The following is a list of known veterans of the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) who died in 2004.
Veterans by country of service - 167 veterans[]
Australia (2 veterans)[]
Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
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Caux, Marcel Jacques | 20th (New South Wales) Battalion. 2nd Division, Australian Imperial Force | 1 Mar 1899 | 22 Aug 2004 (105) | Enlisted 1915. Last survivor of the Battle of Pozières. Also fought on the Somme and at Amiens. Wounded three times. See entry. |
Smout, Edward David 'Ted' | Sergeant, Medical Corps, Australian Imperial Force | 4 Jan 1898 | 22 Jun 2004 (106) | Enlisted 1916. Served at Armentières, Messines, Ypres and Amiens.[4] |
Belgium (2 veterans)[]
Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
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Barbary, Cyrillus-Camillus (Cyriel) | 2e Linieregiment | 4 Aug 1899 | 16 Sep 2004 (105) | Last Belgian veteran. Served on the Western Front for the last few weeks of the war. Died in the USA.[5] |
Brichard, Emile | 4eme Corps Médical | 20 Dec 1899 | 8 Jul 2004 (104) | Enlisted 1915. Served on the Western Front as a medical orderly.[6] |
Canada (2 veterans)[]
Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
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Holliday, Clifford | Private, 43rd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, Canadian Expeditionary Force | 27 Sep 1898 | 4 May 2004 (105) | Enlisted 1914 as a boy bugler, but fought on the Western Front. Wounded twice. Died in the USA.[7] |
Métivier, Paul Antonio | Private, 4th Division Ammunition Column, Canadian Expeditionary Force | 6 Jul 1900 | 22 Dec 2004 (104) | Enlisted aged 16. Transported shells to artillery batteries on mules. Discharged when his real age was discovered.[8] |
France (27 veterans)[]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Anténor, Adrien Joseph | 4 Mar 1897 | 27 Jun 2004 (107) | [1] |
Boisard, Emile | 1 Aug 1898 | 4 Feb 2004 (105) | [1] |
Cabrol, Louis | 14 May 1899 | 5 Nov 2004 (105) | Enlisted in 1917. Served with the 9e and 271e RAC.[1] |
Chappot de la Chanonie, Henri | 9 Dec 1899 | 19 Jan 2004 (104) | [1] |
Chevance, Ernest | 7 Nov 1897 | 3 Nov 2004 (106) | [1] |
Durieux, Charles | 29 Mar 1899 | 5 Feb 2004 (104) | [1] |
Delhay, Emile | 29 Nov 1899 | 10 Jul 2004 (104) | Conscripted 1918. Served as an engineer.[1] |
Falière, Théophile André | 9 Dec 1899 | 19 Jan 2004 (104) | Served as a stretcher bearer.[1] |
Fournet, Lucien | 24 Jul 1900 | 13 Sep 2004 (104) | Enlisted 1918. Served with the 8e Régiment de Chasseurs à Cheval d'Orléans.[1] |
Geraud, Pierre | 31 Mar 1898 | 4 Jan 2004 (105) | [1] |
Guillot, Gérard Louis | 20 Jan 1899 | 4 May 2004 (105) | Conscripted 1918.[1] |
Guilloteau, Joseph Maurice André | 20 Sep 1897 | 25 Nov 2004 (107) | Fought with the 77e RI de Cholet at Vosges, Mirecourt, Argonne, the Marne and Verdun. Invalided out of the war after being gassed.[1] |
Lécaille, René | 14 Mar 1899 | 4 Dec 2004 (105) | Conscripted 1918. Served with the 62e RI.[1] |
Lenoir, Georges | 28 Jul 1898 | 9 Apr 2004 (105) | [1] |
Meserey, Marcel-Lucien | 24 Oct 1899 | 11 Feb 2004 (104) | Conscripted 1917. Served at Chemin des Dames.[1] |
Mommessin, Henri | 16 Feb 1899 | 12 May 2004 (105) | Officer cadet with the 84e RA de Lyon.[1] |
