List of veterans of World War I who died in 2002
The following is a list of known veterans of the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) who died in 2002.
Veterans by country of service - 217 veterans
Australia (7 veterans)
Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
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Campbell, Alec William | Private, 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force | 26 Feb 1899 | 16 May 2002 (103) | Last survivor of Gallipoli. Enlisted 1915 aged 16, served at ANZAC Cove loading supplies for six before falling ill. Evacuated and discharged when real age discovered. See entry. |
Durston, Raymond George | Corporal, General Service Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force | c.1899 | 19 May 2002 (102) | Non combat. Enlisted 1918. Travelled to Europe, but his ship docked in London the day war ended. |
Jessop-Smith, Kenneth Paul | Australian Merchant Navy | 12 Jan 1902 | 14 Oct 2002 (100) | Born in Wales. Enlisted aged 15. Also a World War II veteran. |
Lockett, John Henry (Jack) | Sergeant, Australian Imperial Force | 22 Jan 1891 | 25 May 2002 (111) | Enlisted 1916. Fought on the Western Front. See entry. |
Munday, John | Private, 7th General Service Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force | 1899 | 5 Dec 2002 (103) | Non combat. Enlisted July 1918 and completed basic training, but did not leave Australia. |
Sykes, Leslie Robert | Ordnance Officer, Royal Australian Navy | 3 Dec 1898 | 19 Jul 2002 (103) | Enlisted 1917. Served as a gunnery mechanic. |
Whitmore, Albert Ernest | Private, 9th Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force | 14 Aug 1899 | 26 Jul 2002 (102) | Enlisted 1917. Served in the Middle East. Also a World War II veteran. |
Austria-Hungary (3 veterans)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Manheim, Ernest | 27 Jan 1900 | 28 Jul 2002 (102) | Died in the USA. See entry. |
Selmair-Selwart, Antonio Franz Theus | 9 Jun 1896 | 2 Nov 2002 (106) | Born in Germany, died USA. Served as a Lieutenant in the Austro-Hungarian cavalry. Later a well-known actor. See entry. |
Vietoris, Leopold | 4 Jun 1891 | 9 Apr 2002 (110) | Born and died in Austria. Later a distinguished mathematician. See entry. |
Belgium (2 veterans)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Massaer, Elvire | 22 Apr 1900 | 2002 (101) | A nurse in the Belgian Army. |
Van Bergen, Charles | 1899 | 2002 (102) | 5th regiment. |
Canada (6 veterans)
Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
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Harlow, Edward H. | Petty Officer, Royal Canadian Navy | 15 Dec 1899 | 31 Aug 2002 (102) | Non combat. Served aboard HMS Niobe. Died in the USA. |
Fraser, James Forrest | 1897 | 7 Dec 2002 (105) | Served in France.[1] | |
Morton, Lawrence | December 21, 1897 | 2002 (104-105) | Served in France.[1][2] | |
Peterson, Robert Alfred Talbot | Private, 202nd Infantry (Edmonton Sportsmen’s) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force | 7 Jan 1899 | 1 Mar 2002 (103) | Fought at Vimy Ridge.[1] |
Preet, Peter | Private, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force | 1899 | Dec 2002 (103) | Enlisted aged 16 and served on the Western Front as a runner. Gassed but survived. |
Smethurst, Alfred Gladstone | Private, Canadian Expeditionary Force | 3 Feb 1900 | 21 Apr 2002 (102) | Enlisted underage and fought at Vimy Ridge.[1] |
China (1 veteran)
Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
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Guisheng, Zhu | Chinese Labour Corps | 1895 | 5 Mar 2002 (106) | Joined in 1916. Served as a crane operator, docker and electrician. Last known veteran of the CLC. Chose to stay in France after the war, served in French army in World War II, and died in La Rochelle.[3] |
France (39 veterans)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Allaigre, Joannès | 17 March 1899 | 9 Apr 2002 (103) | [4] |
