |
Gies, Fred | 13th Royal Highlanders, Canadian Expeditionary Force | 18 Sep 1896 | 11 Aug 2000 (103) | Enlisted 1915. Fought at the Battle of the Somme. Wounded and taken prisoner November 1916. |
Leclair, Albert Napoleon | 18 Aug 1897 | 2000 (103) | Enlisted January 1918.[8][9] | |
Routhier, Harry | Private, 46th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force | 6 Dec 1899 | 12 Jul 2000 (100) | Enlisted 1916. Fought in France where he was wounded. |
Spear, Thomas Arnott | Private, Canadian Signal Corps | 22 Oct 1896 | Oct 2000 (103) | Enlisted in Canadian Signal Corps 1916, later a wireless operator with 5th Battery on the Western Front.[2] |
Sutherland, Donald Daniel | Private, Canadian Expeditionary Force | 28 Jan 1893 | Mar 2000 (107) | Fought at Vimy Ridge.[2] |
Wales, Ernest Leslie | 18 Feb 1895 | Oct 2000 (105) | Born in England. Enlisted 1916. Served in France.[2] | |
West, Frederick Henry | Private, Canadian Expeditionary Force | c.1899 | 1 May 2000 (100) | Enlisted aged 16 and fought as a machine gunner on the Western Front.[2] |
Wickwire, Lloyd Hopkins | Private, 193rd Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force | 5 Apr 1898 | 26 Jan 2000 (101) | Enlisted aged 17. Wounded at Amiens.[2] |
France (42 veterans)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Angelini, Ange | 11 Nov 1897 | Jan 2000 (102) | [10] |
Bain, Albert | 1898 | 8 Jan 2000 (101) | [10] |
Balzon, Jean Justin | 7 Jul 1899 | 12 Jun 2000 (101) | [10] |
Baudry, Léon | 25 Mar 1896 | 2 Aug 2000 (104) | [10] |
Beaupied, Auguste René | 28 Feb 1899 | 31 Jan 2000 (100) | [10] |
Caffarena, Raoul | 12 Sep 1899 | 1 Feb 2000 (100) | [10] |
Capbosq, Léopold | 8 May 1897 | 3 Aug 2000 (103) | [10] |
Cornu, Marcel Louis | 30 Oct 1896 | Dec 2000 (104) | Conscripted 1916. Fought with 74e RI at Chemin des Dames. Gassed but survived. Also a World War II veteran.[10] |
Courtois, Adrien Edmond | 26 Oct 1894 | 10 Apr 2000 (105) | [10] |
Demelle, Marcel André | 17 Nov 1894 | 23 Dec 2000 (106) | [10] |
Destabeau, Louis | 25 Apr 1899 | 5 May 2000 (101) | [10] |
Drin, Jean | 3 Feb 1899 | 6 Aug 2000 (101) | [10] |
Dupuis, Victor | 7 Oct 1897 | 6 Jan 2000 (102) | [10] |
Durrieu, Jacques | 20 Nov 1898 | May 2000 (101) | [10] |
Esquirol, Fernand Jean | Jan 2000 | Captain, artillery.[10] | |
Favier, Pierre Jean | 7 Dec 1891 | 9 Jan 2000 (108) | [10] |
Ferret, Philippe | 7 Jul 1897 | 19 Aug 2000 (103) | [10] |
Foulquier, Joseph | 4 Dec 1899 | Jan 2000 (100) | [10] |
Fourquet, Jean | 23 Jun 1899 | 18 Sep 2000 (101) | Conscripted 1918. Served with the artillery on the Belgian front from 1–11 November 1918.[10] |
Grasset, Edouard | 26 Aug 1897 | 5 Dec 2000 (103) | [10] |
Grimault, Pierre | 15 Jul 1898 | 18 Sep (102) | [10] |
Henriet, Jean | 31 Dec 1899 | 15 Jul 2000 (100) | [10] |
Huard, Ernest | 5 Feb 1900 | 25 Oct 2000 (100) | [10] |
Huon, Jean-Marie Lucas | 27 May 1897 | 2000 (103) | [10] |
Lacoste, Louis | 11 Nov 1898 | 19 Jul 2000 (101) | Enlisted 1917. Served on the Western Front.[10] |
Lange, Jean | 25 Jul 1899 | 4 Jan 2000 (100) | [10] |
Lebrun, Gaston | 25 Dec 1893 | 23 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, Louis | 30 Oct 1899 | 4 Apr 2000 (100) | [10] |
Mirabel, Raymond | 23 Jan 1898 | Feb 2000 (102) | [10] |
Perroy, Jean Albert | 25 Nov 1898 | 7 Jun 2000 (101) | Conscripted 1918. Severely wounded on the Somme.[10] |
Pignolet, Roland | 9 Oct 1898 | 31 Jul 2000 (101) | [10] |
Pressouyre, Marie-Pierre Ferdinand | 2 Dec 1898 | 2000 (101) | [10] |
Rideau, Georges | 13 Mar 1898 | 5 Oct 2000 (102) | Enlisted 1917. Served on the Western Front.[10] |
Rougier, Alexandre | 6 Feb 1895 | 28 Mar 2000 (105) | [10] |
Sanselme, Edmonde | 31 Dec 1893 | 5 Jun 2000 (106) | [10] |
Serres, Pierre | 1 Jul 1897 | Jul 2000 (103) | Served in the cavalry. Fought at Chemin des Dames.[10] |
Teffri, Constant | 17 May 1898 | 16 Jan 2000 (101) | Fought on the Western Front. Wounded 1918.[10] |
Tignac, André | 16 May 1898 | Jun 2000 (102) | [10] |
Tissier, Louis | 13 Jan 1898 | 6 Dec 2000 (102) | [10] |
Valette d’Osia, Jean | 16 Aug 1898 | 28 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 Baptiste | 8 Mar 1893 | 9 Dec 2000 (107) | [10] |
Vicenti, Jean-Brando | 30 Jun 1900 | 2 Jun 2000 (99) | [10] |
Germany (11 veterans)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Engelhard, Ludwig F. | 23 Jun 1897 | 3 Jan 2000 (102) | Awarded the Iron Cross. Died in the USA. |
Finance, Lucien | 27 Aug 1896 | 1 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 Sol | 2000 (105) | Last surviving German soldier from the African Campaigns. Born in Tanganika. | |
Kurztisch, Friedo | 7 Aug 1892 | 22 Feb 2000 (107) | |
Hochreither, Fritz (Friedrich) | 19 Feb 1900 | 11 June 2000 (100) | Also served in World War II |
Imminger, Lorenz | 11 July 1891 | 16 Dec 2000 (109) | Infantry |
Lerner, Georg | 25 Jan 1895 | 8 Jun 2000 (105) | |
Seidel, Emil | 28 Nov 1893 | 19 Sep 2000 (106) | Soldier since 1913, taken prisoner by the French.[10] |
Tischer, Arthur | 20 Apr 1895 | 7 Sep 2000 (105) | |
Uhlmann, Joseph | 15 Aug 1899 | 29 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, Hermann | 14 Apr 1895 | 15 Sep 2000 (105) | [10] |
Guyana (1 veteran)
Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
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Browne, Gershom | Private, 1st British West Indies Regiment | 8 Aug 1898 | 6 Dec 2000 (102) | Last Guyanese veteran. Served on the Western Front. |
Italy (1 veteran)
Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
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Ferrai, Francesco | May 1894 | 26 Nov 2000 (106) |
Jamaica (1 veteran)
Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
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Powell, Clifford | Private, British West Indies Regiment | 1890 | 2000 (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 Artillery | 5 Jan 1898 | 1 Apr 2000 (102) | .[12] |
Puerto Rico (3 veterans)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Miranda-Perez, Julio | 7 Jan 1898 | 24 Jan 2000 (102) | Private, US Army. Enlisted October 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[13] |
Resto, Miguel Pantoja | 6 Aug 1895 | 11 May 2000 (104) | Private, US Army.[13] |
Reyes-Fitzpatrick, Vicente | 28 Jul 1895 | 10 Feb 2000 (104) | US Army. Enlisted July 1918.[13] |
Serbia (1 veteran)
South Africa (1 veteran)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Kark, Norman | 10 Feb 1898 | Mar 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 |
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Andrew, Kenneth Walter | Lance Corporal, Military Provost Staff Corps & Royal Air Force | 18 Oct 1893 | Mar 2000 (106) | [11]WO372/1 |
Andrews, Edward Frank | Private, 17th (County of London) London Regiment (Poplar & Stepney Rifles) | 9 Oct 1900 | Apr 2000 (99) | Enlisted October 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[14] |
Argall, Ernest Charles K. | Sapper, Royal Engineers | 16 Jan 1899 | Aug 2000 (101) | Served as a wireless operator on the Western Front.[11]WO372/1 |