Mondoloni, Joseph | 12 Jan 1897 | 14 Oct 2004 (107) | Last Corsican veteran. Fought with an alpine regiment at Verdun and Chemin des Dames.[1] |
Pancher, Maurice Gabriel | 10 Jun 1898 | 15 Mar 2004 (105) | Conscripted 1917. Fought with the 154e RI on the Somme. A German prisoner for the last three weeks of the war.[1] |
Pannetier, Louis | 2 Aug 1899 | 14 Mar 2004 (104) | Conscripted 1917. Served with the 30e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins.[1] |
Rault, Joseph | 3 Sep 1901 | 2004 (102) | [1] |
Rosan, Ramire | 14 Apr 1895 | 24 May 2004 (109) | Last veteran from Guadeloupe. Conscripted 1915. Fought on the Somme with the 23e RIC where he was gassed.[1] |
Ruby, Adrien Auge Théophile | 29 Sep 1896 | 6 Sep 2004 (107) | Conscripted 1915. Fought on the Western Front with the 9ème Régiment des Tirailleurs d'Algérie.[1] |
Savonnet, Marcel | 22 Mar 1898 | 1 Nov 2004 (106) | Fought with the 4e RA at Verdun and Villers-Cotterêts. Also served in Syria.[1] |
Thibaut, Albert Félix Antoine | 29 May 1897 | 31 May 2004 (107) | Fought with the 53e and 267e RI at Chemin des Dames and Bois des Caures where he lost a leg.[1] |
Tissier, Marcel | 3 Apr 1899 | 1 Mar 2004 (104) | Enlisted 1918.[1] |
Ulmann, Georges | 23 Nov 1896 | 3 Jan 2004 (107) | [1] |
Valognes, Henri | 8 Dec 1899 | 24 Jan 2004 (104) | Conscripted 1918. Served with the 106e and 154e RI.[1] |
Germany (8 veterans)[]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Buresch, Josef | 4 Dec 1899 | 16 Oct 2004 (104) | Served as a cadet. Taken prisoner by the Italians.[9] |
Gmerek, Andrzej | 23 Nov 1900 | 7 Apr 2004 (103) | Ethnic Pole conscripted into the German army, but discharged after contracting diphtheria. Also fought in the Polish-Bolshevik War.[10][11] |
Klaczyński, Czesław | 1901 | 10 May 2004 (103) | Ethnic Pole who served in the German army.[12] |
Göbl, Anton | 26 May 1898 | 5 Dec 2004 (106) | Fought at Ypres. Also a World War II veteran. Infantry.[1] |
Grochowina, Sylwester | 31 Dec 1901 | 7 Jan 2004 (102) | Ethnic Pole who served in the German army.[13] |
Siemon, Konrad | 7 May 1897 | 24 Oct 2004 (107) | [1] |
Wagner, Arno | 4 Jun 1894 | 22 Dec 2004 (110) | Served as a funker, or artillery observer, high above the Battle of Verdun in a balloon.[14] |
Wiederanders, Rudolf | 15 Dec 1898 | 12 Dec 2004 (105) | Infantry.[15] |
Italy (44 veterans)[]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Amadei, Domenico | 15 Jan 1899 | 2004 (104-105) | [2] |
Bacciu, Giuseppe | 16 Oct 1899 | 2004 (104-105) | [2][16] |
Barbero, Luigi | 12 Apr 1899 | 2004 (104-105) | [2] |
Barghini, Anchise | 7 Jun 1895 | 6 Jan 2004 (108) | [17] |
Bonaccini, Orazio | 11 Aug 1898 | 2004 (105-106) | [2] |
Borroni, Delfino | 23 Sep 1899 | 2004 (104-105) | [2] |
Bourlot, Luigi | 27 Feb 1899 | 2004 (104-105) | [2] |
Buttignoni, Giovanni | 28 Jun 1899 | 2004 (104-105) | [2] |
Caponi, Florio | 28 Jul 1899 | 5 Dec 2004 (105) | |
Casarola, Cataldo | 10 May 1898 | 2004 (105-106) | [2] |
Celli, Tosello | 13 Jan 1898 | 2004 (105-106) | [2] |
Crocetti, Ascanio | 20 Jan 1900 | 2004 (103-104) | [2] |
Del Bianco, Vincenzo | 28 May 1900 | 2004 (103-104) | [2] |
Digiannantonio, Andrea | 25 Sep 1899 | 2004 (104-105) | [2] |
Dimasi, Salvatore | 2 Feb 1899 | 2004 (104-105) | [2] |
Di Rocco, Giuseppe | 7 Feb 1899 | 2 Jul 2004 (105) | Fought for Italy, died in the USA. |
Disastri, Luigi | 14 Jun 1900 | 7 Dec 2004 (104) | Served as a military labourer.[18] |
