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Ives was born in [[France]] to a coachman and a lady's maid.<ref name="Ives 1">Davies (1996), p.1</ref> The family worked for the Tidmarsh family. He worked in his father's work shop in Bristol until 1899.<ref name="Ives 1"/> That December, Ives was |
Ives was born in [[France]] to a coachman and a lady's maid.<ref name="Ives 1">Davies (1996), p.1</ref> The family worked for the Tidmarsh family. He worked in his father's work shop in Bristol until 1899.<ref name="Ives 1"/> That December, Ives was eager to enlist after hearing that the British had been defeated at Coleno, Magersfontein.<ref name="Ives 1"/> |
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In the [[Boer War]], George fought with the [[Imperial Yeomanry]], along with 122 other veterans, of the [[British Army]] in [[South Africa]].<ref name="Ives 1"/> |
In the [[Boer War]], George fought with the [[Imperial Yeomanry]], along with 122 other veterans, of the [[British Army]] in [[South Africa]].<ref name="Ives 1"/> |
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George F. Ives | |
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| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ | British Army |
| Years of service | 1899-1902 |
| Unit | Imperial Yeomanry |
George Frederick Ives (17 November 1881 – 12 April 1993) was the last surviving veteran of the Boer Wars. George Ives became known in the UK after a piece in the Peterborough Column in the Daily Telegraph. His record as oldest British veteran, at 111 years and 146 days, of any war was broken on 1 November 2007 by First World War veteran Henry Allingham.
Biography
Ives was born in France to a coachman and a lady's maid.[1] The family worked for the Tidmarsh family. He worked in his father's work shop in Bristol until 1899.[1] That December, Ives was eager to enlist after hearing that the British had been defeated at Coleno, Magersfontein.[1]
In the Boer War, George fought with the Imperial Yeomanry, along with 122 other veterans, of the British Army in South Africa.[1]
Ives emigrated to Canada in 1903 with his father and purchased 160 acres of land for ten dollars.[2] He was rejected from service in World War I because of a heart murmur.[2]
In 1910, he married Kay Nelson.[2] The couple had three sons and three daughters.[2] Nelson disliked hard-life of the prairies, so the family moved in 1919 to White Rock, British Columbia.[2] Ives owned a farm there and eventually retired from it in 1941.[2] He looked and found another job because he said that his retirement was an excuse to change jobs. So until 1956, 15 years later, he worked in a shipyard building wooden scows, and confirmed his retirement.[2]
The couple had resided in that same house until 1984, until moving into a retirement home.[3] He attended the Albert Hall service on Remembrance day 1992 in England and met Queen Elizabeth and her mother; Lady Matcher, and prime minister John Major.[3] Ives died on 12 April 1993 at aged 111 years, 146 days in Canada.[3]
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Source(s)
- Davies, David T. (1996). Canada From Afar. Dundurn Press. ISBN 1550022520.