Alland, René | 1 Nov 1898 | 7 Jan 2002 (103) | [4] |
Baillif, Jacques | 26 Dec 1896 | 19 Jun 2002 (105) | Conscripted 1915. Served with the 1eme Regiment de Zouaves, 39e and 75e RI, and 103e RA.[4] |
Bazille, Etienne | 20 Dec 1899 | Jul 2002 (102) | Conscripted 1918. Also a World War II veteran.[4] |
Bidaine, Gaston | 2 May 1896 | 1 Feb 2002 (105) | Conscripted 1915. Fought on the Somme and at Verdun.[4] |
Boméa, Albert | 1 Sep 1900 | 16 Jul 2002 (101) | Served in the Navy 1918. Died in the USA.[4] |
Bonvalot, André | 13 Apr 1897 | Sep 2002 (105) | [4] |
Boué, Alexandre | 16 Jun 1898 | Mar 2002 (103) | [4] |
Bourgoin, Raymond | 6 Jul 1899 | May 2002 (102) | [4] |
Bourzat, Léon | 28 Dec 1896 | 27 Oct 2002 (105) | [4] |
Bouscarat, Jean | 12 May 1897 | 17 Aug 2002 (105) | [4] |
Brinster, Marcel | 22 Dec 1899 | 16 May 2002 (102) | [4] |
Collay, Joseph Marius | 1 Dec 1899 | 26 Jun 2002 (102) | [4] |
Conrié, Henri Marie | 6 Apr 1899 | 8 March 2002 (102) | [4] |
Contié, Jean | 8 March 1897 | 31 Oct 2002 (105) | [4] |
Coquin, Victor | 20 Jun 1896 | 14 Oct 2002 (106) | [4] |
Dayon, Théophile Julien | 5 Jul 1894 | 9 Jan 2002 (107) | [4] |
D'Harboulle, Hilaire François | 26 Jan 1893 | 22 March 2002 (109) | Enlisted 1913. Wounded in 1914 on his first day at the Front. Later fought at Verdun and in Salonika.[4] |
Dumonteil, Noël Jean Charles | 8 Dec 1899 | 29 Dec 2002 (103) | [4] |
Filipeau, Léandre | 8 Oct 1898 | 11 Jan 2002 (103) | [4] |
Gautier, Eugène | 19 Oct 1898 | 4 Dec 2002 (104) | Conscripted 1917. Gassed at Vosges, later taken prisoner.[4] |
Gayrard, Albert | 8 Feb 1898 | 9 Feb 2002 (104) | [4] |
Gravelle, René | 31 Jan 1898 | 12 May 2002 (104) | [4] |
Guerin, Lucien | 14 Apr 1899 | 7 Apr 2002 (102) | [4] |
Guertault, Louis | 6 May 1895 | 21 Jan 2002 (106) | Fought on the Somme and at Picardie and Verdun with 129e RI du Havre. Ended the war as an air mechanic with 2e Groupe d’Aviation.[4] |
Igier, Charles Basile | 25 Sep 1895 | 15 Feb 2002 (106) | Enlisted 1914. Fought with the 25eme Battalion de Chasseurs on the Somme and Marne. Twice wounded.[4] |
Latié, Jean | 2 Sep 1894 | 13 Sep 2002 (108) | [4] |
Le Meur, Louis | 16 Sep 1899 | May 2002 (102) | Later a well-known comedian. Died in Switzerland.[4] |
Lindor, Valentin | 17 Feb 1898 | 2002 (104) | [4] |
Mabillot, Clotaire | 16 March 1897 | 8 Mar 2002 (104) | Conscripted 1916.[4] |
Ménétrier, Pierre | 12 Mar 1899 | 24 Apr 2002 (103) | [4] |
Moritz, Leon | 20 Dec 1899 | 20 June 2002 (102) | [4] |
Ohnet, Jacques | 11 Jan 1899 | 1 Apr 2002 (103) | Conscripted 1918. Served on the Western Front with the 138e and 107e RAL.[4] |
Pelika, Joseph | 23 Dec 1897 | 2 Oct 2002 (104) | [4] |
Pinier, Eugene | 17 Dec 1897 | 2 Oct 2002 (104) | [4] |
Platret, Louis Alexandre | 31 Dec 1895 | 8 Jan 2002 (106) | [4] |
Rimbert, Raphaël Evariste | 26 Oct 1898 | Mar 2002 (103) | [4] |
Sauvet, Fernand | 2 Jul 1899 | Jan 2002 (102) | Enlisted 1917. Fought on the Somme with the 15e RA de Douai.[4] |
Vandaele, Maurice | 21 Dec 1898 | 2002 (103) | [4] |
Germany (8 veterans)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Arkenberg, Frank | 8 Sep 1893 | 22 Dec 2002 (109) | Died in the USA. |
Bredtschneider, Georg | 23 Mar 1892 | 7 Mar 2002 (109) | Oldest Living German man at his death.[5] |
Feldmann, Ernst | 14 May 1898 | 9 Jul 2002 (104) | [6] |
Klein, Reinhard | 12 Feb 1897 | 15 May 2002 (105) | |
Lueking, Joseph | 4 Dec 1897 | 24 Feb 2002 (104) | Died in the USA. |
Moritz, Léon | 20 Dec 1899 | 20 Jun 2002 (102) | Born in Alsace-Lorraine. Conscripted into the German army 1917. Wounded at Cambrai. Died France.[4] |
Schinkel, Willy | 23 Aug 1896 | 4 Jun 2002 (105) | Marine, fought in the 1916 Battle of Jutland/Skagerrak.[7] |
Wissner, Heinrich | 3 Dec 1895 | 25 Oct 2002 (106) | Served from May 1916 in France, Russia and Ukraine. |
Italy (5 veterans)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Graziosi, Horace | 23 May 1898 | 19 Jun 2002 (104) | Died in France. |
