List of surviving veterans of World War I
The following is a list of surviving veterans of the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918).
Puerto Rico resident Emiliano Mercado del Toro, born 21 August 1891, is believed to be the oldest surviving veteran, and even the oldest living man since 19 November 2004.
Veterans by country
Australia
- Choules, Claude, Navy, b. 3 March 1901 (born in the UK and fought in the British army; subsequently emigrated to Australia)
- Lucas, Syd, b. 21 September 1900 (Australian resident; fought for UK)
- Ross, John Campbell, b. 11 March 1899 (last Australian digger)
- Young, Will(iam), Royal Flying Corps, b. 4 January 1900 (same as for Choules and Lucas; went over to Australia after World War II)
Total: 4
Austria-Hungary
- Künstler, Franz, b. 18 August 1900
- Molnár, Gergely András, b. 1897; Hungarian national, fought for the Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Parniak, Pawel (claims birth 27 February 1890; Polish national, fought for the Austro-Hungarian Empire)
- Skabar, Tony, b. 18 October, 1900
Total: 4
Brazil
Total: 1
Canada
- Babcock, John F. (Spokane, Washington), b. 23 July 1900
- Clemett, Brad Lloyd (Toronto), b. 10 December 1899
- Wilson, Dwight "Percy" (Oshawa), b. 26 February 1901
Total: 3
France
(**note: the French government recognizes only "six" living, but counts only those with more than 3 months of service in combat. By international standards, all of the below are WWI veterans living in France as of November 2005)
- Cazenave, Louis de, b. 16 December 1897
- Floquet, Maurice Noël, b. 25 December 1894
- Gilson, Fer(di)nand, b. 10 October 1898 (born in Champigny sur Marne, also a "resistant" in WWII known as "gueule noire")
- Grelaud, Jean, b. 26 October 1898
- Lagaurnadie, Louis, b. 17 June 1899**
- Ponticelli, Lazarre, b. 7 December 1897 (he was born in Italy as "Lazzaro" and is also an Italian veteran, now lives in France)
- Riffaud, René, b. 19 December 1898**
- Tuveri, Justin, b. May 15 1898 (he was born in Italy as "Giustino" and is also an Italian veteran, now lives in France)
- Weil, Léon Roger, b. 16 July 1896
Total: 9
Germany
- Biehler, August, b. 28 August 1899
- Binner, Erwin, Infantery, b. 16 January 1899
- Bischof, August, b. 18 August 1900
- Brandmeier, Franz, Navy, b. 16 July 1899
- Christmann, Rudolf, 10 January 1900
- Eis, Eduard, b. 22 March 1899
- Fuchs, Konrad, b. 15 October 1897
- Klöpper, Hans, b. 10 August 1900
- Kosa, Jozef, b. 27 September 1900 (also a Polish veteran)
- Meier, Robert, b. 10 March 1897
- Neumann, Georg, b. 28 July 1899
- Seim, Rudolf, b. 31 January 1899
Total: 12
Hungary
- Molnár, Gergely András, b. 1897 (Hungarian national, fought for the Austro-Hungarian Empire)
Total: 1
Italy
(**note: not in combat)
- Agazzi, Alberto, b. 30 January 1899
- Barni, Arnaldo, b. 2 June 1899
- Bertolami, Carmelo, b. 8 December 1900**
- Boeddu, Luca, b. 18 March 1898
- Borroni, Delfino, b. 23 August 1898
- Camillo, Angelo Michele, b. 18 November 1899
- Carta, Giovanni Antonio, b. 28 December 1899
- Chiarello, Francesco Domenico, b. 5 November 1898
- Costanzo, Pasquale, b. 21 May 1899
- Dal Maso, Evaristo, b. 9 August 1899 (lives in Brazil)
- De Cristofaro, Domenico, b. 21 November 1899
- Denaro, Giuseppe, b. 13 October 1900
- Furoni, Mario, b. 23 November 1899
- Ponticelli, Lazzaro, b. 7 December 1897 (lives in France)
- Sarrocco, Italo, b. 11 May 1898
- Saravalle, Ido Giorgetto, b. 16 November 1899
- Sepe, Giuseppe, b. 1900**
- Serioli, Battista, b. 26 November 1900**
- Tuveri, Giustino, b. 15 May 1898 (lives in France)