Bainbridge, Clement Spencer | Sapper, Royal Engineers | 15 Nov 1896 | Apr 2000 (103) | [11]WO372/1 |
Ball, James Frederick | Stoker, Royal Navy | 22 Sep 1900 | Apr 2000 (99) | Enlisted 1918.[15]ADM 188/970 |
Barlow, William Henry | Private, King’s Royal Rifle Corps | 14 Jan 1899 | Jun 2000 (101) | [16] |
Barnard, George Gray | Captain, Royal Engineers | 19 Jan 1893 | Jan 2000 (106) | [16] |
Bate, Sidney Douglas | Royal Naval Air Service | 25 Nov 1899 | Apr 2000 (100) | Enlisted 1917.[15]ADM 188/636 |
Bates, Ralph | Army | 3 Nov 1899 | 26 Nov 2000 (101) | Later a prominent novelist. See entry. |
Bedford, John William | Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy | 25 Mar 1900 | Apr 2000 (100) | Enlisted 1918.[15]ADM 188/817 |
Blackburn, Benjamin | Stoker, Royal Navy | 20 Mar 1899 | Feb 2000 (100) | Enlisted 1917.[15]ADM 188/951 |
Blain, Leonard | Private, Lincolnshire Yeomanry & Machine Gun Corps | 28 Feb 1899 | Oct 2000 (101) | [11]WO372/2 |
Blatchford, Stanley Horace | King’s Royal Rifle Corps | 29 Apr 1899 | Aug 2000 (101) | [16] |
Boddington, John Phillips | Private, Somerset Light Infantry & Hampshire Regiment | 28 Aug 1899 | Jan 2000 (100) | [11]WO372/2 |
Booth, Walter Herman | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 20 Jun 1900 | Apr 2000 (99) | [17]ADM 337/1-108 |
Borrett, Edward Henry | Private, 3rd Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) | 16 Jan 1900 | Sep 2000 (100) | [11]WO372/2 |
Botwright, Guy | 2nd Lieutenant, Army Service Corps | 5 Nov 1897 | May 2000 (102) | Conscripted 1916. Fought on the Western Front but later sent home with shellshock.[18] |
Bowers, William James | Royal Naval Air Service | 17 Apr 1900 | Dec 2000 (100) | Enlisted 1918.[15]ADM 188/639 |
Bridle, Bertram | Private, Hampshire Regiment & Dorsetshire Regiment | 10 May 1900 | Jan 2000 (99) | Last known Great War veteran of the Dorsetshire Regiment.[11]WO372/3 |
Brown, Thomas | Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy | 25 Mar 1899 | Nov 2000 (101) | Enlisted 1916.[15]ADM 188/787 |
Burns, Robert | Private, 7th Queens Own Cameron Highlanders | 12 Nov 1895 | 29 Oct 2000 (104) | Enlisted 1914. Fought at Loos and went ‘over the top’ at the Battle of the Somme. Later wounded.[18] |
Burt, Arthur Tom | Steward, Royal Navy | 8 Apr 1896 | Oct 2000 (104) | Enlisted 1914.[15]ADM 188/1000 |
Caneparo, Silvio Luigi S. (Jack) | Private, Royal Engineers | 3 May 1900 | Jan 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 1899 | Apr 2000 (100) | [11]WO372/4 |
Christie, William Sam G. | Private, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) | 8 Nov 1898 | Feb 2000 (101) | [11]WO372/4 |
Clarke, Charles Arthur | Royal Naval Air Service | 27 Nov 1899 | Aug 2000 (100) | [16] |
Clarke, Percy Joseph | Sapper, third London Field Company, Royal Engineers | 22 Aug 1895 | 8 May 2000 (104) | Last holder of the Distinguished Conduct Medal.[11]WO372/4 |
Clayton, Stanley | Sapper, Royal Engineers | 27 Oct 1894 | 17 Mar 2000 (105) | Fought on the Western Front.[11]WO372/4 |
Coates, John Dudley | Royal Flying Corps | 20 Jul 1899 | Jan 2000 (100) | [16] |
Coleman, Arthur Thomas | Somerset Light Infantry & Hampshire Regiment | 31 Dec 1899 | Jan 2000 (100) | Conscripted aged 18. Fought on the Western Front. |
Coleman, Harry James | Private, East Lancashire Regiment | 2 Feb 1898 | May 2000 (102) | [16] |
Collins, Arthur Leonard | Artificer, Royal Navy | 23 Feb 1898 | May 2000 (102) | Enlisted 1918.[15]ADM 188/1077 |
Collins, Edward | Army | 22 Nov 1895 | 19 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 1899 | Aug 2000 (100) | Last known Great War veteran of the York & Lancaster Regiment.[11]WO372/4 |
Cook, Albert | Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) | 15 Feb 1896 | Jan 2000 (103) | [16] |
Corrie, William Richard (Bill) | Royal Naval Air Service | 22 Jun 1900 | Nov 2000 (100) | Enlisted 1917. Served in France.[15]ADM 188/638 |
Coss, Albert | Army | c.1899 | 15 Mar 2000 (100) | Penultimate Northern Irish veteran. Enlisted aged 15 and served on the Western Front. |
Daniel, Cecil George | Royal Engineers | 5 Jul 1896 | Jun 2000 (103) | [16] |
Daniels, Percy Frederick | Private, Royal Sussex Regiment & Lincolnshire Regiment | 13 Aug 1898 | Jan 2000 (101) | [11]WO372/5 |
Dasley, Allen Albert | Driver, Royal Field Artillery | 22 Aug 1897 | Jan 2000 (102) | [11]WO372/5 |
Davies, Evan Treharne | Private, Welsh Regiment | 7 Feb 1898 | Dec 2000 (102) | [16] |
Day, Wilfred Lionel G. | Private, Suffolk Regiment & North Staffordshire Regiment | 4 Sep 1897 | Apr 2000 (102) | [11]WO372/5 |
Dixon, William Thomas | Private, 2/6th North Staffordshire Regiment & Royal Engineers | 22 Dec 1897 | Jul 2000 (102) | Wounded on the Western Front. Awarded the Military Medal for bravery.[14] |
Drake, James | Artificer, Royal Navy | 23 Jan 1895 | Mar 2000 (105) | Enlisted 1915.[15]ADM 188/1052 |
Ellery, James | Private, Wiltshire Regiment & 63rd Machine Guns Corps | 17 Nov 1899 | Nov 2000 (100) | Enlisted underage, wounded on the Western Front.[14] |
Elliott, Leonard Frank | Private, The Queen’s Own (West Kent Yeomanry) | 12 Aug 1895 | Sep 2000 (105) | [16] |
Englander, Philip | Private, Middlesex Regiment | 16 Oct 1898 | Sep 2000 (101) | Born Philip Pinkus.[11]WO372/6 |
Evans, Herbert Vaughan | Army | 28 Apr 1900 | Dec 2000 (100) | [11]WO372/6 |
Evans, Robert | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 23 Aug 1899 | Jan 2000 (100) | [17]ADM 337/1-108 |
Evans, Thomas Sydney H. | Driver, Royal Horse Artillery | 21 Aug 1899 | Apr 2000 (100) | [16] |
Fifield, Edwin Charles | Gunner, Royal Marine Artillery | 8 Sep 1899 | Nov 2000 (101) | Enlisted 1917.[19]ADM 159 |
Frampton, Francis Edwin | Private, 53rd (Young Students) Middlesex Regiment | 10 Aug 1900 | Jan 2000 (99) | Enlisted September 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[14] |
Francis, John | Essex Regiment | 2 Sep 1898 | Mar 2000 (101) | [16] |
Frost, Alfred Neal | Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery | 31 Jan 1899 | Jan 2000 (100) | [11]WO372/7 |
Gadsby, George William | Private, 1/18th (County of London) London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) | 4 Mar 1898 | 8 Apr 2000 (102) | Served in France and taken prisoner by the Germans.[20] |
Gaffron, Horace (Jock) | Private, 4th Gordon Highlanders | 20 Oct 1896 | 15 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 George | Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy | 4 Mar 1899 | Oct 2000 (101) | Enlisted 1916.[15]ADM 188/1052 |
Grey, Alfred John | Private, Army | 14 Jul 1899 | Dec 2000 (101) | [11]WO372/8 |
Griffin, Fred George W. | Private, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment) | 26 Feb 1900 | Feb 2000 (99) | [11]WO372/8 |
Griffiths, Robert Docchar | Able Seaman, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division | 27 Feb 1895 | Jul 2000 (105) | [21]ADM 339/1 |
Guy, Harold Warwick | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 17 Aug 1900 | Mar 2000 (99) | [17]ADM 337/1-108 |
