List of veterans of World War I who died in 1999

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The following is an incomplete list of known veterans of the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) who have died in the year of 1999.

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[edit] Veterans by country of service - 762 veterans

[edit] Australia (21 veterans)

Name Rank/Regiment/Corps Born Died Notes
Armitage, James Ramsay Gunner, 8th Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Imperial Force 1899 16 Nov 1999 (100) Enlisted 1917. Served in France.[1][5]
Bell, Franklyn Hutton Private, 3rd General Service Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force 5 Jun 1898 7 May 1999 (100) Non combat. Enlisted July 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[1][6]
Claydon, Samuel James Private, 5th General Service Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force 13 Dec 1894 19 Aug 1999 (104) Non combat. Enlisted June 1918, fell ill in Cape Town whilst being transported to Europe and repatriated.[1][7]
Coles, Wilfred James Private, 16th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force 1900 9 Jan 1999 (98) Enlisted underage in 1917. Served in France.[1][8]
Dalwood, Bertram Horace Gunner, 41st Battery, 11th Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Imperial Force 21 Nov 1899 27 Jan 1999 (99) Enlisted 1918. Served in France for 6 weeks at the end of the war.[9]
Greenwood, John Halliley Private, 11th General Service Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force 25 Aug 1899 23 Feb 1999 (99) Non combat. Enlisted May 1918 and on a troop ship from Melbourne to London at the Armistice.[1][10]
Haines, Frank Arnold Sapper, 1st Signal Company, Australian Imperial Force 9 Jun 1896 9 Feb 1999 (102) Served in France.[1][11]
Hall, Leonard Francis Trooper, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force 9 May 1897 24 Feb 1999 (101) Wounded at Gallipoli.[12]
Hollingsworth, Herbert Henry Private, 9th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force c.1898 1 Oct 1999 (101) [1][13][14]
Holmes, John Private, 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force 1897 18 Dec 1999 (102) Born in England. Enlisted 1915, served in France.[1][15]
Houghton, David c.1901 25 Oct 1999 (98) [16]
Isaacs, Francis Walter (Frank) Private, 49th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force c.1896 5 Apr 1999 (102) Wounded at Gallipoli and the Somme.[17]
Johnson, Frank Private, 55th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force 5 Feb 1898 12 Mar 1999 (100) Non combat. Enlisted 1916 but discharged as unfit for service in England 1917 and repatriated.[1][18]
Lewis, Robert Mervyn Private, 9/12th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force 30 Sep 1897 8 Feb 1999 (101) Enlisted 1916. Served as a signaller on the Western Front.[1][19]
Palmer, Jesse Private, Australian Army Medical Corps Reinforcements 13 Dec 1897 18 Dec 1999 (102) Born in England. Non combat. Enlisted 1917 and served briefly as a medical orderly in England before contracting Spanish flu.[1][20][21]
Pope, Howard Milton Private, 27th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force Oct 1897 27 Aug 1999 (101) [22][23]
Redman, Francis Raymond Corporal, 35th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force 12 Nov 1894 27 Apr 1999 (104) Enlisted 1916. Wounded on the Western Front.[1][24]
Smith, Thomas c.1897 15 Nov 1999 (102) [1][25]
Talty, Thomas Lawrence Private, 8/47th & 31st Battalions, Australian Imperial Force c.1899 Aug 1999 (100) Enlisted 1916.[1][26]
Thompson, Rowcliff Private, 38th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force 11 May 1895 26 Oct 1999 (104) Enlisted 1916. Served on the Western Front. Last known veteran of the Northern Territories.[1][27][28]
Walton, Hubert Corporal, 34th Battalion, 3rd Pioneers & 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Australian Imperial Force 1898 27 Dec 1999 (101) Enlisted 1916. Served in France.[1][29]

[edit] Canada (15 veterans)

Name Born Died Notes
Borradaile, Osmond 17 Jul 1898 24 Mar 1999 (100) Enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1916, served in France. Later a renowned camera artist. See entry.
Bundgard, Neil 7 Aug 1893 23 Oct 1999 (106) Enlisted 1916 and served in France. Born in Denmark, died in the USA.[2][30][31]
Charles, William 28 Oct 1890 Jul 1999 (108) Born in the UK, joined the Canadian army in 1916.
Clement, Milton (Mel) 1897 Sep 1999 (102) Died in Calgary.[3]
Connett, Frederick Henry 17 Apr 1897 Feb 1999 (101) Private, Signal Corps, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Born in London. Enlisted 1916, served in France.[32][33]
Doucet, Arthur 1895 Dec 1999 (104) Served in France.[2][34]
Dubois, Adolphe H. 25 Jul 1894 8 May 1999 (104) Pilot, Royal Flying Corps. Died in the USA.[35][36]
Fitsell, John C 11 Aug 1898 17 Jan 1999 (100) Bombardier, 19th Battalion, 45th Field Battery, Canadian Imperial Force. Born in England, enlisted 1914 and fought on Western Front.[37][38]
Hill, Frederick Charles 1893 Jan 1999 (105) Served in France.[2][39]
Loudon, Walter Allan 30 Jan 1899 20 Jan 1999 (99) 56th Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Born in the USA, enlisted 1915 and fought in the Battles of the Somme and Vimy Ridge, wounded in both.[4][40]
MacAuley, James Allan 1900 19 Apr 1999 (99) Private, 25th & 105th Battalions, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Served in France.[2][41]
Montgomery, Denzil Roderick 8 Mar 1897 Feb 1999 (101) Enlisted 1916. Specially honoured by the city of London, Ontario, in January 1999, at the start of the International Year of the Older Person.[5]
Obleman, Frederick Russell 1898 18 Jan 1999 (100) Served in France.[2][42]
Powers, Preston Ferris 12 Feb 1898 21 Mar 1999 (101) Private, 219th & 85th Battalions, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Enlisted 1916. Served in France.[2][43]
Risteen, Frank Barrett 7 Feb 1898 8 Feb 1999 (101) Private, Army. Enlisted 1916. Served in France.[2][44]

[edit] France (57 veterans)

Name Born Died Notes
Bâtard, René 3 Nov 1897 27 Sep 1999 (102) [6]
Bedenel, Pierre-Emile 23 Dec 1900 12 Aug 1999 (98) [6]
Benhamou, Maurice 13 Jul 1893 1 May 1999 (105) [6]
Betbeder, Amédée 24 Dec 1898 May 1999 (100) [6]
Beur, Georges 2 Nov 1898 Mar 1999 (100) Conscripted in 1917. Fought on the Western Front.[6]
Bouchaud, Henri 19 Jun 1893 10 Jun 1999 (105) Enlisted in the infantry 1915. Wounded.[6]
Braud, Alexandre 17 Aug 1900 16 Mar 1999 (98) [6]
Caudron, André 12 May 1897 11 Jul 1999 (102) [6]
Chardon, René 21 Jul 1900 4 Jun 1999 (98) [6]
Cluzan, Emile 2 Oct 1899 7 Sep 1999 (99) [6]
Combémorel, Flic 29 May 1897 15 Jun 1999 (102) [6]
Dansac, Albert 1897 1999 (102) An artilleryman who fought at the Battle of Verdun.[6]
Datin, Louis 24 Aug 1898 8 Feb 1999 (100) [6]
Delcayrou, Jean 2 Nov 1897 3 May 1999 (101) Conscripted in 1915 into 15e RI d’Albi.[6]
Delebarre, Xavier 16 May 1896 1999 (103) [6]
Destan, Antoine 5 Jan 1898 18 Jan 1999 (101) Served with 32e Battery, 290e RA on the Western Front.[6]
Digné, Robert 20 Sep 1899 2 Jun 1999 (99) [6]
Espitalier, Marcel 4 Mar 1893 18 Apr 1999 (106) Fought in the Dardanelles.[6]
Esteve, Leoncé 25 Dec 1893 19 Oct 1999 (105) [6]
Jourdain, Camille 14 Nov 1898 12 Nov 1999 (100) [6]
Journeau, Maurice 17 Nov 1898 9 Jun 1999 (100) Conscripted 1917 and served on the Western Front.[6]
Julé, Joseph 1897 1999 (101-102) [7]
Labrune, Raymond 25 Mar 1897 Sep 1999 (102) Fought at the Battle of Verdun.[6]
Ladagnous, Louis-Pierre 18 Jan 1900 7 Oct 1999 (99) [6]
Laubreton, Aimé 30 Nov 1897 8 Feb 1999 (101) [6]
Mamès, Louis 21 Jan 1895 18 Jun 1999 (104) [6]
Martrou, Etienne 21 Dec 1897 Aug 1999 (101) [6]
Masson, Albert 18 Feb 1897 18 Feb 1999 (102) Conscripted 1916. Served with an Alpine regiment.[6]
Masson, Edmond 11 Jan 1894 28 Aug 1999 (105) Born in Switzerland. Conscripted in 1914 into the 171e RI. Twice wounded. Captured by the Germans in 1917.[6]
Monchecourt, Henri 7 Dec 1898 19 Dec 1999 (101) [6]
Naegelen, Jules 1898 1 Apr 1999 (100) [6]
Panaget, Charles 29 Feb 1896 1999 (103) [6]
Parisel, Raymond 23 Jun 1897 1999 (102) [6]
Pauli, Joseph 1896 30 Jan 1999 (102) [6]
Pellencin, Abramo 11 Sep 1897 Mar 1999 (101) Fought on the Italian front and at the Battle of Verdun. Wounded 4 times. Awarded the Croix de Guerre.[6]
Perrette, Jean-François 19 Nov 1898 Jun 1999 (100) [6]
Pervieux, Jean 24 Jun 1898 9 Oct 1999 (101) [6]
Poulet, Leon 7 Oct 1899 18 July 1999 (99) [6]
Prévost, Marius 29 Sep 1898 14 Dec 1999 (101) [6]
Raguet, Jean 1896 Mar 1999 (102) [6]
Rebuffa, François 2 Apr 1894 2 May 1999 (105) [6]
Rifosta, Théophane 6 Sep 1889 16 Jun 1999 (109) [6] was oldest man in France at time of death
Rodriguez, Jean 27 Dec 1898 24 Mar 1999 (100) [6]
Rosaz, Edouard 11 Apr 1899 2 May 1999 (100) [6]
Rosfelder, Marcel 23 Jul 1898 3 May 1999 (100) [6]
Salmon-Legagneur, Pierre 18 May 1896 3 Jul 1999 (103) [6]
Sergent, Edmond 1896 6 Jul 1999 (103) Enlisted 1915. A Lieutenant who fought at the Battle of Verdun. Awarded the Croix de Guerre.[6]
Soulié, Louis-René 1896 Jan 1999 (102) [6]
Stocanne, Ernest 6 Jan 1894 14 Dec 1999 (105) Fought in the Dardanelles. Later a senior diplomat.[6]
Tabeau, Armand Noé 18 Dec 1899 4 Dec 1999 (99) [6]
Taxil, Victor 19 Nov 1898 8 Sep 1999 (100) [6]
Thinès, Serge 2 Mar 1899 6 Nov 1999 (100) Enlisted 1917. Served with 83e, 84e and 89e Heavy Artillery regiments.[6]
Tissot, Robert 1898 1999 (101) [6]
Trotel, Albert 26 Oct 1898 30 Nov 1999 (101) [6]
Verneau, Marcel 29 Sep 1898 30 Mar 1999 (101) [6]
Viala, Henri Louis 19 Oct 1898 2 Apr 1999 (100) [6]
Vincent, René 1897 22 Oct 1999 (102) Enlisted 1914. Fought at Verdun with 81e ARC de Chars and later Artillery d’Assault. Wounded 6 times. Awarded the Croix de Guerre.[6]

[edit] Germany (4 veterans)

Name Born Died Notes
Lange, Hans 14 Apr 1899 29 Nov 1999 (100) [45][46]
Suhr, Otto 11 Dec 1892 1 Feb 1999 (106) Private-cannoneer[47]
von Halem, Gustav Adolf 4 Nov 1899 12 Jan 1999 (99) Fought at Verdun and in Flanders. Served in the SS in World War II.[8][9][48][49]
Zender, Josef 5 Jul 1897 8 Jan 1999 (101) Fought on the Western Front and taken prisoner by the British. Died in the USA.[50][51]

[edit] Italy (1 veteran)

Name Born Died Notes
Benvenuti, Giacomo 7 Dec 1896 1999 (102) Enlisted in the 2nd Assault Battalion 1915. Fought against Germany and Austro-Hungary, wounded at Chemin des Dames 1917. Settled in France, and fought for the French in World War II.[6]

[edit] Newfoundland (3 veterans)

Name Rank/Regiment/Corps Born Died Notes
Brinson, John (Jesse) Private, Royal Newfoundland Regiment c.1897 1 Mar 1999 (102) [10]WO372/3[52]
Pike, Wallace Private, Royal Newfoundland Regiment 1899 11 Apr 1999 (99) Last Newfoundland veteran. Enlisted underage and wounded twice on the Western Front.[10]WO372/16[53]
White, Alexander (Sandy) Private, Royal Newfoundland Regiment c.1895 3 Mar 1999 (103) [10]WO372/21[54]

Remark: At the time of World War I Newfoundland was a separate colony within the British Empire, and did not become part of Canada until 1940.