Lampone, Giuseppe | 23 Feb 1896 | 29 Sep 2002 (106) | Died in USA. |
Todde, Antonio | 22 Jan 1889 | 3 Jan 2002 (112) | The oldest man in the world at the time of his death. Wounded at Mont Grappa, Northern Italy, on the Austrian Front. See entry. |
Ugolini, Arnaldo | 10 Nov 1894 | Nov 2002 (107) | |
Mattana, Cesare | 7 May 1893 | 21 Jul 2002 (109) | |
Jamaica (1 veteran)
Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
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Clarke, Eugent | Private, British West Indies Regiment | 1894 | 2002 (108) | Oldest Jamaican veteran.[8]WO372/4 |
Philippines (1 veteran)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Barruga, Timoteo G. | 24 Jan 1900 | 23 Aug 2002 (102) | Private, US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[9] |
Poland (2 veterans)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Kowalkowski, Feliks | 16 Aug 1895 | 27 Nov 2002 (107) | |
Pióro, Franciszek | 8 Jan 1897 | 11 Sep 2002 (105) | Served in the navy. |
Portugal (1 veteran)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Baptista, José Maria Hermano | 1 May 1895 | 14 Dec 2002 (107) | Served on the Western Front 1917-1919.[10] |
Russia (2 veterans)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (69 veterans)
Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
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Alexandre, Albert Eduoard | Private, 1st Royal Guernsey Light Infantry & Royal Garrison Artillery | 6 Oct 1901 | 14 Jan 2002 (100) | Last surviving Chelsea Pensioner to have served in World War I. Enlisted at 16. Fought at Passchendaele. |
Andrews, James William | Army | 25 May 1899 | Apr 2002 (102) | [8]WO372/1 |
Baird, John | Private, Manchester Regiment & Royal Army Medical Corps | 26 Jul 1896 | Jan 2002 (105) | Last known Great War veteran of the Royal Army Medical Corps.[8]WO372/1 |
Beadman, Lionel Edward | Private, 51st (Graduated) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) | 25 Apr 1900 | Sep 2002 (102) | Still in training when the war ended.[11] |
Beedon, John Edward | Driver, Royal Field Artillery | 22 Jan 1897 | Jul 2002 (105) | Served on the Western Front.[8]WO372/2 |
Bell, George | Private, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) | 16 Nov 1898 | 30 Dec 2002 (104) | Saved when shrapnel from an exploding shell hit the bible he kept in his breast pocket. Died in the USA. |
Blower, Walter Arthur | Royal Sussex Regiment | 17 Apr 1900 | Jun 2002 (102) | [12] |
Boulden, Archibald Carey | Private, Army | 14 Feb 1897 | Oct 2002 (105) | [8]WO372/2 |
Bowie, Andrew | Private, 1st Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders | 3 Oct 1897 | 26 Aug 2002 (104) | Last known Great War veteran of the Cameron Highlanders. Enlisted aged 18. Fought at Passchendaele, gassed but survived. Died in Australia.[13] |
Briggs, John Mortimer | Acting Captain, 1/2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers | 16 Mar 1898 | Jun 2002 (104) | Last known Great War veteran of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. A student at Nottingham University. Enlisted 1916.[8]WO372/3 |
Brown, Edward | Private, King’s (Liverpool Regiment) | 12 Jul 1896 | Apr 2002 (105) | Last known Great War veteran of the Liverpool Regiment.[12] |
Brown, Leopold Wilfred T F | Private, Somerset Light Infantry | 23 Sep 1898 | Nov 2002 (103) | Last known Great War veteran of the Somerset Light Infantry.[8]WO372/3 |
Bugg, Wilfred Marcus P | Private, East Lancashire Regiment & Lancashire Fusiliers | 7 Aug 1898 | Jun 2002 (103) | Last known Great War veteran of the East Lancashire Regiment.[8]WO372/3 |
Bunday, Frederick Henry | Boy Telegraphist, Royal Navy | 28 Nov 1900 | 28 Dec 2002 (102) | Enlisted 1915. Served on HMS Hannibal and HMS Grafton. Also a World War II veteran.[14]ADM 188/753 |
Chater, Henry Wilby | Private, Northamptonshire Regiment | 27 Jan 1896 | Jun 2002 (106) | Last known combat veteran of the Northamptonshire Regiment.[12] |