Halford, Harry | Corporal, 49th (London) Royal Field Artillery | 15 Jun 1891 | 26 Jul 2000 (109) | Britain’s oldest man at his death. Fought at Ypres and the Battle of the Somme. |
Hall, James Henry | Royal Naval Air Service | 23 Dec 1899 | Jan 2000 (100) | Enlisted 1918.[15]ADM 188/639 |
Hamnett, John Kyffin | Able Seaman, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division | 3 Apr 1899 | Jun 2000 (101) | [21]ADM 339/1 |
Harper, Henry Gerald (Harry) | Private, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment) | 23 Mar 1899 | Jun 2000 (101) | [16] |
Hartley, Henry Lomas | Private, Army Service Corps (Mechanised Transport) | 25 Feb 1900 | Mar 2000 (100) | Enlisted March 1918 and in training as a lorry driver when the war ended.[14] |
Hatfield, Norman Henry R. | Private, Machine Gun Corps | 19 Jan 1899 | Feb 2000 (101) | [11]WO372/9 |
Hawkins, Sidney John | Private, Machine Gun Corps & 13th Tank Corps | 29 Apr 1899 | Apr 2000 (100) | [14] |
Henderson, Roy Galbraith | 28th (County of London) London Regiment (Artists Rifles) | 4 Jul 1899 | 16 Mar 2000 (100) | Later a well-known baritone, teacher and musician. See entry. |
Henn, Alfred Ambrose | Driver, Royal Horse Artillery | 3 Dec 1897 | 24 Mar 2000 (102) | [11]WO372/9 |
Hinsley, Lawrence | Private, 52nd (Graduated) Cheshire Regiment & Royal Army Medical Corps | 7 May 1900 | Nov 2000 (100) | Enlisted June 1918 and still in training when the war ended. Served in the army of occupation 1919.[14] |
Hobster, Henry | Private, Lincolnshire Regiment | 29 Aug 1894 | Apr 2000 (105) | [11]WO372/9 |
Horsfield, Cecil Blair | Private, Army Service Corps | 27 Oct 1895 | May 2000 (104) | [11]WO372/10 |
Howard, John Lional | Private, Army | 21 Nov 1899 | Jun 2000 (101) | [11]WO372/10 |
Howard, William Frank | Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy | 7 Jan 1900 | May 2000 (100) | Enlisted 1915.[15]ADM 188/730 |
Howe, Arnold | Private, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) & Machine Gun Corps | 20 May 1898 | Oct 2000 (102) | Enlisted aged 16 and served as a messenger at Ypres. |
Hudson, Harold Edward (Hal) | Bombardier, Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery | 17 Jun 1899 | 18 Jul 2000 (101) | Enlisted aged 17. Fought on the Western Front.[11]WO372/10 |
Hugo, John Mandeville | 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery | 1 Jul 1899 | Jun 2000 (100) | Fought at Ypres and on the Somme. Also a World War II veteran. |
Humphries, Frank | Private, 5th (City of London) London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) | 7 Mar 1897 | Apr 2000 (103) | [16] |
Hurn, Percy Henry | Private, Army | 3 Oct 1900 | Nov 2000 (100) | [11]WO372/10 |
Iceton, Ralph | Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery | 26 Feb 1898 | Apr 2000 (102) | [11]WO372/10 |
Jewitt, William Henry | 2nd Lieutenant, King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) | 15 Mar 1897 | Sep 2000 (103) | Fought on the Western Front.[11]WO372/10 |
Jones, Arthur George | Private, 3rd (Reserve) Norfolk Regiment & 683 Agricultural Company, Labour Corps | 15 August 1898 | Dec 2000 (102) | Non combat. Enlisted 1917 but never posted overseas.[14] |
Jones, Darcy Harold | 2nd Lieutenant, East Yorkshire Regiment & Royal Air Force | 26 Nov 1896 | Jan 2000 (103) | Enlisted 1914, fought at Gallipoli and in the last mounted cavalry charge, Egypt 1917. Also a World War II veteran. |
Kernerman, Samuel Charles | Sapper, Royal Engineers & Private, 38th-40th (Jewish) Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) | 19 Jan 1899 | 20 Oct 2000 (101) | Born Portsmouth, died Canada. Served in the Middle East with both the RE and Jewish Legion. |
Large, Charles | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 15 Sep 1900 | Feb 2000 (99) | [17]ADM 337/1-108 |
Leatherland, Frederick William | Private, Durham Light Infantry & Labour Corps | 14 Jul 1897 | May 2000 (102) | [16] |
Lee, William Thomas (Bill) | South Staffordshire Regiment & Royal Engineers | 30 Jan 1892 | 20 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 Aquila | Private, 15th (2nd Portsmouth) Hampshire Regiment & Labour Corps | 27 Feb 1897 | 1 Apr 2000 (103) | Enlisted 1915. Went ‘over the top’ at the Battle of the Somme.[18] |
Lucas, Frederick George Henry | Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy | 12 Mar 1899 | Apr 2000 (101) | Enlisted 1914.[15]ADM 188/710 |
Luscombe, Clarence Joseph | Private, 1/1st Duke of Connaught’s Own (Royal East Kent Yeomanry) | 12 Apr 1899 | Nov 2000 (101) | Enlisted underage, fought on the Western Front.[11]WO372/12 |
MacPherson, Anthony Buchan | Private, Hussars | 15 Apr 1899 | Jul 2000 (101) | Last known Great War veteran of the Hussars.[11]WO372/13 |
Maddock, Sidney Edward | Stoker, Royal Navy | 31 May 1899 | Oct 2000 (101) | Enlisted 1917.[15]ADM 188/955 |
Mansfield, Stanley Gladstone | Private, North Staffordshire Regiment | 27 Apr 1899 | Aug 2000 (101) | [16] |
Marsh, Robert Vincent | Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy | 7 Jun 1900 | Jul 2000 (100) | Enlisted 1915.[15]ADM 188/744 |
Mason, Samuel Ewart | Royal Naval Air Service | 31 Aug 1899 | Mar 2000 (100) | [16] |
McQuet, George | Private, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons & Army Service Corps | 30 Dec 1894 | 7 Aug 2000 (105) | Last known Great War combat veteran of the Dragoons. Enlisted 1914. Fought at Ypres, the Somme and Passchendaele. |
Merrick, Frank Edward | Private, Army | 6 May 1896 | Dec 2000 (104) | [11]WO372/13 |
Miles, Philip Vernon | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 24 Oct 1899 | Mar 2000 (100) | [17]ADM 337/1-108 |
Moore, Alfred George | Private, East Lancashire Regiment | 17 Jul 1898 | Oct 2000 (102) | [16] |
Morris, Frederick Charles | Able Seaman, Royal Navy | 22 Jul 1898 | Aug 2000 (102) | [16] |
Morris, Henry Richard | Stoker, Royal Navy | 20 Dec 1899 | Nov 2000 (101) | Enlisted 1918.[15]ADM 188/965 |
Mortimer, Arthur Broadbent | 2nd Lieutenant, 12/8th West Yorkshire Regiment | 21 Mar 1898 | 25 Dec 2000 (102) | Last holder of the Military Cross |
Musk, Hector Archibald | Private, 8th (Reserve) (City of London) London Regiment | 5 Jul 1900 | Jan 2000 (99) | Non combat. Still in training when the war ended.[14] |
Myron, Joshua | Private, 38th-40th (Jewish) Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) | 17 Aug 1899 | 8 Jun 2000 (100) | Born Joshua Miransky. Fought in the Middle East. Died USA. |
Neabard, James Arthur B | Private, Cheshire Regiment | 8 Jul 1895 | Mar 2000 (104) | Fought on Western Front. |
Niner, Alfred Horatio (Harry) | Gunner, Royal Field Artillery | 12 May 1900 | Jun 2000 (100) | [11]WO372/15 |
North, Alfred William | Private, Somerset Light Infantry & Royal Berkshire Yeomanry | 11 Jun 1899 | Apr 2000 (100) | [16] |
Noyce, Cyril Ray | Private, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) | 19 Aug 1895 | Sep 2000 (105) | [16] |
Olds, Peter | Royal Naval Air Service | 11 Nov 1899 | Feb 2000 (100) | Enlisted 1918.[15]ADM 188/639 |