[edit] New Zealand (2 veterans)

Name Born Died Notes
Beveridge, Eric 28 Jul 1894 6 Jun 1999 (104) Last World War I Veteran of Wellington.[11]
Hodgetts, William (Abo Will) 1894 17 May 1999 (104-105) Oldest NZ Army Veteran.[12]

[edit] Philippines (1 veteran)

Name Born Died Notes
Jocson, Manuel P. 29 Dec 1897 6 May 1999 (101) US Navy.[13]

[edit] Puerto Rico (1 veteran)

Name Born Died Notes
Perez, Daniel Bartolomei 7 Feb 1900 2 Jan 1999 (98) US Army.[13]

[edit] Romania (1 veteran)

Name Born Died Notes
Lacatusu, Dumitrascu 22 Mar 1891 Aug 1999 (108) Last Romanian cavalryman.[55][56][57]

[edit] Russia (2 veterans)

Name Born Died Notes
Bulychev, Ivan Timofeyevich 29 Aug 1897 1999 (101-102) Enlisted 1915, later fought for the Red Army during the Russian Revolution. Reached the rank of general and served as Assistant Chief: General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces. Also served on the State Commission for the Sputnik satellite programme.[58][59]
Kondratovitch, Alexander 13 Mar 1897 1999 (102) Died in France.[60]

[edit] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (226 veterans)

Name Rank/Regiment/Corps Born Died Notes
Abbott, Arthur John Artificer, Royal Navy 12 Feb 1896 Apr 1999 (103) Enlisted 1915.[14]ADM 188/1045[61]
Adeney, Noel Frederick 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery 26 Nov 1897 Jul 1999 (101) [10]WO372/24[62]
Anderson, James Lieutenant, 101 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps 7 Sep 1899 10 Jul 1999 (99) Taken prisoner by the Germans.[15]
Anderton, Walter Private, Army 28 Jun 1899 Sep 1999 (100) [10]WO372/1[63][64]
Argent, William Charles Observer/Wireless Operator, Royal Naval Air Service 25 Jan 1899 Mar 1999 (100) Enlisted 1915. Served in flying boats on anti-submarine patrols. Awarded the DSM for gallantry.[16][65]
Arlotte, Frank Private, Somerset Light Infantry & Royal Garrison Artillery 19 Jul 1897 Aug 1999 (102) [10]WO372/1[66]
Attoe, Frederick William Corporal, East Surrey Regiment 25 Oct 1897 Jan 1999 (101) [10]WO372/1[67]
Bailey, Hannible Private, Royal Army Medical Corps 1 Apr 1895 Feb 1999 (103) [16][68]
Barlow, Arthur Robert Stoker, Royal Navy 16 Jan 1900 May 1999 (99) Enlisted 1918.[14]ADM 188/964[69]
Barron, Robert Richard (Dick) Acting Corporal, 2nd London Mounted Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 19 Oct 1895 14 Feb 1999 (103) Served as a medical orderly at Gallipoli.[17][70]
Baverstock, Leslie Hayward Private, Tank Corps 25 Jun 1899 Jan 1999 (99) [10]WO372/2[71]
Benson, Lazarus Private, Labour Corps 15 Jan 1899 May 1999 (100) [10]WO372/2[72]
Billett, Jack George Private, 4th (Horsham), 12th & 13th Royal Sussex Regiment 3 Dec 1898 Feb 1999 (100) Enlisted underage. Fought at Ypres and the Somme. Invalided home badly wounded in 1918.[16][73]
Boswell, Frank Private, 23rd (County of London) London Regiment 28 Feb 1897 Jan 1999 (101)

[16][74]
Boulter, Cecil Horace Private, Essex Regiment 26 Jan 1900 Sep 1999 (99) [10]WO372/2[75]
Boulton, William James Foster Stoker, Royal Navy 5 Aug 1900 Aug 1999 (99) Enlisted 1918.[14]ADM 188/969[76]
Bowen, William Vernon Private, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry 5 Oct 1899 Jan 1999 (99) [10]WO372/3[77]
Bresnahan, Daniel Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 25 Sep 1899 Jul 1999 (99) [16][78]
Broadway, Edward Boy Steward, Royal Navy 17 Oct 1901 May 1999 (97) [16][79]
Bromley, George Private, Machine Gun Corps 17 Mar 1899 Feb 1999 (99) [16][80]
Buchanan, John Young S. Corporal, Tank Corps 24 Feb 1896 Jan 1999 (102) [10]WO372/3[81]
Budden, Charles Richard Stoker, Royal Navy 11 Jan 1898 Dec 1999 (101) Enlisted 1915.[14]ADM 188/919[82]
Burge, Arthur James Private, 1st East Surrey Regiment 19 Jun 1895 17 Aug 1999 (104) [16][83]
Burgess, Sydney William John Lance Corporal, Norfolk Regiment & East Surrey Regiment 23 Jan 1896 Feb 1999 (103) [10]WO372/3[84]
Burnard, Frederick William Private, 10th (County of London) London Regiment (Hackney) 30 Nov 1899 Jan 1999 (99) [10]WO372/3[85]
Bursey, George Artificer, Royal Navy 6 Oct 1900 Feb 1999 (98) Enlisted 1918.[14]ADM 188/1086[86]
Butler, James Walter Private, London Regiment 25 Mar 1899 Jan 1999 (99)

[16][87]
Carver, Frank Lewis Private, Suffolk Regiment 14 Mar 1897 Jan 1999 (101) [10]WO372/4[88]
Cavanagh, Thomas 2nd Lieutenant, 1/5th Yorkshire Regiment 28 Jan 1898 6 Jan 1999 (100) Served on the Western Front. Taken prisoner by the Germans.[15]
Chandler, Jeffrey Private, King’s Own Scottish Borderers 17 Aug 1898 Feb 1999 (100) Last known Great War veteran of the King's Own Scottish Borderers.[16]
Chappell, Randolph Victor Royal Flying Corps 24 May 1898 May 1999 (100) Served on the Western Front.[89][90]
Chappell, Wilfred Victor Private, Royal Marines Light Infantry 9 Jan 1899 Feb 1999 (100) [16][91]
Chillingworth, John Butler 2nd Lieutenant, 29th Royal Field Artillery 19 Jan 1899 Aug 1999 (100) [10]WO372/4[92]
Choat, Marcus Collingwood Royal Naval Air Service 7 Feb 1900 Nov 1999 (99) Enlisted 1918.[14]ADM 188/642[93]
Clark, Stanley Charles Acting Corporal, Gloucestershire Regiment 28 Aug 1895 Apr 1999 (103) [16][94]
Clarke, Frederick George Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy 17 May 1900 Jan 1999 (98) Enlisted 1917.[14]ADM 188/800[95]
Clemit, John William Gunner, 2nd London Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 20 Sep 1897 Jul 1999 (101) Fought at Arras and on the Somme.[10]WO372/4[96][97]
Cooke, Alexander MacDougall (Alec) Royal Flying Corps 17 Oct 1899 5 Jan 1999 (99) [98]
Cowell, Thomas Henry Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 7 Jan 1900 Sep 1999 (99) [18]ADM 337/1-108[99]
Cox, Ernest Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy 8 Aug 1900 Sep 1999 (99) Enlisted 1918.[14]ADM 188/1103[100]
Cox, Francis Harry Walter Able Seaman, Royal Navy 1 May 1898 Jan 1999 (100) Enlisted 1916.[14]ADM 188/773[101]
Cramp, Alfred Private, Leicestershire Regiment, North Staffordshire Regiment, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Durham Light Infantry & Manchester Regiment 12 Oct 1898 Feb 1999 (100) [16][102]
Cramp, Robert Raymond K. Private, Manchester Regiment 31 Mar 1899 12 Jun 1999 (100) [10]WO372/5[103]
Crook, John Frank Private, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) (Depot) 22 Oct 1896 Oct 1999 (102) [16][104]
Cross, John Webster Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 22 Aug 1898 Oct 1999 (101) [18]ADM 337/1-108[105]
Cundy, William Ashling Private, Rifle Brigade 21 Apr 1899 Feb 1999 (99) [19][106]
Currie, William Stuart Private, Army 14 Aug 1899 Jan 1999 (99) [10]WO372/5[107]
Cusick, James Able Seaman, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division 4 Nov 1895 Jan 1999 (103) [20]ADM 339/1[108]
Dalby, Thomas Norman White Private, Northumberland Fusiliers 6 Jan 1900 Aug 1999 (99) [10]WO372/5[109]
Davidson, James Private, Lancashire Fusiliers 25 Jan 1897 Nov 1999 (102) Enlisted 1914. Fought at Mons and went ‘over the top’ at the Battle of the Somme. Gassed, presumed dead, but survived.[110][111]
Davolls, Arthur Henry Private, Welsh Regiment 4 May 1893 Mar 1999 (105) Enlisted 1914. Seriously wounded on first day in combat and invalided home for the remainder of the war.[10]WO372/5[112][113]
Deacon, Winifred Maud Driver, Army Service Corps 17 Oct 1897 Aug 1999 (101) [114]
Deeming, Robert Private, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) & King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 19 Mar 1900 Jan 1999 (98) Last known Great War veteran of the King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment).[10]WO372/5[115]
Denning, Alfred Thompson (Tom) 2nd Lieutenant, 151st Field Company, Royal Engineers 23 Jan 1899 5 Mar 1999 (100) Later Lord Denning and Master of the Rolls (the senior civil judge in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales). See entry.
Doe, George Charles Army 6 Apr 1899 Feb 1999 (99) [10]WO372/6[116]
Domville, Albert Royal Naval Air Service 29 Nov 1899 6 Apr 1999 (99) Enlisted 1917.[14]ADM 188/635[117]
Douglas, Alan Lockhart M. Sapper, Royal Engineers 15 Feb 1899 Feb 1999 (99) [10]WO372/6[118]
Dowell, George James Private, North Staffordshire Regiment 3 Jul 1898 Sep 1999 (101) [10]WO372/6[119]
Dufour, William Edward Private, Royal Welsh Fusiliers (Depot) 11 Feb 1898 Jan 1999 (100) [10]WO372/6[120]
Duncan, Albert Victor Private, 14th (County of London) London Regiment (London Scottish) 23 Dec 1896 Jan 1999 (102) Wounded at the Battle of The Somme.[19][121]
Dye, Hubert Charles Private, Suffolk Regiment 11 Mar 1899 Apr 1999 (100) [10]WO372/6[122]
Earwaker, Alfred Henry Private, North Staffordshire Regiment 16 Sep 1898 Jan 1999 (100) [10]WO372/6[123]
Easton, Leslie Private, Army Service Corps 20 Jun 1900 Jan 1999 (98) Enlisted July 1918 and still in training when the war ended. Served in the army of occupation 1919-20.[19][124]
Easton, William Edgar (Bill) Private, 2/2nd East Anglian Field Ambulance & 77th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 15 Oct 1898 18 Aug 1999 (100) Stretcher bearer at Ypres and Messines. Taken prisoner Mar 1918.[17][125]
Edwards, Harry Norman Captain, Tank Corps 13 Jan 1894 21 Sep 1999 (105) Fought on the Western Front.[10]WO372/6[126][127]
Edwards, Robert Private, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 25 Dec 1897 Jan 1999 (101) [16][128]
Ellis, Cyril West Yorkshire Regiment 29 Jun 1900 Dec 1999 (99) [16][129]
Ellis, Edwin Oswald Steward, Royal Navy 14 Mar 1898 Jan 1999 (100) Enlisted 1914.[14]ADM 188/1000[130]
Evans, Edward Harold Private, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 17 Jan 1899 Jul 1999 (100) [16][131]
Farmer, Frederick Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy 15 Feb 1900 Nov 1999 (99) [16][132]
Fielder, Joseph George c.1901 14 Apr 1999 (98) Served in France. Died in Australia.[133][134][135]
Finch, Horace Private, Army 25 Jan 1900 Jan 1999 (98) [10]WO372/7[136]
Firmage, Ernest Arthur Private, Middlesex Regiment 2 Oct 1899 Feb 1999 (99) [10]WO372/7[137]
Fitzpatrick, Joseph Sergeant, 2/6th Manchester Regiment 25 Dec 1895 22 Apr 1999 (103) [16][138]
Fowler, James Rigby Private, 51st (Graduated) Durham Light Infantry 9 Apr 1900 Feb 1999 (98) Enlisted May 1918 and still in training when the war ended. Served in the army of occupation 1919.[19][139]
Francis, Frederick Edgar Acting Corporal, 11th (Lonsdale) Border Regiment 20 Jan 1894 Mar 1999 (105) Enlisted 1914. Badly wounded going ‘over the top’ at the Battle of the Somme.[17][140]
Fry, Robert Ernest Northumberland Fusiliers 21 Sep 1897 Sep 1999 (101) [16][141]
Furner, John Martin Private, 9th Tank Corps 5 May 1895 Apr 1999 (103) Enlisted 1915. Served as a mechanic. Wounded in action.[19][142]
Gardner, Albert Charles Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy 4 Oct 1900 May 1999 (98) Enlisted 1915.[14]ADM 188/790[143]
Gay, Thomas William Private, 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers 25 Apr 1898 19 Feb 1999 (100) Enlisted aged 16. Went ‘over the top’ at the Battle of the Somme.[17][144]
George, Victor Gordon Private, 23rd (County of London) London Regiment & 22nd (County of London) London Regiment (The Queen’s) 18 Mar 1896 Jan 1999 (102) [16][145]
Gilbert, Frederick John (Jack) Private, Worcestershire Regiment 16 Jan 1897 Feb 1999 (102) [16][146]
Goad, Stuart Frederick S. Royal Flying Corps 22 Jan 1898 Jan 1999 (100) [16][147]
Godfrey, Ernest Benjamin Private, 53rd (Young Students) King’s Royal Rifle Corps 26 Aug 1900 Jun 1999 (98) Enlisted September 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[19][148]
Gorringe, John Private, Army 8 Apr 1899 Feb 1999 (99) [10]WO372/8[149]
Gray, Herbert Arthur Harding Private, 14th Worcestershire Regiment 9 Sep 1899 Nov 1999 (100) [10]WO372/8[150]
Green, Robert Cecil Ernest Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy 28 Sep 1900 Dec 1999 (99) Enlisted 1916.[14]ADM 188/787[151]
Gregg, Trevelyn Finnis Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 20 May 1899 Jan 1999 (99) [18]ADM 337/1-108[152]
Halfhead, Harold Private, Northamptonshire Regiment 16 Sep 1899 Dec 1999 (100) [10]WO372/8[153]
Hall, William George Flight Sergeant, 216 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service 23 May 1898 Jan 1999 (100) Enlisted 1916.[14]ADM 188/592[154]
Hallard, Ernest William Acting Sergeant, Hampshire Regiment 25 May 1898 Oct 1999 (101) [10]WO372/8[155]
Hammond, Frederick Private, 1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers 27 Sep 1897 18 Apr 1999 (101) Served on the Western Front. Taken prisoner by the Germans.[15]
Hammond, Harold Cambridgeshire Regiment 27 Sep 1897 Apr 1999 (101) Non combat. Cambridgeshire a part-time territorial regiment.[16][156]
Hamper, Albert James Private, Bedfordshire Regiment, Northamptonshire Regiment & Suffolk Regiment 31 Jul 1899 Jul 1999 (99) Last known Great War veteran of the Bedfordshire Regiment.[10]WO372/8[157]
Harris, Frederick John Royal Field Artillery 5 Sep 1896 Mar 1999 (102) [16][158]
Harris, Frederick Walter Steward, Royal Navy 22 Nov 1900 Jun 1999 (98) Enlisted 1917.[14]ADM 188/1009[159]
Hart, Hubert Frederick Private, Army 10 Jun 1899 Aug 1999 (100) [10]WO372/9[160]
Hermon, Henry William Private, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) 14 Jan 1900 Jun 1999 (99) Last known Great War veteran of the Rifle Brigade.[16][161]
Heptinstall, Harry Clifford Sapper, Royal Engineers 3 May 1898 Jan 1999 (100) [10]WO372/9[162]
Hibbert, Alfred Henry Acting Corporal, Army Ordnance Corps 3 Sep 1891 Oct 1999 (108) Served in Egypt, Mesopotamia and India.[10]WO372/9[163][164]
Hick, Ernest Private, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) & Machine Gun Corps 29 Jun 1899 Oct 1999 (100) Enlisted aged 16. Fought on the Somme and at Passchendaele.[10]WO372/9