Colledge, Roland Thomas (Roly) | Merchant Navy | 23 Dec 1900 | Mar 2002 (101) | |
Cotgrove, William George (Bill) | Driver, Royal Field Artillery | 26 Oct 1896 | 11 Feb 2002 (105) | Ammunition wagon driver. Served at Ypres. Awarded the Military Medal for bravery.[8]WO372/23 |
Covey, Donald Frederick | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 28 Feb 1900 | May 2002 (102) | [15]ADM 337/1-108 |
Cowan, Norman | Corporal, 'A' Squadron, Northumberland Hussars | 5 Oct 1898 | Feb 2002 (103) | Captured by the Germans and ended the hostilities as a POW. |
Crossland, Gilbert | Private, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) | 30 Jan 1897 | Nov 2002 (105) | Fought on the Somme and at Arras. Wounded in action. Trapped in mud he was rescued by Germans who sent him back to the British line.[8]WO372/5 |
Davis, Herbert Wyndham C (Bert) | Driver, Royal Defence Corps | 24 Dec 1896 | Aug 2002 (105) | Non combat. Failed medical for active service 4 times but conscripted as an army lorry driver on Salisbury Plain. |
Deane, Frank Sydney | Private, Welsh Regiment & 1/6th Durham Light Infantry | 18 Feb 1899 | Oct 2002 (103) | Last known Great War combat veteran of the Durham Light Infantry. |
Dixon, Gerald | 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps | 6 Sep 1899 | Apr 2002 (102) | Last known British pilot of the Great War. |
East, Thomas Henry | Private, Army | 14 Jul 1900 | Dec 2002 (102) | Non-combat. In Dover about to embark to France at the Armistice.[16] |
Ellis, Benjamin Frank | Private, Army | 15 Feb 1896 | Feb 2002 (105) | [8]WO372/6 |
Fielding, Albert | Private, Royal Flying Corps | 23 Jan 1900 | Mar 2002 (102) | Served as an aircraft engine fitter in Egypt. |
Fraser, James Forest (Jim) | Private, 52nd (Lowland) Division | 1 Dec 1898 | 7 Dec 2002 (104) | Last known Great War veteran of the Lowland Division. Born Scotland, died Canada. Served as a machine gunner on the Western Front. |
Godin, Frederick George | Royal Naval Air Service | 22 May 1900 | Sep 2002 (102) | Enlisted 1918.[14]ADM 188/646 |
Gooderidge, Walter Norman | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 13 Aug 1898 | Dec 2002 (104) | [15]ADM 337/1-108 |
Gray, Wilfred Sydney | ? | 22 Jan 1895 | 3 Aug 2002 (107) | |
Hazlehurst, William (Bill) | Private, Royal Flying Corps | 10 Sep 1899 | Jun 2002 (102) | Enlisted aged 17. |
Henning, Reginald John | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 28 Jul 1899 | Apr 2002 (102) | [15]ADM 337/1-108 |
Heywood, Reuben | Private, 10th (1st Gwent) South Wales Borderers | 2 Oct 1899 | 6 Nov 2002 (103) | Wounded at Bapaume 1918. |
Hilliard, Henry | Royal Naval Air Service | 19 Jan 1900 | Jan 2002 (101) | Enlisted 1917.[14]ADM 188/635 |
Hoar, Cyril Warden | Private, Devonshire Regiment & Cheshire Regiment | 27 Sep 1898 | Feb 2002 (103) | [8]WO372/9 |
Hodges, Frederick James | Corporal, 10th Lancashire Fusiliers | 18 Jul 1899 | 10 Feb 2002 (102) | Enlisted 1917. Battalion Gas NCO.[13] |
Holman, Charles Victor | Private, 5th Norfolk Regiment & 1st Essex Regiment | 26 Feb 1898 | 13 Jan 2002 (103) | Last known Great War veteran of the Norfolk Regiment. Enlisted 1915. Served as company runner. Awarded Military Medal for bravery at Cambrai. |
Holyoake, Frederick George | Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy | 27 Aug 1900 | Aug 2002 (101) | [12] |
Humphrey, Ronald Rex | Private, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) | 23 Dec 1899 | Feb 2002 (102) | [12] |
Hunt, Clifford Andrew | Private, Army Service Corps | 16 Feb 1899 | Jul 2002 (103) | [8]WO372/10 |
Hutchinson, Alfred Ambrose | Royal Marine Light Infantry | 9 Mar 1897 | Jun 2002 (105) | [12] |
Johnson, Percy Victor | Private, 21st (County of London) London Regiment (1st Surrey Rifles) | 1 Mar 1899 | May 2002 (103) | Enlisted underage at 16. |
Jones, Arthur Edward | Private, 2nd Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) | 4 Dec 1898 | Feb 2002 (103) | Conscripted 1917. Served as company runner. Wounded at Amiens. |