Ormsby, Gilbert Thomas | Gunner, Royal Field Artillery & Royal Garrison Artillery | 1 Nov 1898 | Feb 2000 (101) | [11]WO372/15 |
Perkins, Cyril Edward | Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy | 15 Aug 1900 | Jan 2000 (99) | Enlisted 1918.[15]ADM 188/1103 |
Perry, Francis Edward | Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy | 2 Feb 1900 | Sep 2000 (100) | Enlisted 1915.[15]ADM 188/740 |
Philp, Alfred Edward | Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy | 13 Jan 1899 | 21 Sep 2000 (101) | Enlisted 1915.[15]ADM 188/720 |
Pine, Richard Quintus | Paymaster Midshipman, Royal Navy | 2 Feb 1900 | May 2000 (100) | Enlisted 1917.[15]ADM 188/1052 |
Proctor, John Andrew | Private, Cheshire Regiment | 14 Mar 1897 | Jun 2000 (103) | [16] |
Putland, Frederick George | Private, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry & Devonshire Regiment | 29 Oct 1898 | Dec 2000 (102) | Conscripted in 1916. Fought at Ypres and Passchendaele.[11]WO372/16 |
Raisin, Frank Branston | Sergeant, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) | 5 Jun 1897 | Jun 2000 (102) | [11]WO372/16 |
Redgrave, Jack Bramley | Private, London Regiment | 5 Oct 1899 | Feb 2000 (100) | [11]WO372/16 |
Riches, Albert Dacosta M | Private, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) & Tank Corps | 19 Sep 1898 | Oct 2000 (102) | Last known Great War veteran of the Tank Corps.[11]WO372/16 |
Rimmer, Stanley | Gunner, Royal Field Artillery | 22 Feb 1895 | May 2000 (105) | [11]WO372/17 |
Roberts, Charles William | Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy | 30 Mar 1900 | Jul 2000 (100) | Enlisted 1916.[15]ADM 188/766 |
Rodger, Thomas James | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 5 Feb 1899 | May 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 1894 | 14 Apr 2000 (106) | Enlisted 1914 and fought as a sniper. Spent 9 months as a POW.[18] |
Rugg, Gilbert Sydney S B | East Surrey Regiment | 21 Oct 1896 | Nov 2000 (104) | [16] |
Russell, Charles Stewart | Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy | 26 Nov 1899 | Feb 2000 (100) | Enlisted 1917.[15]ADM 188/810 |
Salway, Percy John | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 5 Oct 1900 | Aug 2000 (99) | [17]ADM 337/1-108 |
Shepherd, Percival | Corporal, Royal Garrison Artillery | 21 May 1898 | Dec 2000 (102) | [11]WO372/18 |
Shepperson, Frederick Arthur | Private, Leicestershire Regiment | 15 May 1897 | Nov 2000 (103) | Last known Great War veteran of the Leicestershire Regiment.[11]WO372/18 |
Short, Samuel Allen | Private, 2/10th (County of London) London Regiment (Hackney) & 2/8th (County of London) London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) | 26 May 1899 | 3 Jan 2000 (100) | [11]WO372/18 |
Sim, William | Private, Seaforth Highlanders | 16 Dec 1899 | Feb 2000 (100) | Last known Great War veteran of the Seaforth Highlanders.[16] |
Steel, Alec John H | Royal Flying Corps | 3 Jun 1898 | Aug 2000 (102) | [16] |
Strong, Edward Robert | Private, Army Ordnance Corps | 6 Sep 1897 | May 2000 (102) | [11]WO372/19 |
Targett, Arthur Robert | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 7 Jun 1899 | Jun 2000 (100) | [17]ADM 337/1-108 |
Tayler, Frederick William | Gunner, 13th Battery, 29th Royal Field Artillery | 12 May 1898 | 19 Mar 2000 (101) | Lost a leg on the Western Front just a month before the Armistice.[18] |
Taylor, William Ernest | Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy | 20 Dec 1899 | Jan 2000 (100) | Enlisted 1918.[15]ADM 188/1102 |
Tickner, Albert George | Royal Horse Artillery | 8 Sep 1901 | 18 Jul 2000 (98) | Enlisted aged 16. Served in India. Also a World War II veteran. |
Trevillion, Stephen Clemmow | Private, Hampshire Regiment & Labour Corps | 31 May 1898 | Oct 2000 (102) | [11]WO372/20 |
Wagstaff, Arthur | Private, 2/4th & 1/4th Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) | 12 May 1897 | Aug 2000 (103) | Went ‘over the top’ at the Battle of the Somme. Later wounded.[18] |
Wallis, Walter | Private, 4th (Pioneers) Coldstream Guards | 14 Oct 1898 | Jan 2000 (101) | Last known Great War veteran of the Coldstream Guards. Enlisted at 17. Fought on the Western Front. |
Wallworth, Wilfred | Private, Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) & Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | 27 Jul 1898 | Aug 2000 (102) | Last known Great War veteran of the South Lancashire Regiment and Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Fought at Ypres.[16] |
White, George Edward | Private, Cambridgeshire Regiment & Suffolk Regiment | 28 Feb 1899 | Mar 2000 (101) | Last known Great War veteran of the Cambridgeshire Regiment.[16] |
White, Sidney Harry | Private, 2/4th Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) | 31 May 1899 | 25 Jan 2000 (100) | Served in France and taken prisoner by the Germans.[20] |
Whitlock, Arthur James | Gunner, Royal Field Artillery | 16 Oct 1891 | 19 Apr 2000 (108) | Fought on the Western Front. |
Williams, Percy Herbert | Private, 1/5th Northumberland Fusiliers | 15 Sep 1899 | 28 May 2000 (100) | Wounded at Fismes, May 1918 and taken prisoner.[18] |
Williams, Richard Edric | Royal Naval Air Service | 13 Mar 1900 | Mar 2000 (99) | Enlisted 1917.[15]ADM 188/626 |
Wright, William Hayes | Able Seaman, Royal Navy | 5 Dec 1894 | Feb 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, Nathan | 17 May 1894 | 7 Nov 2000 (106) | (Pennsylvania) US Army.[13] |
Arnold, J. Leroy | c.1896 | Apr 2000 (103) | (Pennsylvania) Served in France.[7] |
Axe, Alfred Frederick | 30 Apr 1900 | 10 Aug 2000 (99) | (Ohio) Private, US Army.[13] |
Azzinaro, Joseph | 9 Mar 1895 | 6 Jun 2000 (105) | (New Jersey) Served in France.[7] |
Bartholomew, Elmer | 10 Jun 1899 | 27 Feb 2000 (100) | (Illinois) US Marine Corps. Also a World War II veteran.[13] |
Bates, Creed Fulton | 13 Jan 1897 | 21 Feb 2000 (103) | (North Carolina) US Army.[13] |
Battle, John Bascombe | 27 Mar 1897 | 24 Jun 2000 (103) | (North Carolina) US Army.[13] |
Becker, Oscar H. | 30 Aug 1896 | 25 Oct 2000 (104) | (California) Served in France.[7] |
Bigger, John W. | 22 Dec 1899 | 3 Jun 2000 (100) | (New York) US Army. |
Bender, Leonard William | 27 Sep 1894 | 3 Oct 2000 (106) | (California) Private, US Army. Enlisted September 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[13] |
Blakeney, Robert Samuel | 1 Aug 1900 | 15 May 2000 (99) | (Washington) Served in France.[7] |
Blitstein, Michael | 4 Nov 1896 | 26 Aug 2000 (103) | (Illinois) US Navy. In training as a wireless operator when the war ended. |
Blumner, Myron | 11 Feb 1900 | 19 Apr 2000 (100) | (Florida) Private, US Army. Enlisted October 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[13] |
Bolt, Leland Eddy | 16 Jul 1899 | 18 Mar 2000 (100) | (Idaho) Private, US Army.[13] |
Bond, Leon H. | 9 Jun 1895 | 15 Mar 2000 (104) | (Wisconsin) Served as a telegraphist in the US Navy. |
Bones, Leigh K. | 31 Dec 1895 | 27 Jan 2000 (104) | (Oregon) Served in France.[7] |