[165][166]
Hindmarsh, Frederick Private, Durham Light Infantry 25 May 1900 Feb 1999 (98) [10]WO372/9[167]
Hiorns, Francis Artificer, Royal Navy 5 Feb 1900 2 Dec 1999 (99) Enlisted 1915. Last survivor of those who served aboard HMS Hood[14]ADM 188/1054[168]
Hoare, Gilbert Able Seaman, Royal Navy 7 May 1897 Jul 1999 (102) Enlisted 1914.[14]ADM 188/697[169]
Hobdell, Henry George Private, 51st (Graduated) Bedfordshire Regiment 24 Jun 1900 Jul 1999 (99) Enlisted July 1918 and still in training when the war ended. Served in the army of occupation 1919.[19][170]
Hodges, Frederick John Private, Tank Corps 25 Jul 1898 Mar 1999 (100) Enlisted June 1918. Non-combat, served as an electrician.[19][171]
Hodges, Jack Private, Army 14 Dec 1899 Oct 1999 (99) [10]WO372/9[172]
Holding, Stephen John Private, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment) & Hampshire Regiment 27 Jun 1898 Mar 1999 (100) [10]WO372/9[173]
Holland, Charles John Private, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) & Army Ordnance Corps 11 Sep 1899 Feb 1999 (99) [16][174]
Holmes, Conrad Allan Private, Royal Army Medical Corps 18 Feb 1895 Mar 1999 (104) [16][175]
Holmes, Harry Private, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) 6 Nov 1897 28 Feb 1999 (101) Enlisted 1915. Took 17 German prisoners single-handed. Seriously wounded at Ypres in 1917 and invalided out of the war.[10]WO372/10[176][177]
Hosie, Joseph Private, Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) & West Yorkshire Regiment 25 Jul 1899 Nov 1999 (100) Last known Great War veteran of the Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) & West Yorkshire Regiment.[10]WO372/10[178]
Howard, Bertie Wilfred Private, 7th East Surrey Regiment & 2nd Manchester Regiment 4 Jun 1898 Mar 1999 (100) Served on the Western Front.[19][179]
Hughes, John Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 14 Jan 1897 May 1999 (102) [18]ADM 337/1-108[180]
Humphries, Arthur James Private, Army 31 Jan 1898 Oct 1999 (101) [10]WO372/10[181][182]
Hurlock, George Clement Acting Lance Corporal, Labour Corps 23 Aug 1897 Jan 1999 (101) [10]WO372/24[183]
Jackson, John Eric Private, 53rd (Young Students) Royal Fusiliers 10 Oct 1900 Mar 1999 (98) Non combat. Enlisted 4 November 1918. Still in training when the war ended.[19][184]
Jager, Harry Private, King’s Royal Rifle Corps 2 Mar 1900 Apr 1999 (99) [10]WO372/10[185]
James, Sydney Royal Flying Corps 5 Apr 1899 May 1999 (100) [186]
Jameson, George Brumwell Corporal, 1/1st Northumberland Yeomanry (Hussars) & Captain, 252 & 72nd Royal Field Artillery 27 Dec 1892 2 Mar 1999 (106) [187][188][189]
Jarman, Gilbert Private, King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 30 Dec 1898 Dec 1999 (100) [10]WO372/10[190]
Jenkins, Vincent Private, Training Reserve 3 Mar 1900 Jan 1999 (98) [10]WO372/10[191]
Jennison, Cyril Private, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 15 Jan 1900 Jan 1999 (98) [10]WO372/10[192]
Jex, Henry Private, Army 7 Feb 1898 Nov 1999 (101) [10]WO372/10[193]
Jiggins, Robert Charles Private, Machine Gun Corps 29 Sep 1898 Jan 1999 (100) [10]WO372/10[194]
Johnson, Henry Charles Bandsman, Royal Marines 27 Dec 1900 Sep 1999 (98) Enlisted 1915.[21]ADM 159[195]
Jones, Ernest Douglas Private, South Wales Border Regiment 9 Jan 1898 Apr 1999 (101) Conscripted aged 18. Fought at Ypres. Saved when a bullet ricocheted off a bible in his breast pocket; but later invalided home.[10]WO372/11

[196][197]
Jones, Reuben Edgar Able Seaman, Royal Navy 8 Jul 1897 Mar 1999 (101) Enlisted 1916.[14]ADM 188/764[198]
Jones, Wilfred Ernest Royal Naval Air Service 13 Oct 1899 Feb 1999 (99) Enlisted 1917.[14]ADM 188/632[199]
Kerridge, Harold Victor Stanley (Hal) Private, 1/14th (County of London) London Regiment (London Scottish), 1st Gordon Highlanders & Army Pay Corps 21 Sep 1898 Oct 1999 (101) Enlisted 1915. Fought on the Somme and at Passchendaele.[17][200]
Kershaw, Fred Private, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 20 Jul 1897 Aug 1999 (102) Served in France.[19][201]
Knight, Arnold Stanley Private, 51st (Graduated) King's Royal Rifle Corps 10 Apr 1900 Feb 1999 (98) Non-combat. Still in training when the war ended.[19][202]
Laister, John Rea Private, 2nd King’s Royal Rifle Corps & Labour Corps 14 May 1897 Sep 1999 (102) Dragooned into a firing squad to execute an underage soldier convicted of cowardice.[10]WO372/11[203][204]
Lally, Michael Sergeant, 2nd Manchester Regiment 2 Sep 1894 13 Apr 1999 (104) Last known survivor of the British Regular Army, enlisting in 1910. Fought with BEF in 1914 and went ‘over the top’ at the Battle of the Somme. Later wounded.[205][206]
Lawrence, George Albert Royal Field Artillery 16 Aug 1896 Nov 1999 (103) [16][207]
Layard, Arthur Frank C. Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Navy 28 Nov 1899 Nov 1999 (99) Veteran of the Battle of Jutland. Also fought in World War II.[16][208]
Laycock, Frederick Murray Private, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 18 May 1899 Jan 1999 (99) [10]WO372/23[209]
Leather, George Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 9 Aug 1900 Dec 1999 (99) [18]ADM 337/1-108[210]
Leggett, Ernest Harold Private, Army 6 Sep 1898 Jun 1999 (100) [10]WO372/12[211]
Lem, Frank Philip Private, 52nd (Graduated) Royal Warwickshire Regiment 30 Sep 1900 Sep 1999 (98) Non combat. Enlisted 30 October 1918 and still in training when the war ended. Served in the army of Occupation 1919.[19][212]
Lisgo, Oswald Private, 3rd (Reserve) Durham Light Infantry 5 Mar 1900 Jan 1999 (98) Non combat. Completed basic training in October 1918 but not posted overseas.[19][213]
Lisle, Ernest Edward Trimble Corporal, 26th Durham Light Infantry 1 Jun 1897 Feb 1999 (101) Non combat. Enlisted in 1916 but never posted overseas.[19][214]
Losh, John Harold K. Army Service Corps 28 May 1898 Jan 1999 (100) [16][215]
Loud, Herbert Private, Army 29 Oct 1899 Oct 1999 (99) [10]WO372/12[216]
Lucas, Ted ? 1893 14 Jun 1999 (106) Born in and fought for the UK, died in New Zealand.
Maher, George Private, 2nd Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 20 May 1903 1999 (95) Runaway who enlisted aged 13. Sent to France, but discharged when real aged was discovered. Re-enlisted as a boy bandsman. Died in Australia.[17]
Mahoney, William Henry Royal Naval Air Service 16 Oct 1900 Aug 1999 (98) Enlisted 1918.[14]ADM 188/645[217]
Marlow, Henry Ernest Corporal, 2/17th (County of London) London Regiment (Poplar & Stepney Rifles) 13 Jun 1899 Jul 1999 (100) Served in France.[19][218]
Martinson, James Arthur Stoker, Royal Navy 9 Sep 1900 Jun 1999 (98) Enlisted 1918.[14]ADM 188/969[219]
Matthews, Alfred James Royal Naval Air Service 11 May 1900 Jan 1999 (98) Enlisted 1918.[14]ADM 188/640[220]
McKenzie, Royce Able Seaman, Drake Battn, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division 7 Aug 1897 Sep 1999 (102) Battalion runner, served on the Somme and Passchendaele.[17][221]
McKinnon, Alice Margaret Special Military Probationer, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service 23 Jun 1894 Jan 1999 (104) Served as a nurse at No 24 General Hospital, Etaples, one of the main British base hospitals on the Western Front 1917-1918. Died Nova Scotia, Canada.[17][222]
Miller, Cecil Raymond N. Driver, Army Service Corps & Royal Field Artillery 13 Oct 1898 Oct 1999 (100) [10]WO372/14[223]
Mills, Richard Arthur Private, 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment 5 Jul 1899 24 Apr 1999 (99) [10]WO372/14[224]
Morgan, Edward Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 6 Sep 1900 Feb 1999 (98) [18]ADM 337/1-108[225]
Mountain, John Private, 53rd (Young Students) West Yorkshire Regiment 5 Sep 1900 Mar 1999 (98) Non combat. Still in training when the war ended.[19][226]
Muggeridge, Nathaniel Boy 1st Class, Royal Navy 9 Nov 1899 Jul 1999 (99) Enlisted 1917.[14]ADM 188/799[227]
Nash, Leslie Leonard Private, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 19 May 1899 Nov 1999 (100) [10]WO372/14[228]
Newby, Stanley Warner Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery & Sapper, Royal Engineers 12 Jun 1898 Aug 1999 (101) [10]WO372/14[229]
Nunn, Arthur Private, 5th Bedfordshire Regiment & Suffolk Regiment 7 Oct 1899 Nov 1999 (100) Served in France for the last 12 days of the war.[19][230]
Oatley, Frank Private, Gloucestershire Regiment 9 Aug 1896 May 1999 (102) [16][231]
O'Hara, John Frederick Private, Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) 9 Apr 1897 Mar 1999 (101) [10]WO372/15[232]
Partridge, Percy Thomas Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery 24 Nov 1897 Jan 1999 (101) Fought on the Somme.[10]WO372/15[233][234]
Pattinson, John Mellor 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery 21 Apr 1899 Nov 1999 (100) [10]WO372/15[235]
Pearson, Alfred Charles H. Medical Orderly, British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem 11 Jul 1898 Sep 1999 (101) Failed army medical so joined the Red Cross. Evacuated the wounded from ambulance trains to hospital ships at Boulogne.[17][236]
Penlington, Frank Reginald Private, Welsh Regiment 19 Jan 1899 Oct 1999 (100) [10]WO372/15[237]
Poole, Baden Redvers Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy 24 Sep 1900 Jul 1999 (98) Enlisted 1918.[14]ADM 188/1103[238]
Price, Gilbert Holland Royal Naval Air Service 22 Jun 1899 Dec 1999 (100) Enlisted 1917.[14]ADM 188/629[239]
Putnam, Alfred William Private, 17th (County of London) London Regiment (Poplar & Stepney Rifles) 5 Dec 1898 26 Sep 1999 (100) Served on the Western Front. Taken prisoner by the Germans.[15]
Quickenden, George Thomas Royal Naval Air Service 10 Apr 1898 Mar 1999 (100) Enlisted 1917.[14]ADM 188/620[240]
Redman, Henry Charles Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 3 Jun 1899 Mar 1999 (99) [18]ADM 337/1-108[241]
Richardson, John Walter 19 Jun 1900 Feb 1999 (98) [16][242]
Rootham, Dan Private, Provisional Battalion 21 Sep 1897 Jul 1999 (101) [10]WO372/17[243]
Rose, Harry Private, South Staffordshire Regiment 24 Apr 1893 Sep 1999 (106) [16][244]
Rose, John Boy 1st Class, Royal Navy 18 Nov 1900 Mar 1999 (98) Enlisted 1916.[14]ADM 188/756[245]
Rosen, Nathan Private, 38th-40th (Jewish) Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 22 Nov 1899 Apr 1999 (99) [10]WO372/17[246]
Ross, Robert Edward Merchant Navy 8 Nov 1898 Feb 1999 (100) [247]
Rossiter, Arthur William Sergeant, Army Service Corps 15 Sep 1893 Jan 1999 (105) [16][248]
Rubens, Charles Lance Corporal, Army 10 Jul 1900 Dec 1999 (99) Non combat, still in training when war ended. Served in the Army of Occupation 1918-1919.[249][250]
Sallon, Ralph Private, Labour Corps 9 Dec 1899 9 Oct 1999 (99) Non combat. Born Rachmiel David Zelon in Warsaw. Later a well known cartoonist and illustrator.