Kilsby, Robert Alfred | Private, London Regiment | 2 Nov 1899 | Aug 2002 (102) | [8]WO372/11 |
Labbett, George Samuel | Royal Naval Air Service | 2 Dec 1899 | Feb 2002 (102) | Enlisted 1917.[14]ADM 188/635 |
Lippiatt, Marquis Graham | Royal Air Force | 19 Jan 1901 | Jun 2002 (101) | [12] |
Lorriman, Percy Lazenby | Private, Machine Gun Corps | 6 Dec 1898 | 13 Dec 2002 (104) | Served on the Somme as a Vickers gunner. |
Marlow, Albert Edward | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 22 Jan 1900 | Mar 2002 (102) | [15]ADM 337/1-108 |
Miller, Bernard Joseph | Army | 4 May 1898 | Jan 2002 (103) | [8]WO372/14 |
Moore, Frederick William T | Corporal, Royal Engineers | 21 Nov 1892 | 14 Apr 2002 (109) | Britain’s oldest man at his death.[8]WO372/14 |
Odd, John Gordon | Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry | 14 Sep 1899 | Jan 2002 (102) | [17]ADM 159 |
Parkes, William | Sergeant, South Wales Borderers | 18 Jan 1896 | 7 Oct 2002 (106) | Born in the UK, died in the USA.[8]WO372/15 |
Parsons, Frank Henry | Sergeant, Royal Engineers | 15 Jun 1896 | Feb 2002 (105) | Enlisted 1914. Wounded early in the war, served the remainder as a drill sergeant at Chattenden, Kent.[12] |
Powdrill, Frank | Private, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) | 4 Apr 1898 | Feb 2002 (103) | [8]WO372/16 |
Randall, Reginald James | Private, 5th (City of London) London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) & Army Signal Co, Royal Engineers | 23 Aug 1899 | Jan 2002 (102) | [12] |
Ransford, Ernest Merrill | 2nd Lieutenant, Worcestershire Regiment & Suffolk Regiment | 16 May 1897 | 30 Jul 2002 (105) | Last known Great War veteran of the Worcestershire and Suffolk Regiments.[8]WO372/16 |
Rawling, Douglas Oldfield | Army | 20 Jan 1900 | Mar 2002 (102) | Non combat. |
Roberts, Douglas Henry | Private, Sussex Yeomanry& 7th Buffs (East Kent Regiment) | 14 Jan 1900 | 2 Dec 2002 (102) | Wounded on the Somme 1918. |
Rosenthal, Simeon | Private, Machine Gun Corps | 3 Jun 1900 | Feb 2002 (101) | Enlisted underage. Last known (British) Jewish veteran. |
Ruttledge, Robert Francis (Robin) | Lieutenant, 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse | 11 Sep 1899 | 12 Jan 2002 (102) | Last known veteran born in the (now) Republic of Ireland and the last known Great War veteran of the Indian Army. Enlisted 1918 and awarded World War I campaign medals; later won the Military Cross. Also served in World War II.[18] |
Shanks, John | Royal Flying Corps | 27 Jun 1900 | Jan 2002 (101) | |
Shaw, Thomas | Private, 16th (2nd County Down) Royal Irish Rifles | Jun 1899 | 2 Mar 2002 (102) | Last (now) Northern Irish veteran. Last known Great War veteran of the Royal Irish Rifles. Fought at Messines, Ypres and Passchendaele. |
Smithers, Herman Julian | Royal Engineers | 24 Mar 1898 | Jan 2002 (103) | [12] |
Sowray, David Leonard | Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) & Labour Corps | 23 Dec 1898 | Jun 2002 (103) | Last known Great War veteran of the Labour Corps.[8]WO372/18 |
Tozer, Arthur Edward | Royal Naval Air Service | 22 Dec 1899 | Feb 2002 (102) | Enlisted 1917.[14]ADM 188/635 |
West, Frank Thomas | Lieutenant, Cheshire Regiment | 29 Apr 1899 | Apr 2002 (102) | Last known Great War veteran of the Cheshire regiment.[8]WO372/21 |
Wilkinson, Michael James | Acting Sergeant, Border Regiment | 13 Aug 1896 | Dec 2002 (106) | [8]WO372/21 |
Williams, Hubert | Private, 6th (Glamorgan) Welsh Regiment, Gloucestershire Regiment & Royal Flying Corps | 9 Nov 1895 | 1 Sep 2002 (106) | Last known Great War veteran of the Gloucestershire Regiment. Enlisted 1915. Served on the Western Front and in Salonika. |
Wolfe, Harry William John | Artificer, Royal Navy | 4 Jul 1899 | Sep 2002 (103) | Enlisted 1915.[14]ADM 188/1047 |
Remark: a further 107 men old enough to have served in World War I died in England & Wales in 2002. Their veteran status is not yet confirmed. Scottish and Irish records are not checked either.