- Zema, Carmelo, b. 17 September 1899
Total: 20
Poland
(Note: this list includes only persons described as ethnic Poles at the time of the war, because Poland as a separate state only regained its independence in 1919)
- Kosa, Jozef, b. 27 September 1900 (also a German veteran)
- Parniak, Pawel (claims b. 27 February 1890; Polish national, fought for the Austro-Hungarian Empire)
- Solinski, Stanislaw, b. 11 February 1900 (Polish national, fought for Russia)
- Wycech, Stanislaw, b. 1902
Total: 4
Russia
- Solinski, Stanislaw, b. 11 February 1900 (Polish national, fought for Russia)
- Surudo, Wincenty, b. 12 October 1900 (born in Siberia)
Total: 2
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Allingham, Henry, b. 6 June 1896
- Butcher, Stephen, Navy, b. 20 February 1904
- Choules, Claude, Navy, b. 3 March 1901 (born in the UK and fought in the British army; subsequently emigrated to Australia)
- Cummins, Kenneth, Navy, b. 6 March 1900
- Lucas, Syd(ney), b. 21 September 1900 (Australian resident; fought for the UK)
- Newcombe, Harry, Sussex Regiment, b. 5 August 1900
- Patch, Harry, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, b. 17 June 1898
- Rigby, Andrew, First Lancashire Fusiliers, b. 2 November 1900
- Roberts, William ("Bill"), Royal Flying Corps, b. 29 September 1900
- Stone, William ("Bill"), Navy, b. 23 September 1900
- Swarbrick, Nicholas, Merchant Navy, b. 14 November 1898
- Young, Will(iam), Royal Flying Corps, b. 4 January 1900 (same as for Choules and Lucas; went over to Australia after World War II)
Total: 12
United States
- Anderson, Homer (Florida), Balloon Corps, b. 24 December 1897
- Brown, Lloyd (Maryland), Navy, b. 7 October 1901
- Buchanan, Russell (New York), Navy, b. 24 January 1900
- Buckles, Frank Woodroff (Virginia), Army, b. February 1 1901
- Bustos, Felix (Colorado), b. 1 July 1902
- Coffey, J. Russell (Ohio), Army, b. 1 September 1898
- Gardner, Harold (Pennsylvania), Army, b. 3 December 1898
- Hardy, Moses (Mississippi), b. 6 January 1893
- Johnson, George (California), b. 1 May 1894
- Krueger, Merlyn (Washington), b. 8 April 1895
- Little, David Samuel "Tex" (Wyoming), Army, b. circa 1903
- Mercado del Toro, Emiliano (Puerto Rico), b. 21 August 1891
- Mungar, Stillman Hiram (Massachusetts), Navy, b. 25 November 1902
- Pierro, Anthony (Massachusetts), b. 15 February 1896 (born in Italy)
- Poor, Justin (Florida), Navy, b. 4 August 1899
- Pusey, Ernest Charles (Florida), Navy, b. 5 May 1895
- Ramsey, Howard Verne (Oregon), Army, b. 2 April 1898
- Rex, Robley (Kentucky), b. 4 May 1901
- Starkey, Maurice (Pennsylvania), Navy submariner, b. 3 December 1901
- Steer, Frank, Army, b. 12 January 1901
- Wagner, Albert Fred "Jud" (Kansas), Marines, b. 5 September 1899
- Warmington, Arthur (New Jersey), b. 18 September 1895
- Winters, Charlotte (Maryland), Navy, b. 10 November 1897
Total: 23
World Totals
- Allies (including Italy): 66
- Central Powers: 19
- Total: 85
Note: Some (11) are cross-listed (listed twice). Thus the "apparent" total is 96, but the real number is 85. Cross-listing allows for people from various nations to find the person they are looking for, and ensures that WWI veterans who emigrated will not be overlooked.
See also
- Veterans of the First World War who died in 2006
- Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005
- Veterans of the First World War who died in 2004
- Veterans of the First World War who died in 2003
- Veterans of the First World War who died in 2002
- Veterans of the First World War who died in 2001
- Veterans of the First World War who died in 2000