[251][252]
Salmon, Harold Boardman W. Private, Durham Light Infantry 24 Aug 1897 Apr 1999 (101) [10]WO372/17[253]
Sargeant, Wilfred George Private, Army Service Corps 30 May 1897 Jan 1999 (101) [10]WO372/17[254]
Selfe, Charles Horace Driver, Royal Field Artillery 1 May 1897 Dec 1999 (102) [16][255]
Seller, Horace Leonard Acting Sergeant, Royal Irish Regiment 28 Aug 1895 Jun 1999 (103) [10]WO372/17[256]
Sellers, Frank Driver, Royal Field Artillery 12 Jul 1894 Feb 1999 (104) [10]WO372/17
Shaw, Brian Duncan 2nd Lieutenant, Lincolnshire Regiment 10 Feb 1898 7 Nov 1999 (101) [10]WO372/18[257]
Shield, John Willison Merchant Navy 30 Jan 1896 Jan 1999 (102) [258]
Shillingshaw, Roy Royal Flying Corps 16 May 1899 24 Sep 1999 (100)
Simpson, Alfred Henry Artificer, Royal Navy 2 Oct 1894 Sep 1999 (104) Enlisted 1918.[14]ADM 188/1080[259]
Sless, Hyman Private, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), East Lancashire Regiment, Labour Corps & 38th-40th (Jewish) Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 7 Nov 1896 Jan 1999 (102) [10]WO372/18[260]
Smith, George Private, Royal Marines Light Infantry 12 Feb 1900 Jun 1999 (99) [16][261]
Snell, Charles Edward Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy 21 Nov 1899 Mar 1999 (99) Enlisted 1917.[14]ADM 188/808[262]
Snowden, Ernest Robert Private, Army Ordnance Corps 16 Dec 1898 Sep 1999 (100) [10]WO372/18[263]
Southern, William Thomas Private, 2nd Welsh Regiment 19 Feb 1899 14 Jun 1999 (100) Fought on the Somme and at Passchendaele.[10]WO372/18[264][265]
Spriggs, Harold Artificer, Royal Navy 9 Jul 1899 May 1999 (99) [16][266]
Stevens, Albert Artificer, Royal Navy 7 Oct 1897 Oct 1999 (102) Enlisted 1916.[14]ADM 188/1060[267]
Stevens, Ernest A. T. Lance-Corporal, 5th & 20th Middlesex Regiment 26 Jul 1899 29 Nov 1999 (100) Enlisted 1915 and discharged for being underage. Re-enlisted 1917 and taken prisoner at Lys 1918. Died Canada.[2][268][269]
Storey, Clarence Edmund Gunner, Royal Horse Artillery 15 Oct 1900 Aug 1999 (98) [10]WO372/19[270]
Sumpter, Francis Edward Private, 1/5th (City of London) London Regiment (1st London Rifle Brigade) 13 Oct 1897 31 Jul 1999 (101) A pall bearer for the coffin bearing the body of the Unknown Soldier at Westminster Abbey in 1920.[271][272]
Symons, William James L. Driver, Royal Horse Artillery 19 Oct 1898 Nov 1999 (101) [16][273]
Tapson, William Private, Army 18 Jun 1900 Jan 1999 (98) [10]WO372/19[274]
Tempest, Gilbert Private, Essex Regiment 23 Oct 1897 Jun 1999 (101) [16][275]
Tillsley, Wilfred John Private, Hampshire Regiment, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment) & Royal Warwickshire Regiment 21 Jun 1899 Mar 1999 (99) [10]WO372/20[276]
Tipping, Frank Private, North Lancashire Regiment 13 Oct 1898 Apr 1999 (100) Fought on the Western Front.[10]WO372/20[277][278]
Todd, Kenneth Thompson Private, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 26 Jun 1897 Jun 1999 (102) [10]WO372/20[279]
Tomkins, Ernest 2nd Lieutenant, 202 Sqdn Royal Flying Corps 13 Jun 1899 Sep 1999 (100) Based at Wissant, France, flew reconnaissance patrols over the Belgian ports.[10]WO372/20[280][281]
Tommins, Tom Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery 11 Jun 1898 Jan 1999 (100) Fought on the Western Front.[10]WO372/20[282][283]
Toms, Alfred William Private, Army Service Corps 8 Nov 1900 Jul 1999 (98) [10]WO372/20[284]
Tomsett, Ronald William Foster O. Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy 10 Jun 1900 Jan 1999 (98) Enlisted 1913.[14]ADM 188/755[285]
Trafford, John Richard (Dick) Private, 2nd Monmouthshire Regiment & 9th Kings (Liverpool Regiment) 12 Dec 1898 Mar 1999 (100) [286][287]
Travis, Morris King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 29 May 1898 Jun 1999 (101) [16][288]
Tripp, Cecil John Private, Royal West Surrey Regiment 24 Sep 1896 Aug 1999 (102) [10]WO372/20[289]
Tucker, James Henry Able Seaman, Royal Navy 24 Apr 1898 Jun 1999 (101) Enlisted 1916.[14]ADM 188/773[290]
Viney, Albert Private, Army 23 Sep 1899 Jan 1999 (99) [10]WO372/20[291]
Ward, Reginald Thomas Corporal, Royal Engineers 22 Mar 1896 Oct 1999 (103) [16][292]
Warren, Cecil John (Jack) Private, West Yorkshire Regiment 28 Jun 1899 Dec 1999 (100) Fought and wounded on the Western Front.[293][294]
Waterall, Harry Private, Leicestershire Regiment 9 Mar 1899 Jan 1999 (99) [16][295]
Webber, Stanley Thomas Army 14 Mar 1899 Feb 1999 (99) [10]WO372/21[296]
Weintroub, Joseph Barnett (Barney) Private, 38th-40th (Jewish) Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 21 May 1899 Feb 1999 (99) [10]WO372/21[297]
White, Edward Albion Leonard Private, 10th King’s Royal Rifle Corps 16 Oct 1897 Feb 1999 (101) [10]WO372/21[298]
Whitehead, George William Private, Leicestershire Regiment 15 Aug 1900 Dec 1999 (99) [16][299]
Winter, Leonard Private, Tank Corps 25 Jun 1898 Dec 1999 (101) [16][300]
Witherow, Harry Driver, Royal Field Artillery 21 May 1897 May 1999 (101) [16][301]
Wood, Alfred Private, 6th Leicestershire Regiment 29 Dec 1898 5 Jul 1999 (100) [16][302]
Woodward, Isaac Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy 17 Apr 1900 Aug 1999 (99) Enlisted 1918.[14]ADM 188/822[303]
Wright, Walter Ernest Private, Tank Corps 9 Nov 1899 Jan 1999 (99) [16][304]

Remark: a further 498 men old enough to have served in World War I died in 1999 in England & Wales. Their veteran status is not yet confirmed. Scottish and Irish records are not checked either.

[edit] United States (428 veterans)