Bourinot, Paul M. | 29 May 1900 | 23 Feb 2000 (99) | (Massachusetts) Served in France.[7] |
Box, James Monroe | 12 Dec 1898 | 12 Aug 2000 (101) | (Tennessee) US Army.[13] |
Bowman, Mitchell | 28 Nov 1898 | 15 Apr 2000 (101) | (Florida) Served in France.[7] |
Broesler, Walter V. | 14 Dec 1896 | 21 Apr 2000 (103) | (New Jersey) Served in France.[7] |
Brown Jr., Addison H. | 11 Oct 1899 | 15 Jan 2000 (100) | (Florida) Served in France.[7] |
Bryant, Lenster | 7 Apr 1897 | 31 Mar 2000 (102) | (North Carolina) US Army.[13] |
Burgess, Verne K. | 8 Jul 1896 | 28 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, Henry | 13 Mar 1894 | 9 Sep 2000 (106) | (Louisiana) Served in France.[7] |
Caddell, James M. | 9 Sep 1899 | 28 Sep 2000 (101) | (California) Served in France.[7] |
Caldwell, Charlie | 22 Jul 1895 | 6 Mar 2000 (104) | (Alabama) Served in France.[7] |
Campbell, William Hill | 26 Jan 1899 | 3 Jan 2000 (100) | (Wyoming) Served in France.[7] |
Carnevale, Antonio (Tony) | 12 May 1898 | 12 Mar 2000 (101) | (Rhode Island) Last known veteran from Rhode Island to have served overseas.[7] |
Carpenter, Arthur J. | 15 Aug 1895 | 29 Mar 2000 (104) | (Ohio) US Army. Served on the Mexican border.[13] |
Chapman, Earl Edward | 27 Dec 1898 | 4 Jun 2000 (101) | (Arkansas) US Army.[13] |
Chappell, J. Harold | 31 Dec 1897 | 27 Apr 2000 (102) | (Indiana) US Army.[13] |
Christie, Ralph W. | 3 Jul 1897 | 5 Feb 2000 (102) | (Oregon) Served in France.[7] |
Clark, Thomas J. | 4 Sep 1896 | 11 Mar 2000 (103) | (Texas) Served in France.[7] |
Clemons, William | 5 Mar 1895 | 24 Aug 2000 (105) | (Georgia) Served in France.[7] |
Cleveland, Benjamin F. | 14 Oct 1896 | 22 Sep 2000 (103) | (New York) US Army.[13] |
Collins, Henry | 4 Mar 1896 | 17 Jan 2000 (103) | (Tennessee) Served in France.[7] |
Corley, Cleophus C. | 9 Nov 1897 | 1 Jan 2000 (102) | (Iowa) Private, US Army.[13] |
Daniel, Isaac M. | 20 Feb 1897 | 7 Oct 2000 (103) | (Alabama) Private, US Army.[13] |
Davis, Benjamin Alonzo | 18 May 1897 | 21 Jun 2000 (103) | (Georgia) US Army.[13] |
Davis, Thomas F. | 30 Nov 1892 | 5 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, Willie | 19 Jan 1898 | 14 Jan 2000 (101) | (Mississippi) Corporal, US Army. Enlisted March 1918. Also a World War II veteran.[13] |
Deel, Richard D. | 8 Jan 1897 | 17 Dec 2000 (103) | (Virginia) Served in France.[7] |
Deibler, George Edward | 8 Mar 1900 | 29 May 2000 (100) | (Pennsylvania) US Army.[13] |
Dickson, James | 8 Oct 1895 | 16 May 2000 (104) | (Georgia) Served in France.[7] |
Dieda, Albert J. | 8 Jul 1899 | 9 Apr 2000 (100) | (California) Served in France.[7] |
Dillan, J. Alfred | 5 Sep 1898 | 22 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 1899 | 11 Jan 2000 (100) | (Maine) Engineman 1st Class, US Navy. Also a World War II veteran.[13] |
Drake, James Ralph | 31 May 1897 | 3 Feb 2000 (102) | (South Carolina) US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[13] |
Duffy, Joseph Patrick | 29 Sep 1896 | 9 Sep 2000 (103) | (New Jersey) US Army.[13] |
Dunn, Thomas J. | 2 Jul 1899 | 3 Oct 2000 (101) | (Pennsylvania) Served in France.[7] |
Duprey, Horton J. | 9 Mar 1897 | 12 Sep 2000 (103) | (New York) Private, US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[13] |
Edwards, Jesse | 3 Sep 1899 | 4 Jan 2000 (100) | (Kentucky) US Army.[13] |
Englar, Paul W. | 29 Jun 1894 | 18 Sep 2000 (106) | (Maryland) Last known veteran from Maryland to have served overseas.[7] |
Enzminger, Arthur W. | 27 Feb 1894 | 7 Oct 2000 (106) | (Nebraska) Served in France.[7] |
Ezell, Edward Haynie | 8 Aug 1896 | 25 Jun 2000 (103) | (Texas) US Navy.[13] |
Faris, John I. | 1 Feb 1898 | 23 Jan 2000 (101) | (Missouri) Served in France.[7] |
Farley, John W. | 25 Oct 1897 | 19 Dec 2000 (103) | (Ohio) Served in France.[7] |
Farrar, Andrew C. | 17 May 1896 | 15 Dec 2000 (104) | (California) Served in France.[7] |
Fernandez, Maximiano | 1 Feb 1896 | 24 Mar 2000 (104) | (New Mexico) Served in France.[7] |
Ferraro, Lawrence | 8 Apr 1896 | 23 Mar 2000 (103) | (New York) Served in France.[7] |
Flege, John Blain | 2 Apr 1896 | 12 Mar 2000 (103) | (Kentucky) Private, US Army.[13] |
Flynn, George H. | 19 Oct 1900 | 3 Aug 2000 (99) | (Connecticut) Private, US Army. Also served in World War II and Korea.[13] |
Forcier, Edmond | 3 Dec 1895 | 17 Apr 2000 (104) | (Massachusetts) Served in France.[7] |
Ford, Lorenzo | 20 Nov 1893 | 21 Mar 2000 (106) | (Louisiana) Served in France.[7] |
Foster, Ralph L. | 1 Jul 1894 | 20 Jun 2000 (105) | (Florida) Served in France.[7] |
Fountain, Maurice E. | 30 Oct 1900 | 1 May 2000 (99) | (Maine) US Army.[13] |
Freeman, Charles S. | 14 Dec 1894 | 17 Sep 2000 (105) | (New York) Served in France.[7] |
Freeman, Harley E. | 14 Jun 1898 | 24 Dec 2000 (102) | (California) US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[13] |
French, Arthur P. | 20 Jun 1895 | 16 May 2000 (104) | (Colorado) Served in France from June 1918 in the Medical Corps.[7] |
Friend, Laurence H. | 6 Aug 1898 | 11 Jul 2000 (101) | (Florida) Served in France.[7] |
Frisch, Herbert W. | 16 Apr 1898 | 18 Apr 2000 (102) | (Wisconsin) US Army. |
Gabel, Ernest A. | 12 Apr 1899 | 7 Jun 2000 (101) | (Kansas) US Army. |
Garcia, Eduardo | 12 Oct 1898 | 19 Mar 2000 (101) | (New Mexico) Served in France.[7] |
Garland, Milton W. | 23 Aug 1895 | 20 Jul 2000 (104) | (Pennsylvania) US Navy. Later a pioneer in refrigeration engineering. |
Gebhardt, Willis H. | 12 Jul 1896 | 14 Sep 2000 (104) | (California) US Navy. |
Geister, Raymond G. | 19 Oct 1894 | 6 Feb 2000 (105) | (Illinois) |
German, Homer S. | 9 Dec 1895 | 27 Jul 2000 (104) | (Florida) Served in France.[7] |
Gibson, Leland S. | 17 Oct 1898 | 15 Mar 2000 (101) | (Georgia) Served in France.[7] |
Gilbert, Guy H. | 8 Sep 1896 | 29 Jan 2000 (103) | (Washington) Served in France.[7] |
Gilbert, Junia | 18 Mar 1896 | 25 Nov 2000 (104) | (California) Served in France.[7] |
Gilbert, William C. W. | 15 Nov 1899 | 28 Feb 2000 (100) | (New Jersey) Private, US Army. Enlisted April 1918.[13] |
Gillam, Jfestus | 30 Jul 1896 | 19 Jun 2000 (103) | (California) Electrician 3rd Class, US Navy. Enlisted July 1917.[13] |
Gillum, Dan | 2 Feb 1892 | 31 Jan 2000 (107) | (Texas) Private, US Army. Enlisted June 1918.[13] |
Ginsburg, David | 18 Apr 1898 | 17 Mar 2000 (101) | (New York) Served in France.[7] |
Goldenberg, Ray Benjamin | 19 Mar 1899 | 5 Dec 2000 (101) | (New York) Served in France.[7] |
Goodman, Elves L. | 26 May 1894 | 12 May 2000 (105) | (Missouri) Sergeant, US Army. Served on the Mexican border.[13] |
Goodyear, Marvin Paulsen | 13 Apr 1897 | 2 Aug 2000 (103) | (California) US Navy. Also a World War II veteran.[13] |
Gorseth, Peter | 23 Dec 1893 | 14 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 1899 | 9 Jan 2000 (100) | (Florida) Served in France.[7] |
Graham, James H. | 1 Sep 1894 | 13 Sep 2000 (106) | (Kansas) Served in France.[7] |
Granaman, Campbell | 19 Aug 1894 | 18 Apr 2000 (105) | (Iowa) A member of General Pershing’s honour guard on his arrival in France.[7] |