Donna, Giuseppe | 12 Nov 1897 | 9 June 2004 (106) | [2][3] |
Fantasia, Angelo | 15 Mar 1899 | 2004 (104-105) | [2] |
Ferragamo, Alfonso | 25 Aug 1898 | 5 May 2004 (105) | Fought for Italy, died in the USA. |
Frasconi, Pasquale | 12 Nov 1893 | 16 Mar 2004 (110) | |
Gazzillo, Sergio | 19 Apr 1899 | 2004 (104-105) | [2] |
Granata, Antonio | 13 Jul 1896 | 16 March 2004 (107) | [2] |
Latilla, Domenico | 4 Jul 1899 | 2004 (104-105) | [2] |
Lucci, Michele | 5 Mar 1896 | 9 Mar 2004 (108) | Fought in an Alpine Regiment.[2] |
Mele, Giovanni | 7 Sep 1900 | 19 Dec 2004 (104) | |
Molinaro, Paolo Rosario | 3 Oct 1898 | 2004 (105-106) | Fought in an Alpine Regiment.[2] |
Mortola, Francesco | 11 Mar 1900 | 2004 (103-104) | [2] |
Orlando, Giacomo | 1 Oct 1897 | 2004 (106-107) | [2] |
Paggi, Giulio | 30 April 1896 | 31 March 2004 (107) | [19] |
Pagliuso, Pompilio | 4 Jan 1899 | 2004 (104-105) | [2] |
Pratesi, Michele | 7 Aug 1898 | 2004 (105-106) | [2] |
Ranzini, Louis | 31 Jul 1899 | 20 Mar 2004 (104) | Died in the USA.[20] |
Raugei, Urbano | 15 Mar 1898 | 2004 (105-106) | [2] |
Rossetti, Giovanni | 30 Aug 1899 | 2004 (104-105) | [2] |
Roveda, Emilio | 20 Aug 1899 | 2004 (104-105) | [2] |
Sangermano, Antonio | 11 Aug 1899 | 2004 (104-105) | [2] |
Sangiorgio, Guglielmo | 26 Sep 1897 | Jan 2004 (106) | |
Saravalle, Ido Georgetto | 16 Nov 1899 | 2004 (104-105) | [2] |
Scola, Francesco | 11 Mar 1899 | 2004 (104-105) | [2] |
Scordamaglia, Raffaele | 27 Oct 1898 | 2004 (105-106) | [2] |
Terrando, Giacomo | 7 Aug 1894 | 25 Jun 2004 (109) | Fought for Italy, died in the USA. |
Vasti, Vito | 22 Sep 1898 | 2004 (105-106) | [2] |
Vitulli, Sebastiano | 27 Jul 1897 | Jan 2004 (106) | [2] |
Poland (5 veterans)[]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Filipowski, Andrzej | 1899 | 4 August 2004 (104-105) | Also fought in the Polish-Bolshevik War and World War II. |
Kowalkowski, Władysław | 12 June 1898 | 2004 (105-106) | Also fought in the Polish-Bolshevik War.[21] |
Srzednicki, Zdzisław | 1902 | 23 June 2004 (101-102) | Also fought in the Polish-Bolshevik War.[22] |
Tworkowski, Czesław | 1899 | 2004 (104-105) | Also fought in the Polish-Bolshevik War. |
Widajewicz, Mieczysław | 1903 | 15 March 2004 (100-101) | Also fought in the Polish-Bolshevik War and World War II.[23] |
Russia (3 veterans)[]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Florysiak, Walenty | 26 Jan 1898 | 1 Jan 2004 (105) | Ethnic Pole conscripted into the Russian army in 1916. Served with the 2nd Polish Corps in Belarus and on the Romanian Front.[24] |
Klovsky, Boris | 22 Jan 1896 | 1 Jun 2004 (108) | Believed to be the penultimate Russian-born veteran of the Russian armed forces. Also a World War II veteran. Emigrated to the USA from Ukraine aged 100.[25] |
Soliński, Stanisław | 11 Feb 1900 | 6 Dec 2004 (104) | Ethnic Pole conscripted into the Russian army.[1] |
Serbia (1 veteran)[]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Radovanović, Aleksa | 2 Aug 1899 | 22 Jun 2004 (104) | Believed to be the last surviving Serbian veteran from World War I[4] |
Turkey (1 veteran)[]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Akbulut, Hamza | c.1898 | 21 Oct 2004 (106) | Also fought in the Turkish war of independence.[26][27] |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (28 veterans)[]
Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