Name Born Died Notes
Adams, Harold R. 10 Jul 1898 4 Jun 1999 (100) (California) Served in France.[22][305]
Alexander, Gustave J. 25 Jul 1899 29 May 1999 (99) (Massachusetts) Private, US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Alders, Chester H. 25 Sep 1898 23 Apr 1999 (100) (Oklahoma) Served in France.[22][306]
Alston, Ray Lester 22 Sep 1895 20 Jan 1999 (103) (Utah) US Army.[13]
Altimus, Elgie S. 23 Feb 1898 26 Sep 1999 (101) (Washington) Enlisted 1917. Served in France as a medical orderly.[22][307][308]
Altman, Peter 7 Mar 1900 23 Apr 1999 (99) (California) Served in France.[22][309]
Anderson, Clarence 22 Jan 1899 18 Oct 1999 (100) (Arkansas) US Army.[13]
Anderson, Henry 4 Nov 1900 11 Feb 1999 (98) (Pennsylvania) US Army. [13]
Anderson, Richard C. 2 Jul 1896 16 Jan 1999 (102) (Minnesota) Served in France.[22][310]
Anselmo, Francis F. 22 Sep 1898 23 Oct 1999 (101) (Massachusetts) US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Anthony, James 3 Dec 1896 6 Jan 1999 (102) (New York) Served in France.[22][311]
Armistead, Ellis Norman 2 Jul 1897 27 Jun 1999 (101) (Alabama) Private, US Army.[13]
Arnold, Jacob William 19 Oct 1895 11 Jan 1999 (103) (Idaho) Ship’s Cook, 2nd Class, US Navy.[13]
Atkinson, Frederick T. 15 Mar 1900 8 Dec 1999 (99) (California) Served in France.[22][312]
Aulisi, Peter 11 Apr 1893 17 Jan 1999 (105) (Massachusetts) Served in France.[22][313]
Austin, Herman Bedford 12 Feb 1898 6 Apr 1999 (101) (Tennessee)[314][315]
Avery, Perry Monroe 18 Mar 1900 31 Jan 1999 (98) (North Carolina) Private, US Army.[13]
Bachman, Raymond W. 2 Jan 1894 1 Jan 1999 (104) (Pennsylvania) Served in France.[22][316]
Baker, Adolph E. 1 Apr 1899 29 Sep 1999 (100) (Ohio) US Navy. Served as a pharmacist's mate Mar 1918 - Sep 1919.[317]
Baker, James M. 11 Jun 1898 14 Jul 1999 (101) (Montana) Private, US Army.[13]
Bandiere, William John 15 Oct 1898 9 Apr 1999 (100) (Maryland) Served in France.[22][318]
Bandomer, Albert J. 6 Dec 1893 26 Oct 1999 (105) (Colorado) US Army.[13]
Barber, Ben K. 8 Aug 1898 10 Jan 1999 (100) (New York) Private, US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Barrett, George H. 16 Jan 1896 21 Dec 1999 (103) (New York) Served in France.[22][319]
Barritt, Golden M. 3 Mar 1900 20 Nov 1999 (99) (Wisconsin) Served in France.[22][320]
Barron, William F. 8 May 1896 9 Feb 1999 (102) (North Carolina) Private, US Army.[13]
Battey, Edward L. 17 Feb 1897 27 Apr 1999 (102) (Massachusetts) Machinist’s Mate, 1st Class, US Navy.[13]
Batzner, Alois A. 9 Mar 1899 19 Mar 1999 (100) (Wisconsin) Served in France.[22][321]
Bauman, Edwin R. 24 Mar 1896 12 Feb 1999 (102) (Wisconsin) Served in France.[22][322]
Bausmith, Arthur W. 20 Dec 1896 17 Jan 1999 (102) (Ohio) Served in France.[22][323]
Bearnth, Edward 13 Nov 1899 9 Mar 1999 (99) (California) Private, US Army. Enlisted August 1917.[13]
Beber, Merwood E. 22 Sep 1899 18 Apr 1999 (99) (Wisconsin) Sergeant, US Army.[13]
Beckett, James M. 21 Sep 1900 4 Jun 1999 (98) (West Virginia) Cox, US Navy.[13]
Bedford, Albert 30 Jun 1896 31 May 1999 (102) (Texas) Served in France.[22][324]
Bender, Wilbur W. 2 May 1896 27 Feb 1999 (102) (Kansas) Served in France.[22][325]
Bennett, Guy B. 21 Nov 1895 14 May 1999 (103) (New York) Served in France.[22][326]
Bentley, George W. c.1897 4 Jun 1999 (101) (Wisconsin) Served in France from June 1918 with the US Army Engineers Purchasing Office.[22][327]
Berg, August 14 Oct 1890 17 Aug 1999 (108) (North Dakota) US Army.[13]
Bergman, George S. 5 Nov 1897 3 Nov 1999 (101) (New York) US Marines. Served in Haiti.[328][329]
Bergman, Walter G. 17 Aug 1899 29 Sep 1999 (100) (Michigan) US Army Signal Corps. Drafted 1918, not in combat but served in the army of occupation 1919.[330][331]
Berry, George 5 Apr 1898 20 Apr 1999 (101) (Arkansas) Private, US Army.[13]
Blevins, Ira W. 4 Oct 1895 24 Sep 1999 (103) (Arkansas) Served in France.[22][332]
Boatman, George Raymond 7 Oct 1898 29 Nov 1999 (101) (California) US Marine Corps. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Bolt, George Kenneth 8 Jul 1898 18 Oct 1999 (101) (Oregon) Private, US Army[13]
Borgen, Joseph 22 Jun 1898 23 Mar 1999 (100) (Wisconsin) Private, US Army.[13]
Botimer, Lloyd 30 Nov 1894 30 Apr 1999 (104) (Arizona) Officer, US Army. Last American survivor of the Battle of Verdun.[22][333][334]
Bowman, John H. 2 Aug 1900 3 May 1999 (98) (Pennsylvania) Private, US Army.[13]
Boyle, Lawrence J. 30 Nov 1898 30 Jan 1999 (100) (Oregon) US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Bradford, Herschel L. 20 Mar 1899 20 Sep 1999 (100) (California) Private, US Army. Enlisted December 1917.[13]
Brady, Walter Joseph 14 Jan 1899 6 Mar 1999 (100) (North Carolina) US Navy.[13]
Bramlett, James B. 8 Apr 1897 5 Apr 1999 (101) (South Carolina) US Navy.[335][336]
Breazeale, Morris H. 21 Oct 1894 24 Feb 1999 (104) (Texas) Sergeant, US Army.[13]
Brennan, Francis Xavier 5 Sep 1900 18 Apr 1999 (98) (Florida) Private, US Army. Enlisted July 1916. Served on the Mexican border.[13]
Bringhurst, Berton G. 9 Nov 1898 24 Dec 1999 (101) (Vermont) Fought with the 112th Regiment, US Marines at Argonne.[22][337][338]
Broadbent, Milton E. 2 Dec 1895 20 Oct 1999 (103) (Wyoming) US Army.[13]
Brown, William L. 24 Jan 1900 8 May 1999 (99) (New York) Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class, US Coastguard.[13]
Bryant, Perry James 6 Feb 1896 31 May 1999 (103) (Florida) Private, US Army.[13]
Burkman, Boyd Everett 15 Nov 1898 22 Nov 1999 (101) (Florida) Served in France.[22][339]
Burski, John 2 Feb 1897 11 Feb 1999 (102) (Rhode Island) Served in France.[22][340]
Caldow, Samuel C. 31 Oct 1899 19 Dec 1899 (100) (Virginia) Private, US Army. Enlisted October 1917.[13]
Caldwell, Cleveland 1 Feb 1896 28 Mar 1999 (103) (Louisiana) Served in France.[22][341]
Caplan, Samuel R. 26 May 1897 5 Mar 1999 (101) (Massachusetts) Private, US Army.[13]
Carleton, Charles D. 7 Jan 1899 25 Jun 1999 (100) (New Jersey) Non combat. Served in the Student Army Training Corps.[342][343]
Carleton, Howard 25 Nov 1898 27 Feb 1999 (100) (Oklahoma) US Army. Also served in World War II in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.[13]
Carlucci, John F. 12 Jan 1896 2 Apr 1999 (103) (Illinois) Served in France.[22][344]
Cart, Ira E. 8 Feb 1900 21 Mar 1999 (99) (Kentucky) Corporal, US Army.[13]
Cartledge, Norman 8 Nov 1894 17 May 1999 (104) (Florida) Served in France.[22][345]
Cherry, Stanley J. 13 Apr 1896 17 Aug 1999 (103) (Michigan) Served in France.[22][346]
Christ, Peter N. 28 Jun 1892 6 Feb 1999 (106) (Nebraska) Private, US Army. Enlisted May 1918.[13]
Christenson, Davis 20 Jun 1898 15 Nov 1999 (101) (Minnesota) Private, US Army.[13]
Chuman, Alvin E. 24 Jan 1899 3 Feb 1999 (100) (Colorado) Served in France.[22][347]
Clabo, Charlie C. 4 Mar 1897 25 May 1999 (102) (Tennessee) Served in France aboard a prisoner of war transport ship.[348][349]
Clark, Ezekiel (Zeke) 29 Aug 1893 15 Mar 1999 (105) (Florida) Served in France.[22][350]
Clark, James L. 26 Feb 1899 29 Mar 1999 (100) (Ohio) Served in France.[22][351]
Clark, Mildred S. 16 Nov 1896 5 Jul 1999 (102) (Georgia) Served in France.[22][352]
Claude, William Tell 22 Nov 1899 17 Mar 1999 (99) (Maryland) US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Cleaveland, Leroy Adams 30 Dec 1899 1 Sep 1999 (99) (New Jersey) US Navy. Enlisted 1917. Served aboard USS Petrel reaching the rank of Chief Electrician (Radio).[353][354]
Clouse, Edward Sylvester 12 Jan 1896 7 Nov 1999 (103) (Ohio) Served in France.[23]
Coale, Raymond A. 14 Nov 1899 29 Dec 1999 (100) (Texas) Served in France.[22][355]
Coe, Frank L. ? Aug 1999 (California) Served in France.[22]
Cogswell, Ralph R. 13 Nov 1893 9 Feb 1999 (105) (Massachusetts) Private, US Army. Enlisted September 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[13]
Cole, Irving W. 5 Dec 1898 17 Jan 1999 (100) (Texas) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy[13]
Connell, Howard J. 13 Oct 1899 18 Oct 1999 (100) (Florida) Also a World War II veteran.[356][357]
Cook, Conley 18 Nov 1899 29 Jun 1999 (99) (North Carolina) Served in France.[22][358]
Couron, George W. 26 Jan 1897 16 Dec 1999 (102) (California) Served in France.[22][359]
Cousins, Sydney Arthur 21 Mar 1896 21 Feb 1999 (102) (Missouri) Served in France.[22][360]
Cowherd, Luther Louis 20 Aug 1899 21 Jul 1999 (99) (Kentucky) US Army.[13]
Craig, Thomas W. 18 Nov 1895 1 Apr 1999 (103) (Missouri) Served in France.[22][361]
Crane, Charles Percy 27 Jul 1898 3 Nov 1999 (101) (Kansas) Served in France.[22][362]
Crawford, Usher W. 8 Oct 1894 11 Jan 1999 (104) (New York) Private, US Army. Enlisted August 1918.[13]
Crump, Pet 6 Jun 1894 25 Nov 1999 (105) (Arizona) Served in France from May 1918 driving a wagon that supplied food to front line troops.[22][363][364]
Cullen, Edward D. 24 May 1898 1 Sep 1999 (101) (Rhode Island) Served in France.[22][365]
Curran, Harvey Frederick 23 Apr 1899 21 Sep 1999 (100) (Wisconsin) US Navy. Served 1916-1922.[366]
Dagenais, Ernest J. 30 Dec 1896 24 Oct 1999 (102) (Massachusetts) Served in France.[22][367]
Dahle, Adolph W. 24 Feb 1900 25 Aug 1999 (99) (Minnesota) Served in France.[22][368]
Daley, Francis J. 29 Jan 1897 27 Dec 1999 (102) (Ohio) Served in France.[22][369]
Dangerfield, Eric 7 Sep 1896 16 Dec 1999 (103) (Oregon) US Army.[13]
Darby, Glen Orval 14 Jan 1900 30 Mar 1999 (99) (Washington) US Navy.[13]
Davy, Lieutenant 25 Dec 1893 17 Apr 1999 (105) (Pennsylvania) Private, US Army. Enlisted September 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[13]
Deaton, William W. 29 Nov 1896 18 Sep 1999 (102) (Mississippi) Served in France.[370][371]
Demay, Frank W. 20 May 1899 9 Dec 1999 (100) (Maryland) Private, US Army.[13]
Devorska, Jesse 13 Jul 1899 26 Dec 1999 (100) (California). US Navy. Born in Lithuania, later a Hollywood actor. Also a World War II veteran.[372][373]
Dickson, William Ferdinand 29 Sep 1896 20 May 1999 (103) (California) 2nd Lieutenant, US Army. Enlisted September 1916.[13]
Donahue, Kenneth T. 15 Jul 1902 11 Jun 1999 (97) (Florida) Enlisted underage. Served in France.[22][374]
Donnell, Henry J. 27 Oct 1900 10 Jun 1900 (99) (Indiana) Enlisted underage. Served in France.[22][375]
Dopp, Ernest 11 Jun 1899 31 May 1899 (99) (New York) Private, US Army.[13]
Douglas, Stephen A. 18 Apr 1898 8 May 1999 (100) (Florida) Served in France.[22][376]
Dubose, Leo 29 Nov 1896 23 Jun 1999 (102) (Alabama) Served in France.[22][377]
Ducharme, Arthur H. 5 Jan 1897 3 Jun 1999 (102) (Idaho) Private, US Army.[13]
Duffy, Daniel W. 3 Jan 1896 18 May 1999 (103) (Missouri) Served in France.[22][378]
Durbin, Frank J. 19 Oct 1895 25 Apr 1999 (103) (Florida) Army veteran. Fought at the Battle of Verdun.[379]
Duvall, Frank R. 26 Mar 1900 11 Nov 1999 (99) (Maryland) Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class, US Navy.[13]
Early, John L. 19 Dec 1896 9 Mar 1999 (102) (Florida)[380][381]
East, Arthur Walter c.1896 Feb 1999 (102) (Pennsylvania) Served in France.[22]
Ebert, Mose 24 Aug 1897 20 Mar 1999 (101) (Oklahoma) Private, US Army.[13]
Elliott, Edward 12 Jan 1894 5 Jan 1999 (104) (Mississippi) Private, US Army.[13]
Emery, William H. 3 Jul 1895 27 Apr 1999 (103) (Indiana) US Army.[13]
Enyeart, Wendell Arthur 9 Feb 1897 9 Dec 1999 (102) (Washington) US Army.[382]
Eppley, Joseph A. 31 May 1896 26 Oct 1999 (103) (Texas) Served in France.[22][383]
Estes, Boss 14 Jan 1895 26 Aug 1999 (104) (Texas) Private, US Army.[13]
Fackler, Charles 30 May 1900 21 Jan 1999 (98) Fought in the Meuse-Argonne offensive 1918. Died just hours before receiving the French Légion d'honneur.[384]
Falls, Floyd A. 27 Jan 1900 26 Feb 1999 (99) (California) Served in France.[22][385]
Falls, Julius 7 Nov 1900 18 Jun 1999 (98) (Indiana) Private, US Army.[13]
Farley, Nelson 6 Mar 1892 26 Mar 1999 (107) (Louisiana) Private, US Army. Served in France.[13]
Faughnan, Hugh J. 24 Mar 1897 3 Nov 1999 (102) (Connecticut) Private, US Army.[13]
Feddema, Jacob William 13 Jan 1898 10 Mar 1999 (101) (Massachusetts) Fireman 2nd Class, US Navy.[13]
Fields, Arbor D. 15 Jan 1897 7 Dec 1999 (102) (Ohio) Served in France.[22][386]
Ford, Elton Bertie 27 Apr 1900 10 Aug 1999 (99) (Kansas) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy.[13]
Foster, Joe B. 7 Apr 1900 15 Apr 1999 (99) (Oklahoma) Served in France.[22][387]
Francis, Michael 15 Jun 1898 7 Mar 1999 (100) (California) Served in France.[22][388]
Frazier, William Ramey 8 Feb 1899 12 Dec 1999 (100) (Arkansas) Private, US Army.[13]
Freeman, Stephen A. 9 May 1898 10 Jul 1999 (101) (Vermont) Non combat. Served Stateside in the US Navy training aircraft pilots.[389]
Fritz, Karl 26 Mar 1894 3 Mar 1999 (104) (Pennsylvania) Served in France.[22][390]
Frost, Norme D. 25 Jan 1896 2 May 1999 (103) (North Carolina) US Army.[391][392]
Fugate, George W. 10 Dec 1893 8 Jan 1999 (105) (Kentucky) Served in France.[22][393]
Gainey, Otto 16 Sep 1893 17 Mar 1999 (105) (Florida) US Army.[13]
Gamba, Joseph 3 Sep 1895 3 Mar 1999 (103) (California) Private, US Army. Enlisted December 1917.[13]