United States (69 veterans)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Agresta, Joseph A. | 24 Feb 1900 | 11 May 2002 (102) | (Florida) Served in France in the Third Infantry Division, US Army.[19] |
Alimpolo, Eracleo | 22 Apr 1898 | 2 Oct 2002 (104) | (Washington) Born in the Philippines and last known Filipino born World War I veteran. Served as a steward in the US Navy 1916-1920. |
Anderson, Namon W. | 4 Nov 1895 | 8 Feb 2002 (106) | (Alabama) US Army.[9] |
Baker, Charlie | 21 Jul 1899 | 4 Aug 2002 (103) | (Arkansas) Private, US Army.[9] |
Blakney, Clarence Perry | 21 Feb 1896 | 17 Apr 2002 (106) | (Kentucky) Served in France as an acting Mess Sergeant at a base hospital. |
Booker, Ed. | 15 Oct 1894 | 7 Jun 2002 (107) | (Louisiana) Private, US Army.[9] |
Burns, Charles M | 27 Feb 1898 | 17 May 2002 (104) | (California) Private, US Army. Enlisted October 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[9] |
Carpenter, Byron G | 9 Oct 1898 | 8 Mar 2002 (103) | (Missouri) Private, US Army.[9] |
Chambers, John Sterling | 5 Jun 1900 | 2 May 2002 (101) | (Oklahoma) Private, US Army.[9] |
Coffman, Elwyn M. | 7 Dec 1897 | 24 Oct 2002 (104) | (Kentucky) Served in France with the Quartermaster Corps. |
Collison, Norman R. | 3 Sep 1898 | 27 Mar 2002 (103) | (Nebraska) Served in France.[19] |
Coutz, John | 8 May 1899 | 17 Feb 2002 (102) | (Ohio) Served in France.[19] |
Crandall, Irving Hawthorne | 6 Aug 1899 | 11 Aug 2002 (103) | (New Hampshire) Private, US Army.[9] |
Curry, Elijah | 6 Mar 1899 | 8 Apr 2002 (103) | (New York) Served in France.[19] |
Dorsey, Lawrence T. | 2 Jul 1899 | 5 Dec 2002 (103) | (Oregon) |
Edwards, Harvel C. | 1 Jul 1897 | 10 Nov 2002 (105) | (Tennessee) Served in France transporting ammunition to the Front. Last known veteran from Tennessee to have served overseas.[19] |
Fisher, Homer Arthur | c.1899 | Dec 2002 (103) | (California) Served in France.[19] |
Fletcher, Claude L. | 3 Oct 1897 | 3 Jul 2002 (104) | (Idaho) Last known veteran from Idaho to have served overseas.[19] |
Gauerke, Arthur | 6 Aug 1894 | 6 Apr 2002 (107) | (Wisconsin) Non-combat. Served with the US Army in a military post office in Illinois from March to December 1918. |
Gaupp, Charley | 10 Apr 1897 | 17 Oct 2002 (105) | (Washington) Served in France.[19] |
Gibbs, Glendon Bryan | 26 Apr 1898 | 16 Jun 2002 (104) | (Oklahoma) Private, US Army. Enlisted June 1917.[9] |
Gillum, Alexander | 15 Mar 1896 | 17 Feb 2002 (105) | (Virginia) US Army.[9] |
Gulbronson, Henry R. | 14 Sep 1892 | 4 Apr 2002 (109) | (Wisconsin) Served in France in an artillery unit alongside his two brothers.[19] |
Hayden, Charles H. | 3 Jun 1896 | 4 Aug 2002 (106) | (Kentucky) Sergeant, US Army.[9] |
Herrmann, Leo B. | 9 Jan 1898 | 22 Nov 2002 (104) | (Kansas) |
Hitchen, F. James | 3 Aug 1900 | 18 Apr 2002 (101) | (New Jersey) US Navy.[9] |
Hooker, Curtis McClenon | 28 Mar 1897 | 19 Apr 2002 (105) | (Virginia) US Army.[9] |
Hresko, John | 4 Apr 1898 | 17 Jan 2002 (103) | (New Jersey) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy.[9] |
Jackson, Earl Henry | 1 Jan 1900 | 23 Apr 2002 (102) | (Maine) US Army.[9] |
Johns, Emmett E. | 18 May 1896 | 27 Jun 2002 (106) | (Iowa) Last known veteran from Iowa to have served overseas.[19] |
Kabakow, Joseph | 30 Dec 1894 | 14 Jan 2002 (107) | (New Jersey) Born in Russia, emigrated to the USA in 1913. Served in France.[19] |