Grays, Galveston | 4 Feb 1897 | 31 May 2000 (103) | (Texas) Private, US Army.[13] |
Green, Matthew | 25 Dec 1896 | 17 Jun 2000 (103) | (New York) Private, US Army[13] |
Greene, Arthur C. | 4 Oct 1892 | 27 Dec 2000 (108) | (New York) Served in France.[7] |
Greenough, Paul E. | 31 Jul 1900 | 16 May 2000 (99) | (Pennsylvania) Private, US Army.[13] |
Griffin, James M. | 4 Dec 1897 | 30 Sep 2000 (102) | (Oregon) US Marine Corps. Also a World War II veteran.[13] |
Grizell, Roy | 4 Jul 1893 | 12 Apr 2000 (106) | (Mississippi) Served in France.[7] |
Grizzle, Joseph Edward | 25 Aug 1894 | 20 Jul 2000 (105) | (Georgia) US Army.[13] |
Haley, Thomas Holt | 2 Aug 1900 | 23 Aug 2000 (100) | (Arkansas) US Navy.[13] |
Hanson, Melvin W. | 30 Dec 1898 | 27 Dec 2000 (101) | (South Dakota) Fireman 2nd Class, US Navy.[13] |
Hardison, Dock | 29 Aug 1894 | 19 Mar 2000 (105) | (Texas) Private, US Army. Enlisted July 1918.[13] |
Harper, Ivan W. | 25 Dec 1894 | 15 Mar 2000 (105) | (Arizona) Private, US Army.[13] |
Harris, Clarence A. | 18 Oct 1897 | 21 Oct 2000 (103) | (Florida) Served in France. |
Hartshorne, Charles | 5 Jun 1897 | 9 Oct 2000 (103) | (Pennsylvania) Served as a hospital orderly in the US army. Later a prominent philosopher. See entry. |
Hawley, Donald Dewey | 18 Feb 1898 | 3 Sep 2000 (102) | (South Dakota) Private, US Army. Served in France.[7] |
Hayden, Norbert E. | 28 Sep 1896 | 13 Jan 2000 (103) | (Missouri) Served in France.[7] |
Hemphill, Charles | 23 Jan 1897 | 29 Jan 2000 (103) | (Iowa) Private, US Army.[13] |
Henkel, John A. | 28 Dec 1895 | 3 Mar 2000 (104) | (Florida) Served in France.[7] |
Hickman, Luther L. | 24 Oct 1897 | 25 Feb 2000 (102) | (Colorado) Served in France.[7] |
Hironymous, Carlton J. | 5 Jun 1899 | 13 May 2000 (100) | (California) US Army.[13] |
Hirsch, Steven J. | 25 Jan 1895 | 2 Sep 2000 (105) | (California) Served in France.[7] |
Hobart, Ira Anson | 12 Apr 1895 | 29 Feb 2000 (104) | (New York) Private, US Army.[13] |
Hof, Gus F. | 29 Mar 1899 | 5 Jun 2000 (101) | (Florida) Served in France.[7] |
Hoffman, Frank F. | 17 Sep 1897 | 13 Feb 2000 (102) | (Wisconsin) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy.[13] |
Holasek, Joseph F. | 30 Oct 1898 | 23 Dec 2000 (102) | (Texas) Served in France.[7] |
Holzheimer, Thomas R. | 27 Feb 1900 | 8 Dec 2000 (100) | (Connecticut) US Marine Corps.[13] |
Houser, Ross A. | 28 June 1897 | 8 Sep 2000 (103) | (Ohio) Also a World War II veteran. |
Howell, Arch | 27 Sep 1895 | 5 Dec 2000 (105) | (Oklahoma) Served in France.[7] |
Hubb, Ewald G. | 4 Jun 1897 | 19 Nov 2000 (103) | (Wisconsin) Private, US Army.[13] |
Hughes, Jesse L. | 9 Jan 1897 | 30 Sep 2000 (103) | (Kentucky) Served in France.[7] |
Humes, Warren M. | 5 Jul 1899 | 18 Jan 2000 (100) | (Connecticut) Served in France.[7] |
Hundley, Henry Bryant | 20 Jul 1896 | 10 Oct 2000 (104) | (Kansas) US Army. |
Johnson, Norman | 26 Jan 1895 | 17 Jan 2000 (104) | (Alabama) Private, US Army[13] |
Jones, Henry | 10 Mar 1895 | 24 Aug 2000 (105) | (Louisiana) US Army.[13] |
Jump, Frank Russell | 16 Mar 1895 | 18 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, Edward | 20 Nov 1898 | 23 Dec 2000 (102) | (Wisconsin) Private, US Army. Enlisted June 1917.[13] |
Kilray, William F. | 2 Aug 1893 | 18 Apr 2000 (106) | (Florida) US Navy.[13] |
Kinisky, James P. | 8 Oct 1900 | 24 Feb 2000 (99) | (New York) US Navy. Also a World War II veteran.[13] |
Kling, William | 30 Aug 1896 | 27 Dec 2000 (104) | (Arizona) Served in France.[7] |
Kniesley, Willis D. | 8 Jun 1898 | 17 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, Jacob | 23 Feb 1900 | 6 Oct 2000 (100) | (New York) US Navy. Also a World War II veteran.[13] |
Kohlars, Dorothy | 22 Aug 1895 | 6 Mar 2000 (104) | (Washington) Served as a nurse in the US Nurse Corps on the Western Front 1918. |
Krantz, Frank Joseph | 19 Jun 1894 | 13 Jan 2000 (105) | (California) Private, US Army. Enlisted December 1917.[13] |
Kunz, Samuel W. | 18 Jan 1898 | 16 Dec 2000 (102) | (California) Served in France.[7] |
Latson, Ralph J. | 14 Sep 1895 | 13 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 Stephen | 27 Aug 1894 | 19 Jul 2000 (105) | (California) Corporal, US Army. Enlisted February 1918.[13] |
Landers, Frank Knoke | 11 Apr 1900 | 21 Jan 2000 (99) | (Indiana) US Army.[13] |
Lavalley, Leslie E. | 5 Apr 1899 | 19 Feb 2000 (100) | (Oregon) Served in France.[7] |
Leach, Fred W. | 15 Oct 1897 | 29 Jul 2000 (102) | (Missouri) Private, US Army.[13] |
Leblanc, Frederick J. | 11 Aug 1898 | 27 Jan 2000 (101) | (Louisiana) US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[13] |
Lerdall, Elmer V. | 24 Dec 1895 | 9 Apr 2000 (104) | (Minnesota) US Army.[13] |
Lewis, Floyd | 14 Aug 1895 | 27 Jan 2000 (104) | (Alabama) Private, US Army.[13] |
Lewis, Oscar C. | 20 Dec 1892 | 10 Dec 2000 (107) | (Washington) Served in France.[7] |
Lilley, Roy M. | 20 Sep 1899 | 3 Nov 2000 (101) | (Missouri) Served in France.[7] |
Locke, John R. | 10 Feb 1894 | 11 Jan 2000 (105) | (Texas) Served in France.[7] |
Lyon, Lawrence Bruce (Frosty) | 29 Sep 1894 | 28 Aug 2000 (105) | (West Virginia) |
Mack, Chris H. | 6 Nov 1895 | 9 Apr 2000 (104) | (Washington) Served in France.[7] |
Mackenzie, George A. | 28 Feb 1899 | 10 Dec 2000 (101) | (California) Served in France.[7] |
Madrick, Frank | 28 Mar 1896 | 11 Apr 2000 (104) | (California) Served in France.[7] |
Mallard, Clinton E. | 4 Oct 1901 | 24 Sep 2000 (98) | (North Carolina) Enlisted underage. Served in France.[7] |
Mallard, C. Eugene | 4 Oct 1900 | 24 Sep 2000 (99) | (North Carolina) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy.[13] |
Marbury, Leonard | 23 Feb 1900 | 21 Jul 2000 (100) | (Ohio) Served in France.[7] |
Margarall, Dominick V. | 2 Dec 1898 | 25 Sep 2000 (101) | (New York) Private, US Army.[13] |
Marshall, Clyde M. | 9 May 1893 | 23 Jan 2000 (106) | (Kentucky) Corporal, US Army.[13] |
Martelle, Lester Dewey | 12 May 1898 | 18 Mar 2000 (101) | (Nebraska) Private, US Army.[13] |
Martin, John F. | 28 Jun 1899 | 10 Jul 2000 (101) | (Missouri) Private, US Army.[13] |
May, Jesse A. | 8 Apr 1897 | 19 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 Michael | 18 Dec 1895 | 2 Oct 2000 (104) | (West Virginia) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy.[13] |
McDonough, John P. | 23 Oct 1895 | 21 Jun 2000 (104) | (Arizona) Served in France.[7] |
McDonough, Michael | 7 Oct 1898 | 19 Aug 2000 (101) | (Massachusetts) Served in France.[7] |
McGowan, Joseph M. | 10 Mar 1897 | 28 Feb 2000 (102) | (Florida) Machinist’s Mate 1st Class, US Navy.[13] |
McKay, Joseph T. | 21 Feb 1892 | 23 Jun 2000 (108) | (Louisiana) Served in France.[7] |
McMillan, Charles Monroe | 12 Feb 1895 | 19 Jul 2000 (105) | (Florida) Served in France.[7] |
Meadors, George L. | 20 Nov 1894 | 5 Apr 2000 (104) | (Texas) Served in France.[7] |
Medford, Hugh W. | 14 May 1898 | 4 May 2000 (101) | (North Carolina) Served in France.[7] |
Mijal, Anthony | 29 Mar 1898 | 20 May 2000 (102) | (Massachusetts) Served in France.[7] |