Gavin, Frederick W. 10 Oct 1897 14 Dec 1999 (102) (New Jersey) Private, US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Gebhart, Harvey F. 22 Feb 1897 21 Jul 1999 (102) (Minnesota) US Army.[13]
Gerbert, Edward W. 20 Feb 1896 22 Feb 1999 (103) (Massachusetts) Served in France.[22][394]
Gerhardt, Roland 12 Aug 1900 5 Jan 1999 (98) (Washington) US Navy.[13]
Giannotti, Christophe 8 Oct 1894 26 Sep 1999 (104) (Florida) Served in France.[22][395]
Girtz, Joseph Michael 2 Dec 1896 6 Dec 1999 (103) (California) Corporal, US Army.[13]
Godley, Ves William 12 Feb 1898 3 May 1999 (101) (Arkansas) US Navy. Also served in World War II in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.[13]
Goepp, Emil F. 28 Nov 1899 15 Jun 1999 (99) (Florida) AS, US Navy.[13]
Gold, Joseph 25 Feb 1892 25 Aug 1999 (107) (New Jersey) Served in France.[22][396]
Goodman, Leo Solomon 29 Jul 1898 1 May 1999 (100) (South Carolina) Corporal, US Army.[13]
Gordon, Anthony 25 Apr 1896 7 Sep 1999 (103) (Texas) Served in France.[22][397]
Gorwood, William H. 12 Dec 1900 19 Jul 1999 (98) (California) US Army. Also served in World War II and Korea.[13]
Gouras, Angelos 15 Jul 1894 13 Jun 1999 (104) (South Dakota) Served in France.[22][398]
Gravis, John J. 4 Jul 1897 23 Nov 1999 (102) (California) Served in France.[22][399]
Gray, Harold Atwill 24 Feb 1899 28 Jul 1999 (100) (California) Private, US Army.[13]
Gray, Harvey L. 13 Jan 1899 27 Oct 1999 (100) (North Carolina) Served in France.[22][400]
Griffith, Dewey 2 Feb 1899 9 Feb 1999 (100) (Florida) US Army.[13]
Grow, Bradford Ellsworth 6 Jan 1900 11 Feb 1999 (99) (Illinois) Midshipman, US Navy. Also served in World War II and Korea in the rank of Rear-Admiral.[13]
Guaetta, Anthony 21 Feb 1895 7 Jun 1999 (104) (Massachusetts) Private, US Army.[13]
Guidera, Francis 18 Nov 1900 23 Jan 1999 (99) (New York) Enlisted underage. Served in France.[22][401]
Gunn, James A. 5 Jul 1895 29 Mar 1999 (103) (Mississippi) Served in France.[22][402]
Gustin, Arthur M. 14 Nov 1898 10 Jan 1999 (100) (Florida) Served in France.[22][403]
Gutteridge, Clarence R. 1 Apr 1900 8 Oct 1999 (99) (Florida) Private, US Army.[13]
Gylfe, Fred L. 14 Aug 1897 6 Nov 1999 (102) (Maine) Last known veteran from Maine to have served overseas.[22][404]
Hall, Damon W. 29 Jun 1893 18 May 1000 (106) (New Hampshire) Served in France.[22][405]
Hannah, Boysie 22 Oct 1896 1 Apr 1999 (102) (Florida) Served in France.[22][406]
Hapgood, Alfred 25 Jan 1898 5 Oct 1999 (101) (Wyoming) Served in France.[22][407]
Hardee, Vaughn B. 12 Mar 1896 4 May 1999 (103) (Florida) US Army, non-combat.[408][409]
Harenski, Harry H. 29 Jul 1896 3 Jun 1999 (102) (Pennsylvania) Served in France.[22][410]
Harris, Clifton 22 Jan 1895 12 Nov 1999 (104) (Oklahoma) Served in France.[22][411]
Hassell, Errol 28 Apr 1898 6 Aug 1999 (101) (Texas) US Navy.[13]
Hawker, John M. 21 Jan 1901 13 Dec 1999 (98) (California) Enlisted underage. Served in France.[22][412]
Hawkins, Elmer Guy 24 Jul 1893 28 Nov 1999 (106) (Tennessee) US Army.[13]
Hayes, Cecil W. 17 Jun 1895 25 Dec 1999 (104) (Kentucky)
Hays, Max J. 14 Apr 1897 5 Jan 1999 (101) (California) Private, US Army. Enlisted May 1918.[13]
Helmle, Robert K. 26 Sep 1896 15 Oct 1999 (103) (Florida) Served in France.[22][413]
Hess, Andrew C. 16 Jan 1895 28 Jan 1999 (103) (California) Served in France.[22][414]
Hess, Walter L. 16 Oct 1895 9 Mar 1999 (103) (Pennsylvania) Served in France.[22][415]
Hestad, Earle E. 3 Jun 1899 15 Aug 1999 (100) (Minnesota) US Army.[13]
Hill, Charles Elvin 7 Jun 1896 19 Dec 1999 (103) (Missouri) Private, US Army.[13]
Hobbs, Horace, Eastow 13 Sep 1899 7 Jul 1999 (99) (New York) Corporal, US Army.[416]
Hoke, Bert E. 21 Jun 1895 23 May 1999 (103) (Indiana) Served in France.[22][417]
Holliday, Perry James 20 Apr 1900 16 Jul 1999 (99) (California) US Navy. Enlisted April 1918.[13]
Holmgren, Evert Archer 26 Jan 1897 12 Jan 1999 (101) (Minnesota) US Navy.[13]
Holz, Herbert J. 20 Nov 1895 1 Jul 1999 (103) (Wisconsin) Served in France.[22][418]
Horton, Floyd 7 Nov 1892 19 May 1999 (106) (Illinois) Wounded during the Argonne offensive whilst fighting with C Co, 131st Infantry, US Army.[22][419][420]
Houston, Robert Stewart 3 Aug 1900 23 Apr 1999 (98) (Virginia) Private, US Army.[13]
Houts, Jehiras 30 Aug 1894 8 Jun 1999 (104) (Iowa) Served in France.[22][421]
Howell, Charlie F. 14 Dec 1894 25 Jul 1999 (104) (Tennessee) Served in France.[22][422]
Howell, Henry Grady 8 Dec 1899 3 Mar 1999 (99) (Tennessee) Private, US Army.[13]
Huber, George A. 1 Sep 1899 21 Dec 1999 (100) (New Jersey) Served in France.[22][423]
Hughes, James A. 26 Oct 1898 23 Oct 1999 (101) (Texas) Served in France.[22][424]
Hutzler, Leroy Jr. 4 Jul 1895 28 Feb 1999 (103) (Virginia) Served in France.[22][425]
Ihringer, Otto 5 Aug 1895 11 Dec 1999 (105) (North Dakota) Last known veteran from North Dakota to have served overseas.[22][426]
Jackson, Willie 20 Jan 1893 10 Jul 1999 (106) (Louisiana) US Army.[13]
Jeanneret, Guy R. 9 Nov 1895 23 Aug 1999 (103) (North Carolina) US Army.[13]
Jensen, Fred 22 Oct 1896 23 Jan 1999 (102) (Minnesota) Private, US Army.[13]
Johns, Harry A. 17 Apr 1899 23 Apr 1999 (100) (Illinois) Served in France.[22][427]
Johnson, Henry Noble 19 Nov 1895 12 Jan 1999 (103) (North Dakota) US Navy.[13]
Jones, Clifton Martin 12 Sep 1899 20 Feb 1999 (99) (California) Private, US Army.[13]
Jorgensen, Earle M. 22 Jun 1898 11 Aug 1999 (101) (California) Served in the US Army Tank Corps.[428][429]
Juillard, Jules 26 Oct 1896 1 Apr 1999 (102) (Arizona) Served in France.[22][430]
Junge, Louis H. 26 Mar 1897 2 Sep 1999 (102) (Iowa) Served in France.[22][431]
Karlman, Eddie J. 16 Jul 1896 2 May 1999 (102) (Wisconsin) Private, US Army.[13]
Keith, John Russell 9 Jul 1900 24 Mar 1999 (98) (Iowa) US Army.[13]
Kelly, William E. 23 Jul 1900 1 Oct 1999 (99) (New York) Served in France.[22][432]
Kemp, Oliver Windom 19 Jun 1899 18 Dec 1999 (100) (California) US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Kennedy, James R. 22 Oct 1895 27 Mar 1999 (103) (Oregon) Served in France.[22][433]
Kielhorn, Herman J. 28 May 1894 2 Apr 1999 (104) (Arizona) Served in France.[22][434]
Kittock, John 27 Dec 1897 30 Nov 1999 (101) (Florida) Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class, US Navy. Enlisted April 1917.[13]
King, Arthur C. 17 Jul 1899 (100) (Nebraska) Served in France.[22][435]
Kinsman, Lester V. 25 Jan 1899 7 Mar 1999 (100) (California) Served in France.[22][436]
Kireacos, Peter 10 Mar 1895 21 Aug 1999 (104) (California) Served in France.[22][437]
Kohl, Oscar E. 8 Feb 1896 12 May 1999 (103) (New York) Served in France.[22][438]
Kohler, Joseph J. 12 Jan 1896 7 Feb 1999 (103) (New Jersey) Served in France.[22][439]
Ladulis, Nickolas W. 25 Apr 1898 10 Jul 1999 (101) (Massachusetts) Private, US Army. Enlisted July 1917.[13]
Lambert, Charles H. 2 Jan 1896 3 Sep 1999 (103) (Indiana) Served in France.[22][440]
Lampton, Lennie 19 Jan 1896 1 Feb 1999 (103) (Kentucky) Private, US Army.[13]
Lamson, Harry Dupraz 28 Mar 1900 10 Aug 1999 (99) (Indiana) Private, US Army.[13]
Lance, William M. 24 Sep 1896 14 Dec 1999 (104) (Texas) Served in France.[22][441]
Landry, Peter J. 27 Nov 1896 1 Jan 1999 (102) (New York) Served in France.[22][442]
Lange, Leo H. 11 Feb 1891 16 Jan 1999 (107) (Kansas) Served in France.[22][443]
Langley, Jacob H. 5 Feb 1897 27 Jan 1999 (101) (New Mexico) Corporal, US Army. Enlisted July 1917.[13]
Lanier, Charlie 2 Jan 1898 27 Jun 1999 (101) (Alabama) Served in France.[22][444]
Lara, Harold W. 9 Oct 1899 17 Jan 1999 (99) (New York) Private, US Army.[13]
Lasak, George 2 Apr 1896 11 Jun 1999 (103) (California) Born in Czechoslovakia. Taken prisoner of war.[445][446]
Launhardt, Carl E. 12 Jun 1898 6 Oct 1999 (101) (Illinois) Served in France.[22][447]
Lawhon, James E. 29 Nov 1894 20 Jun 1999 (104) (Florida) Served overseas with Co G, 124th Infantry, US Army.[448][449]
Leavitt, Elwin Scott 13 Aug 1899 26 Jun 1999 (99) (Oregon) Private, US Army. Enlisted May 1918.[13]
Leblanc, J. Elmer 7 Nov 1893 24 Feb 1999 (105) (New Hampshire) US Army.[13]
Lee, Joseph K. 27 May 1896 24 Feb 1999 (102) (Hawaii) Enlisted 1918. Also served in World War II.[450][451]
Lemieux, August 31 May 1899 9 Dec 1999 (100) (Wisconsin) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy.[13]
Lescinsky, Frank 2 Jan 1897 10 Mar 1999 (102) (Illinois) Sergeant, US Army.[13]
Lindsey, James 15 Feb 1896 29 Dec 1999 (103) (Georgia) Served in France.[22]
Lovell, Ira Barney 6 Sep 1898 11 Aug 1999 (100) (Tennessee) US Army.[13]
Lucas, Forrest B. 27 Mar 1902 26 Jun 1999 (97) (Ohio) Served in France.[22][452]
Luckasavage, Walter J. 1 Nov 1899 22 Jul 1999 (99) (South Carolina) Served in France..[22]
Madison, Frederick William 3 Jun 1897 16 Nov 1999 (102) (Pennsylvania) Electrician 2nd Class, US Navy. Enlisted April 1917.[13]
Maggio, Gaetano 11 Nov 1895 18 Mar 1999 (103) (Florida) Born in Sicily, served in the US Army.[453][454]
Mann, Howard F. 14 Dec 1894 29 Dec 1999 (105) (Oklahoma) Served in France.[22][455]
Manning, Harry G. 14 Mar 1894 26 Oct 1999 (104) (Massachusetts) Served in France.[22][456]
Manns, George J. 29 Oct 1895 14 Jul 1999 (103) (Maryland) Served in France.[22][457]
Marcus, Harry L. 29 Jul 1899 6 Jan 1999 (99) (New York) Cox, US Navy. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Mark, Olaf H. 19 Jul 1895 9 Aug 1999 (104) (California) Corporal, US Army.[13]
Marshall, Chester B. 12 Jul 1897 7 Aug 1999 (102) (Missouri) Served in France.[22][458]
Martin, Isaac E. 6 Jul 1894 8 Mar 1999 (104) (Iowa) Fought in the Marne offensive and Meuse-Argonne with the 165th Regiment, US Army.[22][459]
Mattison, Raymond 24 Aug 1897 28 May 1999 (101) (Illinois) Private, US Army. Enlisted July 1917.[13]
Mauch, John 24 Dec 1888 7 Mar 1999 (110) (Washington) US Infantry. Born in Germany.[460][461]
Mayo, Charlie 15 Mar 1895 4 Sep 1999 (104) (Florida) Served in France.[22][462]
Maze, Bert L. 13 Dec 1898 12 Sep 1999 (100) (California)[463][464]
McCarty, Thomas 26 Jun 1899 21 May 1999 (99) (Florida) Private, US Army. Enlisted November 1917.[13]
McCaskill, John Odell 5 May 1895 29 Aug 1999 (104) (Texas) Served in France.[22][465]
McGill, James 25 Jan 1900 27 Aug 1999 (99) (Mississippi) US Army.[13]
McGurn, George Leo 7 Jul 1899 6 Mar 1999 (99) (Virginia) Private, US Army.[13]
McGrath, James C. 1 Feb 1898 31 Dec 1999 (101) (New Jersey) Served in France.[22][466]
McKenney, Everett 2 Apr 1895 3 Sep 1999 (104) (Maine) Served in France.[22][467]
McNeely, Earl J. 22 Jan 1899 20 Dec 1999 (100) (Florida) US Marine Corps[13]
Meakin, Harry J. 5 Dec 1898 10 Jan 1999 (100) (Florida) US Army.[468][469]
Melvin, Donald Jennings 21 Nov 1899 21 Apr 1999 (99) (Wyoming) Private, US Army.[13]
Mendenhall, Edward 14 Dec 1896 20 Nov 1999 (102) (New Jersey) Served in France.[22][470]
Mills, Clifford F. 22 Jan 1897 16 Dec 1999 (102) (Missouri) Seaman 1st Class, US Navy.[13]
Mills, Dewey H. 1 Apr 1898 14 Oct 1999 (101) (Colorado) Served in France.[22][471]
Moeser, Henry Alexander 22 Jan 1896 5 Feb 1999 (103) (Pennsylvania) Private, US Army.[13]
Moles, Mark C. 2 May 1893 25 Mar 1999 (105) (West Virginia) Served in France.[22][472]
Mooty, Herman E. 7 Aug 1895 20 Mar 1999 (103) (Arkansas) Served in France.[22][473]
Morris, John 17 Jan 1896 5 Feb 1999 (103) (North Carolina) Served in France.[22][474]
Morris, Leonard 26 May 1897 12 Dec 1999 (102) (Illinois) Private, US Army.[13]
Mosher, Earl 14 Jun 1900 27 Feb 1999 (98) (New Jersey) Served in France.[22][475]
Mullooly, Thomas Bernard 12 Jul 1897 6 May 1999 (101) (West Virginia) US Army.[13]
Munger, Emmett G. 6 Mar 1897 24 Sep 1999 (102) (Ohio) Served in France.[22][476]
Murphy, William G. T. 19 Jan 1899 13 Oct 1999 (100) (New York) Private, US Marine Corps.[13]
Needham, Dring D. 4 Aug 1890 25 Nov 1999 (109) (California) Captain, Field Artillery.[477][478]
Nehms, George W. 24 Mar 1899 26 Mar 1999 (100) (California)[479][480]
Nelson, Ethan A. 23 Apr 1897 12 Jan 1999 (101) (Kansas) Served with Troop K, 12th U.S. Cavalry on Mexican border patrol.[481]
Nelson, George Lester 18 May 1900 11 Mar 1999 (99) (Nevada) Quarter Master 3rd Class, US Navy. Enlisted May 1918.[13]
Newkirk, William McKinley 12 Jul 1900 1 Sep 1999 (99) (North Carolina) US Navy.[13]
Nicholson, Reid K. 9 Jun 1898 2 Feb 1999 (100) (Maryland) Private, US Army.[13]
Nickelberry, Earl 10 Jun 1892 11 Mar 1999 (106) (Tennessee)[482][483]
Nixon, Lester W. 1 Jun 1897 27 Jun 1999 (102) (Colorado)[484]
Nordquist, Richard Arthur 14 Jul 1898 30 Apr 1999 (100) (Minnesota) Private, US Marine Corps. Enlisted August 1918.[13]
Noreen, Edward C. 29 Jul 1901 7 Jun 1999 (97) (California) Served in France.[22][485]
Noyes, Frank E. 7 Jan 1896 11 Nov 1999 (103) (California) Served with a cavalry regiment in France and Germany. Also a World War II veteran[22][486][487]
Ockerman, Ora D. 3 Feb 1897 29 Mar 1999 (102) (Indiana) Served in France.[22][488]
Oglesby, William G. 4 Apr 1896 13 Oct 1999 (103) (North Carolina) Served in France.[22][489]
Olend, Stephen 15 Jul 1900 2 Jul 1999 (98) (Massachusetts) Private, US Army[13]
Olson, Elvin L. 4 Jul 1899 25 Dec 1999 (100) (Florida) Private, US Army.[13]