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Bacon, Bessie | Royal Flying Corps | 20 Jun 1899 | Feb 2004 (104) | Non combat. Based at RAF Uxbridge, Middlesex.[5][28] |
Barraclough, Arthur | Private, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) | 4 Jan 1898 | 30 Aug 2004 (106) | Fought at Ypres, Arras and Cambrai, and wounded three times.[29][30] |
Burnett, William (Bill) | Private, Welsh Regiment & Sapper, Royal Engineers | 17 Jan 1897 | Jul 2004 (107) | Last known Great War veteran of the Welsh Regiment. Born Aberdeen, Scotland, died Australia. Australia’s oldest man at his death.[31] |
Charles, George Ogilvie | Private, 7th Durham Light Infantry | 2 Oct 1899 | 10 Dec 2004 (105) | Served in France 1918.[32][33] |
Dye, Albert Edward | Driver, 52nd Army Service Corps & Royal Field Artillery | 1 Oct 1896 | 7 Sep 2004 (107) | Enlisted in 1915. Served in Egypt and the last survivor of the Middle East campaigns.[34][35] |
Fancourt, Henry Lockhart St John | Midshipman, Royal Navy | 1 Apr 1900 | 8 Jan 2004 (103) | Served on HMS Princess Royal. Won the DSO in World War II. See entry.[36][37] |
Guilbert, William Thomas | Boy Apprentice, Royal Flying Corps | 9 Oct 1903 | Apr 2004 (100) | Non combat. Boy apprentice based at Netheravon.[38][39] |
Halestrap, Arthur | Sapper, Royal Engineers | 8 Sep 1898 | 1 Apr 2004 (105) | Last known Great War combat veteran of the Royal Engineers. Walked the decks of ‘The Titanic’ before she sailed. Also survived the Spanish flu. See entry. |
Hamm, Edward Percy | Private, Royal Marines Light Infantry | 26 Feb 1899 | Feb 2004 (104) | Last surviving Royal Marine. Also a World War II veteran.[40][41] |
Hankinson, Jasper Cecil Fullarton | Private, Worcestershire Yeomanry & 14th (County of London) London Regiment (London Scottish) | 16 Jun 1896 | 5 Jan 2004 (107) | Last known Great War combat veteran of the London Regiment. Served on the Western Front, Greece and Palestine. Present at the British Army's last-ever cavalry charge in 1917.[42][43] |
Hart, John Charles (Jonas) | Private, Essex Regiment | 10 Nov 1900 | 22 Oct 2004 (103) | Last known Great War veteran of the Essex Regiment. Born Southend, Essex, died Australia. Enlisted underage, served on the Western Front.[44] |
Isaac, Ernest Edward | Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy | 26 Oct 1900 | Jan 2004 (103) | Enlisted 1918. Served on HMS Iron Duke.[6]ADM 188/814[45] |
Kirk, Thomas Hobson | Sub Lieutenant (Surgeon Probationer), Royal Navy | 13 Jan 1899 | 9 Nov 2004 (105) | Served as medical officer aboard HMS Lydiard.[46][47] |
Lovell, James 'Jim' | Lance Corporal, 8th Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment) | 10 Feb 1899 | 27 Jan 2004 (104) | Holder of the Military Medal; the last known British veteran decorated for bravery. Last known Great War veteran of the Royal Berkshire Regiment.[48][49] |
McEwan, Alfred John | Private, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | 30 Sep 1898 | 29 Jul 2004 (105) | Last known Great War veteran of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Served on the Western Front.[50][51] |
Naylor, Arthur Percival B. | Private, Army | 19 Oct 1899 | 5 Nov 2004 (105) | [52][53] |
Oborne, John Richard Henry (Jack) | Private, 4th Devonshire Regiment | 11 May 1900 | 23 Oct 2004 (104) | Last known Great War veteran of the Devonshire Regiment. Enlisted underage and served in France.[54][55] |