Miller, Dudley | 3 Nov 1893 | 24 Jul 2000 (106) | (New Jersey) Served in France.[7] |
Montecalvo, Raffael (Ralph) | 2 Mar 1895 | 1 Feb 2000 (104) | (Florida) Served in France.[7] |
Moore, Joseph L. | 17 Apr 1895 | 30 Mar 2000 (104) | (Michigan) Served in France.[7] |
Moorman, Elmer F. | 14 Aug 1897 | 30 Mar 2000 (102) | (Mississippi) Private, US Army.[13] |
Morehouse, Henry L. | 18 Jun 1899 | 13 Dec 2000 (102) | (Connecticut) Served in France.[7] |
Morgan, John | 13 May 1895 | 4 Dec 2000 (105) | (Virginia) Served in France.[7] |
Moss, Peodus O. | 13 Apr 1893 | 4 Jul 2000 (107) | (Texas) Served in France.[7] |
Mount, Nathan | 9 Aug 1896 | 27 Aug 2000 (104) | (Illinois) Served in France.[7] |
Nelsen, Gordon L. | 30 Dec 1900 | 22 Nov 2000 (99) | (Georgia) Enlisted underage. Served in France.[7] |
Newhauser, Arthur C. | 30 Nov 1897 | 29 Aug 2000 (102) | (Massachusetts) Served in France as a sergeant in the US Army.[7] |
Ochsner, Carl W. | 6 Mar 1896 | 16 Jan 2000 (103) | (Florida) Served in France.[7] |
Oltman, John F. | 1 Oct 1896 | 25 Jan 2000 (103) | (Washington) Called to military service at the end of the war but discharged before commencing training. |
Orsi, Frank | 5 Aug 1899 | 18 Nov 2000 (101) | (California) |
Ostermeier, William H. | 8 Jul 1893 | 7 Jul 2000 (106) | (Ohio) Private, US Army.[13] |
Parrigin, Ivan F. | 19 Apr 1896 | 14 Sep 2000 (104) | (New Mexico) Served in France.[7] |
Payne, Harry O. | 12 Aug 1899 | 23 Oct 2000 (101) | (Washington) Served in France.[7] |
Perkins, Roscoe D. | 12 Nov 1895 | 28 Jan 2000 (104) | (Minnesota) Served in France.[7] |
Phillips, Lloyd R. | 26 Jan 1898 | 12 Jan 2000 (101) | (California) Private, US Army.[13] |
Pollard, Richard H. | 18 Jan 1898 | 25 Sep 2000 (102) | (Texas) Served in France.[7] |
Pool, Lester Ray | 15 Sep 1895 | 11 Jan 2000 (104) | (Oklahoma) Yeoman 2nd Class, US Navy.[13] |
Poole, Ralph | 17 Dec 1900 | 8 Mar 2000 (99) | (South Carolina) US Navy.[13] |
Prater, Daniel Duff | 27 Jun 1895 | 4 Feb 2000 (104) | (Kentucky) Private, US Army.[13] |
Price, Ralph W. | 12 Dec 1899 | 7 Apr 2000 (100) | (Florida) US Navy. Served aboard USS Solace. Also a World War II veteran. |
Probst, Pertle Earnest | 21 Aug 1896 | 2 Nov 2000 (104) | (Missouri) Private, US Army.[13] |
Proske, Frank | 16 Dec 1895 | 23 Sep 2000 (104) | (Iowa) Served in France.[7] |
Quilla, Louis A. | 10 Nov 1900 | 29 Feb 2000 (99) | (California) Enlisted underage. Served in France.[7] |
Rabinowitz, Harry W. | 14 Jul 1895 | 10 Nov 2000 (105) | (Idaho) Served in France.[7] |
Rainey Jr., Tom | 1 Mar 1896 | 16 Dec 2000 (104) | (Alabama) Served in France. |
Rasmussen, Arthur | 3 Mar 1896 | 27 Jan 2000 (103) | (Iowa) Served in France.[7] |
Reinhold, Frank W. | 17 Nov 1898 | 29 Apr 2000 (101) | (New Hampshire) US Navy.[13] |
Renfrow, Stevens A. | 29 Jul 1892 | 8 Dec 2000 (108) | (Mississippi) Served in France.[7] |
Richburg, Horace | 8 Mar 1896 | 1 Nov 2000 (104) | (Alabama) Served in France.[7] |
Rickert, Glennis H. | 23 Feb 1895 | 18 May 2000 (105) | (Pennsylvania) Served in France.[7] |
Ricklin, Martin | 15 Nov 1894 | 10 Aug 2000 (105) | (Florida) Served in France as a medical orderly in the US Army.[7] |
Roehlk, Rudolph F. | 11 Nov 1899 | 4 Sep 2000 (100) | (Florida) Enlisted underage. Served in France. |
Rowe, John E. | 2 Jan 1900 | 30 Nov 2000 (100) | (Ohio) US Navy.[13] |
Rudd, Roy R. | 24 Jun 1900 | 8 Jun 2000 (99) | (Florida) US Army. Served on the Mexican border.[13] |
Sandoval, Amadeo | 23 Jun 1900 | 5 Jun 2000 (99) | (New Mexico) Private, US Army.[13] |
Scerbo, Luigi | 23 Apr 1897 | 7 Dec 2000 (103) | (New Jersey) Private, US Army.[13] |
Schick, Urban A. | 9 Oct 1896 | 11 Nov 2000 (104) | (Missouri) Served in France. |
Schlink, Louis F. | 19 Sep 1895 | 7 Feb 2000 (104) | (Indiana) Served in France.[7] |
Schmidt, Joseph P. | 30 Mar 1893 | 6 Jan 2000 (106) | (South Dakota) Served in France.[7] |
Schmolinske, Arthur H.E. | 6 Jun 1895 | 18 Nov 2000 (105) | (Wisconsin) Served in France.[7] |
Schnell, Louis John | 25 Dec 1895 | 15 Jan 2000 (104) | (Colorado) US Army.[13] |
Schoenig, George | 3 Jul 1897 | 12 Oct 2000 (103) | (California) Yeoman 1st Class, US Navy. Enlisted July 1918.[13] |
Schroll, Russell | 23 Aug 1897 | 29 Apr 2000 (102) | (Kansas) Served in France.[7] |
Schwartz, P. Bryan | 9 Nov 1896 | 1 Apr 2000 (103) | (Colorado) Seaman 1st Class, US Navy.[13] |
Schwenk, John J. | 18 Jul 1899 | 27 Sep 2000 (101) | (New York) Fought in the Muise-Argonne campaign with the 32nd Division, US Army.[7] |
Schwiebert, Ernest G. | 17 Oct 1895 | 10 Mar 2000 (104) | (Florida) Lieutenant, US Army.[13] |
Scilacci, George | 18 Dec 1894 | 28 Jul 2000 (105) | (California) |
Scott, Thomas V. | 14 Aug 1896 | 5 Jan 2000 (103) | (Florida) US Army.[13] |
Shamberger, Ralph J. | 20 Feb 1900 | 11 Mar 2000 (100) | (Idaho) Private, US Army.[13] |
Shumake, John Wesley | 20 Mar 1896 | 3 Jan 2000 (103) | (Texas) US Army.[13] |
Smiley, Edward L. | 29 May 1896 | 27 Apr 2000 (103) | (Massachusetts) Served in France.[7] |
Snow, Walter | 25 Dec 1897 | 21 Apr 2000 (102) | (South Carolina) Private, US Army.[13] |
Sowa, Stanley | 8 Jan 1896 | 16 May 2000 (104) | (Illinois) Sergeant, US Army.[13] |
Squires, Charles W. | 14 Jul 1899 | 15 Aug 2000 (100) | (Texas) US Navy. |
Stagg, Harry P. | 1 Oct 1898 | 6 Feb 2000 (101) | (New Mexico) Served in France.[7] |
Stallings, Virgil V. | 25 Aug 1897 | 18 Feb 2000 (102) | (Nebraska) Served in France.[7] |
Stepina, Charles W. | 15 Feb 1897 | 12 Feb 2000 (102) | (Texas) Served in France.[7] |
Stevens, Robert | 19 Apr 1897 | 13 May 2000 (103) | (Mississippi) Served in France.[7] |
Stoker, Obie | 31 Oct 1898 | 27 Feb 2000 (101) | (Texas) Private, US Army. Enlisted December 1916.[13] |
Strong, Henry | 21 Jan 1896 | 9 Mar 2000 (104) | (Florida) Served in France.[7] |
Surber, Willie Benjamin | 23 Sep 1900 | 26 Jan 2000 (99) | (Louisiana) Corporal, US Army.[13] |
Swift, Lawrence M. | 28 Jun 1898 | 5 Sep 2000 (102) | (Tennessee) Officer, US Army. |
Szyperski, Edward Chester | 12 May 1897 | 14 Mar 2000 (102) | (Wisconsin) Served in France.[7] |
Talbott, Harvey E. | 11 Feb 1900 | 26 Mar 2000 (100) | (Missouri) Private, US Army.[13] |
Talbott, Robert M. | 29 Jun 1896 | 6 Sep 2000 (104) | (Maryland) Served in France.[7] |
Thomas, Robert | 19 Feb 1896 | 16 Jun 2000 (104) | (New York) Served in France.[7] |
Thomas, Willie | 18 Nov 1894 | 24 Mar 2000 (105) | (California) |
Toutonghi, Philippe Elias | 1899 | Jul 2000 (101) | (Washington) |
Trautman, Louis M. | 17 Dec 1896 | 24 Mar 2000 (103) | (Ohio) Served in France.[7] |
Turk, Aaron | 16 Jan 1897 | 7 Dec 2000 (103) | (Oklahoma) Fireman 3rd Class, US Navy[13] |
Underwood, Walter Guy | 16 Sep 1900 | 31 May 2000 (99) | (Virginia) Private, US Army.[13] |
Unumb, Percival H. | 11 Feb 1896 | 5 Mar 2000 (104) | (Minnesota) Served in France.[7] |
Upchurch, Thomas Walter | 29 Nov 1894 | 24 Jul 2000 (105) | (Texas) US Army.[13] |
Valla, Axel | 27 Jul 1894 | 18 Sep 2000 (106) | (Minnesota) Served in France.[7] |
Van Heukelom, Bernie | 8 Dec 1894 | 3 Mar 2000 (105) | (Iowa) Yeoman 3rd Class, US Navy[13] |