O'Neal, Haydon Roy 8 Jan 1898 27 Dec 1999 (101) (California) US Army.[13]
Osborne, Clifford P. 2 Mar 1896 24 May 1999 (103) (Tennessee) Served in France.[22][490]
Oswald, Lawrence 4 Aug 1892 27 Oct 1999 (107) (Minnesota) Served in France.[22][491]
Ott, Ira W. 13 Sep 1895 22 Feb 1999 (103) (Texas) Served in France with the US Army Air Corps.[22][492][493]
Pace, Don C. 19 Aug 1894 20 Oct 1999 (105) (Michigan) Served in France.[22][494]
Padilla, Luis 25 Aug 1900 11 Dec 1999 (99) (New Mexico) Enlisted underage. Served in France.[22][495]
Page, Joseph F. 17 Dec 1892 5 Nov 1999 (106) (Minnesota) Served in France.[22][496]
Palady, Fran J. 28 Feb 1896 5 Mar 1999 (103) (Vermont) Served in France.[22][497]
Palmer, Wayne M. 10 Feb 1900 23 May 1999 (99) (Michigan) US Navy.[13]
Pankey, Leroy 19 Feb 1896 27 Jan 1999 (102) (Michigan) Private, US Army.[13]
Parker, James 29 Aug 1894 9 May 1999 (104) (Alabama) Served in France.[22][498]
Parker, Roy W. 20 Feb 1900 14 Aug 1999 (99) (Kansas) Served in France.[22][499]
Parr, Rufus H. 11 Dec 1896 6 Nov 1999 (102) (Kansas) Served in France.[22][500]
Pastore, Philip R. 24 Sep 1899 21 Sep 1999 (99) (Connecticut) Apprentice Seaman, US Navy.[13]
Pehrson, Bror Ludwig 4 Jul 1896 27 Mar 1999 (102) (Massachusetts) Private, US Army.[13]
Perry, Claude E. 26 Jan 1895 31 Aug 1999 (104) (Kentucky) Served in France.[22][501]
Peterman, Charles Edward 1 Jun 1897 19 Sep 1999 (102) (Florida) Private, US Army.[13]
Phillips, Stanley Oberton 5 Aug 1892 24 Dec 1999 (107) (West Virginia) US Army.[13]
Pierson, Albert 10 Jul 1899 22 Feb 1999 (99) (District of Columbia) Enlisted 1918. Remained in the army and reached the rank of Major-General.[502][503]
Pipes, Willie Strother 8 Sep 1899 10 Feb 1999 (99) (Kentucky) US Army.[13]
Pitman, Samuel 10 Oct 1898 11 Mar 1999 (100) (Missouri) Storekeeper 3rd Class, US Navy.[13]
Powell, Ernest Mearl 16 Apr 1899 21 Jun 1999 (100) (Indiana) US Navy.[13]
Prescott, Jay L. 5 Mar 1899 28 Mar 1999 (100) (Tennessee) Served in France.[22][504]
Pritchett, Sidney 27 Jan 1899 7 Jul 1999 (100) (Kentucky) Non combat. Served in England and France as a drill sergeant.[22][505][506]
Probst, George William 11 Oct 1897 26 Sep 1999 (101) (Oklahoma) US Marine Corps.[13]
Questas, Elario 6 Aug 1886 5 Feb 1999 (112) (Hawaii) US Army. Born in the Philippines, also a World War II veteran. Military service verified, age not.[13]
Radda, Jesse W. 29 Apr 1897 14 Feb 1999 (101) (Iowa) Served in France.[22][507]
Redifer, Gilbert E. (Ed) 11 Jan 1896 15 Aug 1999 (103) (Wyoming) Enlisted May 1918. Served in France with a mounted artillery regiment.[22][508][509]
Reed, Laurence F. 4 Jul 1900 27 Jul 1999 (99) (Ohio) US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Rice, James Martin 18 Jan 1897 15 Feb 1999 (102) (Maryland) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy.[13]
Riddle, James E. 2 Apr 1894 28 Jan 1999 (104) (Missouri) US Army.[13]
Ringhouse, Eugene 18 Jan 1895 25 Jun 1999 (104) (Illinois) Served in France.
Robertson, John G. 11 Oct 1899 13 May 1999 (99) (Florida) US Navy.[13]
Robinson, Samuel W. 19 Jul 1895 3 Oct 1999 (104) (Tennessee) Served in France.[22][510]
Roop, Wiiliam W. 26 Jul 1900 13 Aug 1999 (99) (Florida) US Army.[13]
Rose, Lloyd M. 7 Dec 1898 2 Mar 1999 (100) (Ohio) Served in France.[22][511]
Rose, Walter 17 Feb 1898 30 Jun 1999 (101) (New York)[512][513]
Rothman, Albert 14 Apr 1898 12 Feb 1999 (100) (California) Served in France.[22][514]
Rowe, Charles A. 11 Jul 1896 7 Jan 1999 (102) (Arizona) Served in France.[22][515]
Russell, Elliott Swann 16 Feb 1896 11 Mar 1999 (103) (North Carolina) Served in France.[22][516]
Salmon, Royal W. 14 Nov 1900 25 Nov 1999 (99) (California) Enlisted underage in 1917. Served in France with Co B, 28th Infantry Regiment, US Army.[22][517][518]
Savage, Loran 29 Apr 1896 15 Jan 1999 (102) (Wisconsin) Served in France.[22][519]
Sawyer, John Robert 1 Aug 1896 8 Nov 1999 (103) (Pennsylvania) Served in France.[22][520]
Schafline, Peter 19 Mar 1897 30 Sep 1999 (102) (Florida) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy.[13]
Scheaffer, Irvin L. 22 Nov 1897 20 Sep 1999 (101) (Pennsylvania) Served in France.[22][521]
Schindler, Ralph August 13 Apr 1899 29 Jun 1999 (100) (Ohio) Private, US Army.[13]
Schlehr, Alexander C. 12 May 1897 23 Sep 1999 (102) (New York) Served in France.[22][522]
Schopp, Frederick 2 Nov 1895 11 Oct 1999 (103) (Washington) US Army.[13]
Schussler, Orlan H. 23 Jul 1900 22 Jun 1999 (98) (Pennsylvania) Served in France.[22][523]
Schwartz, Emery Joseph 26 May 1897 1 Sep 1999 (102) Virginia) Private, US Army.[13]
Scruggs, Baxter S. 15 Mar 1894 5 Aug 1999 (105) (California) US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Seng, Robert J. 13 Apr 1897 27 May 1999 (102) (Minnesota) Wagoner, US Army.[524][525]
Settles, Alonzo 7 Apr 1896 16 Jan 1999 (102) (Michigan) Served in France.[22][526]
Shaffer, Clarence C. 8 Nov 1894 29 May 1999 (104) (South Carolina) Served in France.[22][527]
Sheppard, Frank Allen 11 Apr 1900 4 Feb 1999 (98) (Michigan) Private, US Army[13]
Sherman, Frank Edward 3 Jan 1901 8 Oct 1999 (98) (Florida) Enlisted aged 14 and discharged twice by the Canadian army for being underage. Enlisted in the US army aged 17 and served in France transporting ammunition to the Front. Also a World War II veteran.[22][528][529]
Shimko, George 30 Dec 1899 29 Jan 1999 (99) (Pennsylvania) Private, US Army.[13]
Shrader, Earl Clore c.1896 May 1999 (102) (Kentucky) Served in France.[22]
Shultz, Charles Alvan 26 Jan 1900 25 Aug 1999 (99) (Connecticut) Private, US Army.[13]
Sievers, Edwin R. 16 Mar 1901 28 Apr 1999 (98) (Montana) Enlisted underage. Served as a corpsman, US Navy 5th Marine Regiment, 1918. [530][531]
Sills, Riley W. 29 Sep 1898 8 Jan 1999 (100) (Kentucky) US Army.[13]
Simmons, Joseph 15 Oct 1899 15 Sep 1999 (99) (South Carolina) Served in France as a Master Sergeant in the 25th Infantry, Buffalo Soldiers, US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[22][532][533]
Sinkoski, Frank W. 10 Jan 1900 16 May 1999 (99) (Massachusetts) Served in France.[22][534]
Sizemore, Charles E. 14 Oct 1896 15 Sep 1999 (102) (Alabama) Served in France.[22][535]
Skaare, Elmer 8 Apr 1895 9 Jul 1999 (104) (South Dakota) Served in France.[22][536]
Skelton, Hugh W. 26 Oct 1898 27 Aug 1999 (100) (Kansas)[537][538]
Smith, Jerry 23 Apr 1897 23 Jul 1999 (102) (Virginia) Private, US Army.[13]
Smith, Paul Monroe 1 Oct 1897 15 Jul 1999 (101) (California) US Army.[13]
Snodgress, Howard 6 Dec 1897 11 Apr 1999 (101) (Florida) Served in France.[22][539]
Snyder, Joseph J. 1 Apr 1896 26 Mar 1999 (102) (Massachusetts) Private, US Army.[13]
Snyder, Lawrence Odell 30 May 1898 15 Jul 1999 (101) (Oregon) Private, US Army. Enlisted October 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[13]
Soi, Lee Lin 10 Jan 1899 20 Feb 1999 (100) (Michigan) Sergeant, US Army.[13]
Spangler, Irvin B. 20 Nov 1895 12 Dec 1999 (104) (Florida) Served in France.[22][540]
Spaulding, Jasper 19 Dec 1896 3 Feb 1999 (102) (California) Painter 3rd Class, US Navy. Enlisted May 1916.[13]
Sperling, Dewey R. 22 May 1899 22 Apr 1999 (99) (South Carolina) Private, US Army.[13]
Stanley, Francis Joseph 4 Mar 1899 4 Aug 1999 (100) (California) US Navy. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Starkey, Carl W. 2 Dec 1897 26 May 1999 (101) (Oklahoma) Private, US Army.[13]
Steelman, John R. 23 Jun 1900 14 Jul 1999 (99) (Florida) Corporal, US Army. Enlisted October 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[13]
Stetz, Norris E. 19 May 1898 24 Apr 1999 (100) (Pennsylvania) Private, US Army.[13]
Stevenson, Chester H. 21 Aug 1893 15 Oct 1999 (106) (Florida) Served in France.[22][541]
Stout, Galen Bruce 20 May 1897 14 Jul 1999 (102) (Iowa) Private, US Army.[13]
Stratton, Albert F. 23 Sep 1896 1 Dec 1999 (103) (Florida) Served in France.[22][542]
Strong, John 12 Jan 1898 15 Nov 1999 (101) (California) Served in France.[22][543]
Sullivan, Daniel W. 11 Aug 1898 15 Mar 1999 (101) (Montana) Served in France.[22][544]
Summers, Roy H. 7 Apr 1900 14 Jun 1999 (99) (California) Apprentice Seaman, US Navy. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Swisher, Ralph 24 Jun 1893 15 Sep 1999 (106) (Ohio) Served in France.[22][545]
Szabo, James J. 15 Nov 1896 14 Jan 1999 (102) (Connecticut) US Navy.[13]
Tate, Solon M. 10 Jan 1900 9 Jan 1999 (98) (Louisiana) US Navy.[13]
Taylor, James L. 11 Jun 1898 15 Feb 1999 (100) (Iowa) Private, US Army.[13]
Taylor, Joseph K. 30 Aug 1900 25 Jan 1999 (98) (South Carolina) US Army.[13]
Taylor, William L. 15 Dec 1894 5 Sep 1999 (104) (Missouri) Served in France.[22][546]
Teeple, Volney J. 26 May 1897 24 Dec 1999 (102) (Michigan) Served in France.[22][547]
Thomas, Daniel Oscar 20 Sep 1899 11 Dec 1999 (100) (Alabama) Served in France.[22][548]
Thomas, Jacob 30 May 1899 28 Mar 1999 (99) (New Mexico) US Army. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Thompson, Horace Kent 30 Jun 1898 18 Jun 1999 (100) (North Carolina) Served in France.[22][549]
Tibbitts, Joseph John 3 Nov 1899 3 Mar 1999 (99) (New Mexico) US Army.[13]
Townsend Royal E. 1 Dec 1893 10 May 1999 (105) (Minnesota) Chief Pharmacist’s Mate, US Navy. Enlisted April 1917.[13]
Trout, Thomas H. 18 Sep 1898 18 Jul 1999 (100) (Texas) US Army.[13]
Trussell, Rhodes 5 Jul 1898 20 May 1999 (100) (California) US Army.[13]
Tummond, Stanley H. 2 Apr 1895 22 Jan 1999 (103) (California)[550][551]
Underwood, France William 13 Nov 1897 14 Jul 1899 (101) (Michigan) Served in France.[22][552]
Utley, Winston Coy 25 Jun 1898 6 May 1999 (100) (North Carolina) US Army.[13]
Van Schoik, Clark Whitney 2 Aug 1898 12 Apr 1999 (100) (Ohio) Private, US Army.[13]
Vandergon, Ed 4 Jun 1899 6 Sep 1999 (100) (Minnesota) Also a World War II veteran.[553][554]
Vanfrank, Leslie David 28 Dec 1897 11 Feb 1999 (101) (Oklahoma) US Army Air Corps. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Vann, William Edward 31 Oct 1897 8 Apr 1999 (101) (Texas) Corporal, US Army.[13]
Veeder, Glenn A. 12 Nov 1898 9 Jun 1999 (100) (Iowa) US Army ROTC. [555]
Vergara, Apolonio 15 Oct 1898 15 Jul 1999 (100) (New Hampshire) US Navy.[13]
Via, Haden D. 2 Aug 1896 13 May 1999 (102) (Virginia) Served in France.[22][556]
Viera, Henry Koster c.1899 Nov 1999 (100) (Florida) Served in France.[22]
Voisin, Leon J. 25 May 1894 15 Feb 1999 (104) (Connecticut) Served in France.[22][557]
Von Ronne, Richard 21 Oct 1898 22 Apr 1999 (100) (Arizona) Corporal, US Army.[13]
Wade, Gilbert L. 5 Dec 1899 23 Dec 1999 (100) (Michigan) Served in France.[22][558]
Wadsworth, Raymond W. 20 Sep 1900 10 Jun 1999 (98) (Indiana) Private, US Army.[13]
Wagner, Fred E. 25 Mar 1897 21 Apr 1999 (102) (Washington) US Army.[13]
Wagner, Junior 22 Aug 1900 14 Nov 1999 (99) (Oregon) Private, US Army.[13]
Wakayama, Ernest K. 17 Jun 1895 28 Nov 1999 (104) (California) Private, US Army.[13]
Walker, Mark Malcolm 29 Feb 1892 14 Apr 1999 (107) (California) US Army.[13]
Walsh, Robert E. 8 Jun 1895 23 Jun 1999 (104) (Minnesota) US Army[13]
Walsh, Thomas D. 21 Nov 1900 3 Feb 1999 (98) (Arizona) Enlisted underage. Served in France.[22][559]
Warner, Bruce 30 May 1899 18 Jan 1999 (99) (Iowa) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy.[13]
Watson, Louis 18 Jul 1899 20 Aug 1999 (100) (Florida) US Navy.[13]
Watts, Roy H. 17 Aug 1898 17 Dec 1999 (101) North Carolina) Served in France.[22][560]
Weinrich, William A. 22 Jul 1895 1 Feb 1999 (103) (California) Served in France.[22][561]
Wells, Ollie 6 Mar 1897 7 Dec 1999 (102) (Michigan) Served in France.[22][562]
Welsh, Joseph F. 1 Aug 1896 22 Apr 1999 (102) (Pennsylvania) Served in France.[22][563]
Westermann, Edward 30 Dec 1897 1 Sep 1999 (101) (New Hampshire) Private, US Army.[13]
Westover, James R. 5 Nov 1899 9 Nov 1999 (100) (Washington) Private, US Army.[13]
White, Russell D. 30 Jun 1899 16 Oct 1999 (100) (Louisiana)[564][565]
Willard, Albert 15 Aug 1897 3 Oct 1999 (102) (California) Served in France.[22][566]
Williams, Raleigh Harrison 9 Nov 1897 28 May 1999 (101) (New Mexico) Band Sergeant, US Army.[13]
Wilson, Edward Larnel 12 Dec 1897 9 Dec 1999 (101) (Texas) US Navy. Enlisted January 1918.[13]
Wilson, Harvey Alexander 5 May 1896 21 May 1999 (103) (Virginia) Private, US Army.[13]
Wilson, Royal F. 9 Feb 1897 21 May 1999 (102) (Kansas) US Navy.[567][568]
Wolfert, Clarence P. 2 Aug 1893 24 Mar 1999 (105) (Wisconsin) Private, US Army.[13]
Woodrow, Robert 17 Sep 1896 3 May 1999 (102) (California) Served in France.[22][569]
Worms, William S. 4 Feb 1896 20 Mar 1999 (103) (Pennsylvania) Served in France.[22][570]
Wright, Newton W. 21 Apr 1900 12 Dec 1899 (99) (Texas) Private, US Marine Corps. Enlisted August 1918.[13]
Young, Herbert 3 May 1896 22 Apr 1999 (102) (New York) Born in Jamaica and claimed to be 112 in the media; age (102) is based on the census records.[571]
Young, Melvin J. 20 Oct 1893 1 Oct 1999 (105) (Pennsylvania) US Army.[13]
Yunker, Glen W. 14 Oct 1895 9 Jul 1999 (103) (Florida) Served in France.[22][572]
Zanovich, Anthony R. 12 Jan 1898 31 Dec 1999 (101) (Kansas) Served in France.[22][573]
Zimmerman, Victor G. 19 Sep 1898 7 Oct 1999 (101) (Ohio) Private, US Army.[13]