Poppitt, John Sydney | Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force | 21 Oct 1900 | 17 Oct 2004 (103) | Born Shropshire, died Australia. Non combat, still in training when war ended.[56] |
Pritchard, James Malcolm | 14th (County of London) London Regiment (London Scottish) | 12 Jul 1898 | 30 Oct 2004 (106) | |
Rayns, Edward (Ted) | Acting Sergeant, Army Service Corps | 9 Feb 1899 | 30 Dec 2004 (105) | Last known Great War veteran of the Army Service Corps. Enlisted underage. Served as a dispatch rider and present at the three Battles of the Somme.[57][58] |
Robinson, Norman Leonard | Private, South Nottinghamshire Hussars | 14 Dec 1900 | 13 Jun 2004 (103) | Non combat, still in training when war ended.[59][60] |
Sorrell, Ernest William | Private, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) | 2 May 1898 | Aug 2004 (106) | Last known Great War veteran of the East Kent Regiment.[7]WO372/18[61] |
Strike, Alice | Private, Royal Flying Corps | 31 Aug 1896 | 22 Dec 2004 (108) | Born Godalming, Surrey, died Canada. Served as a pay clerk.[62] |
Tomkins, Arthur Bellamy | Private, Army | 24 Jun 1900 | 7 Jul 2004 (104) | Born London, died Republic of Ireland. Non combat, still in training when war ended.[63] |
Walker, Henry Francis | Private, Devonshire Regiment | 7 Apr 1900 | Jun 2004 (104) | Non combat.[64][65] |
Ward, Harry Edward | Private, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) | 13 Mar 1900 | Jan 2004 (103) | Non combat. Served in Army of Occupation 1918-19.[66][67] |
Williams, Albert | Private, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) | 3 Sep 1898 | Mar 2004 (105) | Enlisted aged 17. Served as a signaller. Fought in the 3rd battle of Ypres.[68][69] |
Wilson, Percy | Private, Border Regiment & 21st (6th City) Manchester Regiment | 14 Aug 1899 | 15 Oct 2004 (105) | Last known Great War veteran of the Border Regiment. Served as a Lewis gunner on the Somme.[70][71] |
Remark: a further 24 men old enough to have served in World War I died in England & Wales in 2004. Their veteran status is not yet confirmed. Scottish and Irish records are not checked either.
United States (44 veterans)[]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Alexander, Thomas | 16 Feb 1895 | 18 Jul 2004 (109) | (Louisiana) |
Amble, George Alvin | 21 Dec 1895 | 15 Oct 2004 (108) | (Oregon) Private, US Army. Enlisted June 1918.[8] |
Beckman, Arnold O. | 10 Mar 1900 | 18 May 2004 (104) | (California) Non combat. Served in Marine Corps 1918-1919. Later a chemist, inventor and President of Beckman Instruments Inc.[72] |
Beatty, Samuel | 13 Nov 1900 | 13 Jun 2004 (103) | (Florida) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy.[8] |
Benton, Robert Hugh | 30 Nov 1895 | 30 Sep 2004 (108) | (Washington) Enlisted 1917. Served in France, gassed, but survived.[73] |
Britton, Birl | 2 Jan 1896 | 11 Jan 2004 (108) | (California) Served in France.[9][74] |
De Meis, Frank | 9 Sep 1897 | 18 Feb 2004 (106) | (Florida) Born in Italy. Wounded on the Western Front.[9][75][76] |
Declet, Aniceto | 12 Mar 1898 | 6 May 2004 (106) | (New York) Enlisted July 1916 and served on the Mexican border.[8] |
Doan Jr., Joseph (Joe) E. | 14 Jan 1895 | 6 Nov 2004 (109) | (Pennsylvania) Sergeant, US Army.[77] |