Kane, Joseph Nathan | 23 Jan 1899 | 22 Sep 2002 (103) | Enlisted in US Army but contracted the Spanish flu in 1918 and was never sent overseas. Later a prominent journalist and writer. See entry. |
Kelliher, Daniel W. | 6 Aug 1898 | 13 Oct 2002 (104) | Fought on the Western Front with 101st Infantry, 26th Yankee Division. |
Kuekan, Walling | 19 March 1895 | 13 Jan 2002 (106) | |
Kulaga, Walter | 26 Nov 1899 | 21 May 2002 (102) | (Massachusetts) Private, US Army.[9] |
Mainard, Otto | 28 Mar 1899 | 6 Nov 2002 (103) | (Oregon) Private, US Marine Corps. Enlisted 8 November 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[9] |
Martin, James G. | 30 May 1897 | 12 Apr 2002 (104) | (Maryland) Corporal, US Army. Enlisted September 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[9] |
Martin, William | 19 Apr 1895 | 9 May 2002 (107) | (Texas) Served in France.[19] |
Martinsen, Bernard | 4 Oct 1896 | 31 Jan 2002 (105) | (California) Served in France.[19] |
Olson, Otto | 20 Nov 1895 | 9 Mar 2002 (106) | (Texas) Served in France.[19] |
Perry, Joseph C. | 24 Feb 1896 | 13 May 2002 (106) | (Ohio) Served in France.[19] |
Potts, John Thomas | 14 Aug 1896 | 17 Aug 2002 (106) | (Florida) Also served in World War II and Korea with the US Air Force, reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.[9] |
Purdy Sr., Harry E. | 23 Nov 1893 | 19 Jul 2002 (108) | (Wisconsin) Served on the Western Front. |
Reed, Charles H. | 30 Mar 1897 | 22 Jan 2002 (104) | (Missouri) Private, US Army.[9] |
Reid, Charles W. | 11 Apr 1898 | 6 Apr 2002 (103) | (Pennsylvania) US Army.[9] |
Rice, Philip E. | 16 Oct 1897 | 23 Jan 2002 (104) | (Connecticut) Served in the U.S. Navy as a signal flagman aboard the USS Agamemnon 1917-1919. |
Rogers, Charles W. | 5 May 1900 | 21 Jan 2002 (101) | (Georgia) Served in France.[19] |
Roth, Louis B. | 25 Sep 1895 | 25 Apr 2002 (106) | (Louisiana) US Army.[9] |
Rutkowsky, Ernest E. | 11 Sep 1897 | 27 Apr 2002 (104) | (Connecticut) Private, US Army.[9] |
Schlappig, William G. | 4 Aug 1895 | 14 Jan 2002 (106) | (Pennsylvania) Sergeant, US Army. |
Shafer, Alonzo | 8 Oct 1899 | 21 Jul 2002 (102) | (Missouri) Served in France.[19] |
Shirley, George Ernest | 8 Nov 1898 | 15 Apr 2002 (103) | (Missouri) Private, US Marine Corps. Enlisted May 1918.[9] |
Sickerson, John F. | 13 Feb 1902 | 2 Dec 2002 (100) | (New York) Enlisted underage. Served in France.[19] |
Smith, Clyde B. | 7 Jan 1899 | 19 Oct 2002 (103) | (Michigan) Last known veteran from Michigan to have served overseas.[19] |
Spiro, David | 8 Nov 1898 | 13 Aug 2002 (103) | (Mississippi) US Navy bugler 1917-1919. Served aboard USS Martha Washington and USS Kentucky. |
Stone, Elmer Edward | 11 May 1897 | 2 Jul 2002 (105) | (Oregon) US Navy.[9] |
Streeter, Gustav A. | 29 Sep 1895 | 12 Jan 2002 (106) | (Indiana) Wounded on the Western Front.[19] |
Swedenborg, Edward A. | 26 Feb 1895 | 4 Feb 2002 (106) | (Wyoming) |
Swilley, Bryan | 27 Dec 1896 | 14 Mar 2002 (105) | (Missouri) US Army.[9] |
Talbott, Francis J. (Frank) | 16 Jun 1896 | 24 Sep 2002 (106) | (Maryland) Served in France.[19] |
Thomas, Albert J. | 19 May 1896 | 20 Feb 2002 (105) | (Ohio) Served in France.[19] |
Tobin, Robert | 7 Jun 1897 | 30 Jan 2002 (104) | (Texas) Served in France.[19] |
Townsend, Bertus J. | 14 Oct 1900 | 12 Dec 2002 (102) | (Massachusetts) US Marine Corps[9] |
Trinin, George | 14 Jun 1898 | 3 Apr 2002 (103) | (New York) Sergeant, US Army. Enlisted October 1918 and still in training when the war ended[9] |