[edit] World War I-era veterans - 8 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.

[edit] Estonia (1 veteran)

Name Born Died Notes
Sõelsepp, Villem 14 Nov 1894 1999 (104-105) Fought in the Estonian War of Independence Nov 1918 – Feb 1920.[574][575][576]

[edit] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (3 veterans)

Name Rank/Regiment/Corps Born Died Notes
Edwards, Jack Stoker, Royal Navy 30 Apr 1900 Sep 1999 (99) Enlisted 1919.[14]ADM 188/976[577]
Everett, Charles Frederick James Stoker, Royal Navy 29 Dec 1900 Feb 1999 (98) Enlisted 1919.[14]ADM 188/1126[578]
Jones, John Herbert (Jack) Stoker, Royal Navy 19 Apr 1900 Nov 1999 (99) Enlisted 1919.[14]ADM 188/1127[579]

[edit] United States (4 veterans)

Name Born Died Notes
Bernstein, Herman J. 10 Jun 1899 21 Jan 1999 (99) (New York) Seaman 2nd Class, US Navy. Enlisted February 1919.[13]
Derilo, Agapito 10 Mar 1896 5 Jun 1999 (103) (Texas) US Army. Enlisted August 1919. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Dewalt, Henry J. 5 Sep 1900 15 Nov 1999 (99) (Florida) US Army. Enlisted April 1919. Also a World War II veteran.[13]
Postler, John 29 Dec 1900 13 Dec 1999 (98) (Washington) Private, US Army. Enlisted April 1919.[13]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "80th Anniversary Armistice Remembrance Medal Recipients". It’s An Honour: Australian Government Honours. [1]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Awards to Canadians". Canada Gazette, Volume 152, No 51, 19 December 1998. [2]
  3. ^ D'Amour, Mike (1999-09-15), "World War I veteran dies hours before receiving French medal", Calgary Sun 
  4. ^ Bergstrom, Bill (1999-01-29), "Veteran of World Wars dies at 102", The Associated Press State & Local Wire 
  5. ^ "War Veteran, Retired Pharmacist dies at 101", London Free Press (Ontario, Canada), 1999-02-10 
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be Mathieu, Frédéric, Ders Des Ders [3]
  7. ^ Lorient Magazine, Oct 1999, Dernier des poilus vivant à Lorient, Joseph Julé s'est éteint à 102 ans 
  8. ^ "A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe". 2007-07-15. http://www.thepeerage.com/i663.htm#12287. 
  9. ^ "The Great War: The Battle of Verdun". 2007-07-15. http://www.tv-history.tv/preview.php?id=12&typ=. 
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck "War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War". The National Archive. 
  11. ^ Lambert, Max (1999-12-30), "New Zealanders who enriched their nation", The Evening Post (Wellington) 
  12. ^ George, William (1999-06-03), "Oldest veteran of First World War", The Evening Post (Wellington) 
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez fa fb fc fd fe ff fg fh fi fj fk fl fm fn fo fp fq fr fs ft fu fv fw fx fy fz ga gb gc gd ge gf gg gh gi gj gk gl gm gn go gp gq "National Gravesite Locator". National Cemetery Association. 
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj "Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services 1908 - 1923". The National Archive. 
  15. ^ a b c d Van Emden, Richard (2000). Prisoners of the Kaiser. Leo Cooper. ISBN 0-85052-734-1. 
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av Evans, Michael; Arthur, Max (1998-11-07), "80 Years On: The Day of a Lifetime; 1914-1918: The Last Survivors", The Times 
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i Van Emden, Richard; Humphries, Steve (1998). Veterans: The last survivors of the Great War. Leo Cooper. ISBN 0-85052-640-X. 
  18. ^ a b c d e f g "Admiralty: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Rating's Service Records 1903-1919". The National Archive. 
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920". The National Archive. 
  20. ^ "Admiralty & War Office: Royal Naval Division: Records of Service". The National Archive. 
  21. ^ "Admiralty: Royal Marines Registers of Service". The National Archive. 
  22. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez fa fb fc fd fe ff fg fh fi fj fk fl fm fn fo fp fq fr fs ft fu fv fw fx fy fz ga gb gc gd Legion of Honor Recipients [4]
  23. ^ "Deaths and Funerals", Columbus Dispatch, 1999-11-10 

[edit] External links

  • Bakke, Dave, "Remembering a hero / WWI veteran honored 80 years after service", The State Journal-Register, 11 July 1999
  • Brownlow, Kevin, "Osmond Borradaile", The Independent, 5 May 1999
  • Downy, Donn, "Vimy veteran served in both wars", The Globe and Mail, 12 July 1999
  • McConkey, Alison, "Last of the Hood survivors dies", Coventry Evening Telegraph, 23 December 1999
  • Roberts, Bay, "Veteran in First World War", The Globe and Mail, 20 April 1999
  • The Ottawa Citizen, "Decorated Somme Veteran dies at 104", 18 February 1999
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Lists of known World War I veterans' deaths by year

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of veterans known to have died that year
1999 (762) · 2000 (500) · 2001 (319) · 2002 (208) · 2003 (168) · 2004 (166) · 2005 (95) · 2006 (52) · 2007 (37) · 2008 (17) · 2009 (5)
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