Faight, Forrest W. | 27 Oct 1897 | 11 Nov 2004 (107) | (California) Served with Battery C, 143rd Artillery, 40th Armored Division in France 1918. Stationed near Bordeaux, he maintained artillery equipment.[78] |
Flowler, Nathan Henry | 19 Mar 1900 | 14 Jul 2004 (104) | (Wyoming) US Marine Corps.[8] |
Fusselman, Perry D. | 9 Sep 1898 | 6 Oct 2004 (106) | (Michigan) Non combat. Awaiting a posting to Europe when the Armistice was declared.[79] |
Gable, Addison | 21 Dec 1900 | 27 Oct 2004 (103) | (West Virginia) Non combat. Enlisted aged 16, but discharged after ten months service when his parents intervened.[80] |
Genter, Carl G. | 17 May 1900 | 27 Feb 2004 (103) | (Louisiana) |
Geuss, Richard Alexander | 21 Sep 1899 | 14 Apr 2004 (104) | (Illinois) US Army, 5th Division.[81][82] |
Harrison, Jim | 1896 | 21 Nov 2004 (108) | |
Hausold, Julius B. | 31 Dec 1895 | 20 Feb 2004 (108) | (New Jersey) Fought with the 308th Field Artillery in France where he was wounded.[83] |
Hollar, Frank E. | 24 Mar 1899 | 28 Oct 2004 (105) | (New Mexico) A cannoneer with Battery D, 244th Field Artillery on the Western Front from July 1918, later a dispatch rider. Remained in the army reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.[9][84][85] |
Ingram, Philip G. | 25 Jan 1900 | 27 Jul 2004 (104) | (Indiana) US Navy.[8] |
Johnson, Dickerson | 1 May 1897 | 5 May 2004 (107) | (Georgia) US Army.[8] |
Johnson, Marie Odee | 23 Jul 1897 | 25 Sep 2004 (107) | (Texas) Non combat. Served as a Yeoman 2nd class in the US Navy, working in a clerical role in Washington DC. See entry. |
King, James Wesley | 10 Dec 1900 | 9 Mar 2004 (103) | (Missouri) Private, US Army.[8] |
Lake, William J. | 30 Oct 1895 | 19 Jun 2004 (108) | (Washington) Machine Gun Company, 362nd Infantry, 91st Division. Fought on the Western Front in 1918, seeing action in the Argonne Forest offensive and Belgium.[86] |
Lee, Eugene W. (Gene) | 24 Mar 1899 | 25 Mar 2004 (105) | (New York) Enlisted 1917. Fought with 5th Marine Regiment in France. Wounded and decorated for bravery.[87] |
Lese, Walter | 18 Sep 1899 | 27 Jan 2004 (104) | (New York) Non combat. Enlisted 1917, but illness prevented his deployment to France. Served Stateside reaching the rank of sergeant.[88] |
Long, Paul E. | 12 Oct 1899 | 23 Nov 2004 (105) | (Pennsylvania) Served in the US Army. |
Moffitt, Jesse Laurence | 6 Mar 1897 | 8 Feb 2004 (106) | (Massachusetts) Fought as an infantryman on the Western Front with the 102nd ifantry of the26th Yankee Division.[89] |
Moldenhauer, Ben | 14 Jun 1897 | 16 Aug 2004 (107) | (Wisconsin)[90] |
Moyer, Dale | 20 Jun 1895 | 17 Jul 2004 (109) | (Ohio) Twin brother of Glen Moyer (see Veterans of World War I who died in 2001). |
Pugh, Alfred R. | 17 Jan 1895 | 7 Jan 2004 (108) | (Maine) Enlisted 1917. Fought on the Western Front with the 77th Infantry Division 1918. Badly gassed.[91] |
Prutzman, Charles | 28 Nov 1897 | 2 Sep 2004 (106) | (New York) Non-combat. Served in the US Army Officer Training Corps.[92] |
Richardson, Ruth Stevens | 7 Oct 1897 | 29 Dec 2004 (107) | (Virginia) Non combat. Enlisted in US Navy just before the end of the war.[93] |
Risser, Clay Kenneth | 3 Aug 1899 | 4 Dec 2004 (105) | (Iowa) Non combat. Served for 57 days in the Student’s Army Training Corps.[94] |
Robb, Jacob H. | 25 Jan 1899 | 29 Feb 2004 (105) | (Missouri) Fought with the US Army on the Western Front 1918. Brother of Fred Robb (see Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005).[95] |