Vansickel, Oscar R. | 17 Jun 1899 | 16 Sep 2000 (101) | (South Dakota) US Navy. Served aboard USS Vermont transporting troops across the Atlantic. |
Vasseur, Francis R.D. | 11 Aug 1897 | 18 Aug 2000 (103) | (Florida) Served in France.[7] |
Veluzat, Paul T. | 6 Dec 1898 | 9 Apr 2000 (101) | (California) Texas Rangers & US Army. Rode with Pancho Villa and boarded the U-boat that sank The Lusitania. |
Vogt, Carl William | 5 Jan 1900 | 8 Jan 2000 (100) | (Washington) Private, US Marine Corps.[13] |
Voorhees, Russell W. | 16 May 1898 | 10 Feb 2000 (101) | (Hawaii) |
Walcez, John S. | 15 Apr 1899 | 20 Mar 2000 (100) | US Army.[13] |
Wanamaker, William Wesley | 23 Aug 1898 | 8 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 1895 | 13 Apr 2000 (104) | (Pennsylvania) Served in France.[7] |
West, Ernest Patrick | 17 Mar 1896 | 20 Jun 2000 (104) | (Florida) Served in France.[7] |
Westover, Edwin F. | 26 May 1898 | 22 Mar 2000 (101) | (California) Served in France.[7] |
Wheeler, Chancy G. | 5 Jun 1899 | 28 Jan 2000 (100) | (Ohio) Served in France.[7] |
Wheeler, Glen W. | 15 May 1899 | 16 Jun 2000 (101) | (Texas) Private, US Marine Corps. Also a World War II veteran.[13] |
White, Carey S. | 11 Oct 1900 | 12 Mar 2000 (99) | (Illinois) Enlisted underage. Served in France.[7] |
Wilcox, John Edwin | 27 Sep 1899 | 26 Jan 2000 (100) | (Pennsylvania) Private, US Army[13] |
Williams, David H. | 27 Mar 1898 | 9 Jan 2000 (101) | (New York) Private, US Army.[13] |
Wilson, Alonzo C. | 30 Aug 1895 | 23 Jan 2000 (104) | (Idaho) Served in France.[7] |
Wilson, Samuel | 30 Apr 1899 | 2 Apr 2000 (100) | (California) US Army. Enlisted August 1917.[13] |
Woesner, Otto Eugene | 21 Jan 1892 | 3 Oct 2000 (108) | (California) US Army. |
Wohlenberg, Fred H. | 22 Jul 1900 | 11 Dec 2000 (100) | (California) Private, US Army. Enlisted October 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[13] |
Wright, J. Harold | 1 Aug 1900 | 10 Feb 2000 (99) | (Illinois) US Army.[13] |
Wueger, Charles L. | 26 Jul 1897 | 4 Oct 2000 (103) | (Pennsylvania) Private, US Army.[13] |
Wyatt, Thomas | 20 May 1899 | 25 Mar 2000 (100) | (Indiana) US Army.[13] |
Wylie, William Edward | 22 Jul 1896 | 24 Dec 2000 (104) | (Missouri) US Navy.[13] |
Young, John W. | 12 May 1899 | 4 Jul 2000 (101) | (New Jersey) Served in France.[7] |
Zalewski, Alex | 1896 | Aug 2000 (104) | (Pennsylvania) Served in France.[7] |
Zelnicker, William S. | 12 Oct 1898 | 11 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 Lucius | 20 Oct 1900 | 15 Dec 2000 (100) | (Massachusetts) US Navy. Enlisted January 1919.[13] |
Totals - 513 veterans
- Verified veterans - 512
- World War I-Era veterans - 1
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "80th Anniversary Armistice Remembrance Medal Recipients". It’s An Honour: Australian Government Honours.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 "Awards to Canadians". Canada Gazette 152 (51). 19 December 1998.
- ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-119.02-e.php?image_url=http://data2.archives.ca/cef/ren1/001277a.gif&id_nbr=82359
- ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jgaede-family&id=I209284
- ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-119.02-e.php?image_url=http://data2.archives.ca/cef/ren2/021136a.gif&id_nbr=102291
- ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=allyall&id=I26082
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 7.26 7.27 7.28 7.29 7.30 7.31 7.32 7.33 7.34 7.35 7.36 7.37 7.38 7.39 7.40 7.41 7.42 7.43 7.44 7.45 7.46 7.47 7.48 7.49 7.50 7.51 7.52 7.53 7.54 7.55 7.56 7.57 7.58 7.59 7.60 7.61 7.62 7.63 7.64 7.65 7.66 7.67 7.68 7.69 7.70 7.71 7.72 7.73 7.74 7.75 7.76 7.77 7.78 7.79 7.80 7.81 7.82 7.83 7.84 7.85 7.86 7.87 7.88 7.89 7.90 7.91 7.92 7.93 7.94 7.95 7.96 7.97 7.98 7.99 7.100 7.101 7.102 7.103 7.104 7.105 7.106 7.107 7.108 7.109 7.110 7.111 7.112 7.113 7.114 7.115 7.116 7.117 7.118 7.119 7.120 7.121 7.122 7.123 7.124 7.125 7.126 7.127 7.128 7.129 7.130 7.131 Legion of Honor Recipients, Embassy of France in the United States of America, February 16, 2001, archived from the original on August 14, 2007
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.9 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 10.18 10.19 10.20 10.21 10.22 10.23 10.24 10.25 10.26 10.27 10.28 10.29 10.30 10.31 10.32 10.33 10.34 10.35 10.36 10.37 10.38 10.39 10.40 10.41 10.42 10.43 10.44 10.45 Mathieu, Frédéric, Ders Des Ders
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 11.15 11.16 11.17 11.18 11.19 11.20 11.21 11.22 11.23 11.24 11.25 11.26 11.27 11.28 11.29 11.30 11.31 11.32 11.33 11.34 11.35 11.36 11.37 11.38 11.39 11.40 11.41 11.42 11.43 11.44 11.45 "War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War". The National Archive.
- ↑ "The Press". 2000-04-13.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 13.9 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15 13.16 13.17 13.18 13.19 13.20 13.21 13.22 13.23 13.24 13.25 13.26 13.27 13.28 13.29 13.30 13.31 13.32 13.33 13.34 13.35 13.36 13.37 13.38 13.39 13.40 13.41 13.42 13.43 13.44 13.45 13.46 13.47 13.48 13.49 13.50 13.51 13.52 13.53 13.54 13.55 13.56 13.57 13.58 13.59 13.60 13.61 13.62 13.63 13.64 13.65 13.66 13.67 13.68 13.69 13.70 13.71 13.72 13.73 13.74 13.75 13.76 13.77 13.78 13.79 13.80 13.81 13.82 13.83 13.84 13.85 13.86 13.87 13.88 13.89 13.90 13.91 13.92 13.93 13.94 13.95 13.96 13.97 13.98 13.99 13.100 13.101 13.102 13.103 13.104 13.105 13.106 13.107 13.108 13.109 13.110 13.111 13.112 "National Gravesite Locator". National Cemetery Association.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.9 "British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920". The National Archive.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8 15.9 15.10 15.11 15.12 15.13 15.14 15.15 15.16 15.17 15.18 15.19 15.20 15.21 15.22 15.23 15.24 15.25 15.26 "Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services 1908 - 1923". The National Archive.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.8 16.9 16.10 16.11 16.12 16.13 16.14 16.15 16.16 16.17 16.18 16.19 16.20 16.21 16.22 16.23 16.24 16.25 16.26 Evans, Michael; Arthur, Max (1998-11-07), "80 Years On: The Day of a Lifetime; 1914-1918: The Last Survivors", The Times
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 "Admiralty: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Rating's Service Records 1903-1919". The National Archive.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 Van Emden, Richard; Humphries, Steve (1998). Veterans: The last survivors of the Great War. Leo Cooper. ISBN 0-85052-640-X.
- ↑ "Admiralty: Royal Marines Registers of Service". The National Archive.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Van Emden, Richard (2000). Prisoners of the Kaiser. Leo Cooper. ISBN 0-85052-734-1.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Admiralty & War Office: Royal Naval Division: Records of Service". The National Archive.
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