Van Sickle, George W. | 10 Mar 1899 | 10 Apr 2002 (103) | (Missouri) Engineman 1st Class US Navy. Enlisted December 1917.[9] |
Weisinger, Nathan | 20 Oct 1894 | 30 Jun 2002 (107) | (Connecticut) |
White, Vinton E. | 26 Jun 1899 | 11 Mar 2002 (102) | (Massachusetts) US Army.[9] |
York, Eunis R. | 5 Feb 1900 | 24 Oct 2002 (102) | (Tennessee) US Army.[9] |
Zeitz, Jack | 2 Feb 1899 | 17 Aug 2002 (103) | (New York) Private, US Army.[9] |
World War I-era veterans - 3 veterans
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.
Estonia (1 veteran)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Tilk, Voldemar Georg | 23 Dec 1897 | 26 May 2002 (104) | Fought in the Estonian War of Independence Nov 1918 – Feb 1920. Died in Canada. et:Voldemar Tilk |
United States (2 veterans)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Clayborne, Wesley | 9 Apr 1900 | 15 Oct 2002 (102) | (Maryland) US Navy. Enlisted July 1919.[9] |
Hoppes, Alice McGuire | 14 Mar 1893 | 26 Nov 2002 (109) | (Kentucky) A nurse who served two tours with the US Navy in 1919. |
Totals - 220 veterans
- Verified veterans - 217
- World War I-Era veterans - 3
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "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/gpc011/509937a.gif&id_nbr=178354
- ↑ O'Neill, Mark (March 3, 2014). The Chinese Labour Corps. UK: Penguin Books.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 4.32 4.33 4.34 4.35 4.36 4.37 4.38 4.39 Mathieu, Frédéric, Ders Des Ders
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- ↑ Westfalisches Arzteblatt 9/02 www.aekwl.de/fileadmin/aerzteblatt/pdf/waeb0902.pdf
- ↑ "Landeszeitung", 23 August 2001
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 "War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War". The National Archive.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 9.19 9.20 9.21 9.22 9.23 9.24 9.25 9.26 9.27 9.28 9.29 9.30 9.31 9.32 "National Gravesite Locator". National Cemetery Association.
- ↑ Geraldo, José Custódio Madaleno (2006). José Maria Hermano Baptista: um herói na Grande Guerra, 1917-1919. História Militar, Estudos e Documentos. ISBN 972-8816-98-7.
- ↑ "British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920". The National Archive.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 Evans, Michael; Arthur, Max (1998-11-07), "80 Years On: The Day of a Lifetime; 1914-1918: The Last Survivors", The Times
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Van Emden, Richard; Humphries, Steve (1998). Veterans: The last survivors of the Great War. Leo Cooper. ISBN 0-85052-640-X.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 "Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services 1908 - 1923". The National Archive.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 "Admiralty: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Rating's Service Records 1903-1919". The National Archive.
- ↑ "Last Veterans of the Great War", Daily Mirror, 2002-11-21
- ↑ "Admiralty: Royal Marines Registers of Service". The National Archive.
- ↑ "Outstanding ornithologist and a founder of Irish Wildbird Conservancy", The Irish Times, 2002-01-19
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 19.8 19.9 19.10 19.11 19.12 19.13 19.14 19.15 19.16 19.17 19.18 19.19 19.20 19.21 19.22 Legion of Honor Recipients, Embassy of France in the United States of America, February 16, 2001, archived from the original on August 14, 2007
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