Roberts, Daniel Tipton (Tip) | 27 Nov 1895 | 17 Nov 2004 (108) | |
Roseberry, Samuel | 7 Jul 1898 | 21 Dec 2004 (106) | (Indiana). Served on the Western Front.[96] |
Scannell, Edward G. | 20 Mar 1900 | 5 Aug 2004 (104) | (New York) |
Scow, Roy | 18 Jul 1896 | 11 Apr 2004 (107) | (Montana) Enlisted 1917. Fought on the Western Front. Lost most of his hearing after an exploding artillery shell narrowly missed him.[97] |
Sunderland, Paul | 24 Apr 1896 | 9 Jan 2004 (107) | (Kansas) Served in the US Navy on USS Charleston carrying supplies across the Atlantic.[98] |
Tucker, Henry Roy | 9 May 1897 | 12 Jun 2004 (107) | (Georgia) Served in France.[9][99] |
Tyler, William | 11 Jan 1899 | 7 Jan 2004 (105) | (Maine) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy.[8] |
Walsh, Joseph | 1 Jan 1895 | 26 Jan 2004 (109) | (Pennsylvania) Non combat. Served in the US Air Corps. Born in Russia.[10] |
Weatherly, Robert S. | 24 Sep 1899 | 5 Mar 2004 (104) | (Alabama) Served in the US Army. |
Wright, Joe | 9 Jan 1895 | Feb 2004 (109) | (Pennsylvania) |
World War I-era veterans - 5 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 (4 veterans)[]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Elango, Aleksander | 21 Feb 1902 | 17 Mar 2004 (102) | Fought in the Estonian War of Independence Nov 1918 – Feb 1920. [100][101] et:Aleksander Elango |
Pärna, Aarno | 7 Oct 1899 | 15 Dec 2004 (105) | Fought in the Estonian War of Independence Nov 1918 – Feb 1920. Died in the USA. [102] et:Aarno Pärna |
Pruuel, August | 5 Apr 1900 | 21 Jan 2004 (103) | Fought in the Estonian War of Independence Nov 1918 – Feb 1920. [103][104][105] et:August Pruuel |
Tark, Johannes | 24 Mar 1900 | 26 Dec 2004(104) | Fought in the Estonian War of Independence Nov 1918 – Feb 1920. Joined up in January 1919, wounded on the Lativan Front.[106][107] |
Russia (1 veteran)[]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Livshits, Shlema Haimovich | 13 Feb 1899 | 26 Jul 2004 (105) | Served in the Russian Civil War 1918-1922. Also a decorated World War II veteran. Became a US citizen aged 104, died in Tennessee.[108][109] |
Totals - 172 veterans[]
- Verified veterans - 167
- World War I-Era veterans - 5
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 Mathieu, Frédéric. "Ders Des Ders".[1]
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 Mathieu, Frédéric. "Ders Des Ders".[2]
- ↑ http://archivio.lastampa.it/LaStampaArchivio/main/History/tmpl_viewObj.jsp?objid=4837172
- ↑ M. Rakić (2004-06-26). "Odlazak poslednjeg srpskog Solunca" (in Serbian). Kurir. http://arhiva.kurir-info.rs/Arhiva/2004/jun/26-27/V-09-26062004.shtml.
- ↑ Evans, Michael; Arthur, Max (1998-11-07). "80 Years On: The Day of a Lifetime; 1914-1918: The Last Survivors".
- ↑ "Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services 1908 - 1923".
- ↑ "War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War".
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 "National Gravesite Locator".
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Legion of Honor Recipients".[3]
- ↑ http://www.northeasttimes.com/2002/0123/wwi.html Northeast Times
External links[]
- Death of the last known living wounded American WWI veteran
- Proof of John 'Jack' Oborne's exact birth & death date
- Proof of Norman Robinson's exact birth & death date
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