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.

Living in Australia - 4 veterans

Name	DOB		Nationality	Force Served	Notes
Choules, Claude	1901	3 March	British	British Royal Navy	Subsequently emigrated to Australia
Lucas, Sydney (Syd)	1900	21 September	British	British-1st Sherwood Foresters
Ross, John Campbell	1899	11 March	Australian	Australian	Last Australian Digger
Young, William (Will)	1900	4 January	British	British Royal Flying Corps	Moved to Australia after World War II

Living in Brazil - 1 veteran

Name	DOB		Nationality	Force Served	Notes
Dal Maso, Evaristo	1899	9 August	Italian	Italian

Living in Canada - 2 veterans

Name	DOB		Nationality	Force Served	Notes
Clemett, Victor Lloyd	1899	10 December	Canadian	Canadian	Lives in Toronto??
Wilson, Dwight (Percy)	1901	26 February	Canadian	Canadian	Lives in Oshawa??

Living in France - 10 veterans

Name	DOB		Nationality	Force Served	Notes
De Cazenave, Louis	1897	16 December	French	French
Floquet, Maurice Noël	1894	25 December	French	French
Gilson, Fer(di)nand	1898	10 October	French	French	Born in Champigny-sur-Marne, also a "resistant" in WWII (known as "gueule noire")
Grelaud, Jean	1898	26 October	French	French
Jaffré, François	1901	28 May	French	French
Lagaurnadie, Louis	1899	17 June	French	French	Excluded in French government lists as it only counts those with more than 3 months of combat service
Ponticelli, Lazarre	1897	7 December	Italian	Italian	Birth name "Lazzaro". Served in French army also (after the war??)
Riffaud, René	1898	19 December	French	French	Excluded in French government lists as it only counts those with more than 3 months of combat service
Tuveri, Justin	1898	May 15	Italian	Italian	Birth name "Giustino"
Weil, Léon Roger	1896	16 July	French	French

Living in Hungary - 2 veterans

Name	DOB		Nationality	Force Served	Notes
Molnár, Gergely András	1897	16 November	Hungarian	Austria-Hungary
Bischof, August	1900	18 August	Austrian	Austria-Hungary	Resides in Austria

Living in Germany - 14 veterans

Name	DOB		Nationality	Force Served	Notes
Biehler, August	1899	28 August	German	German
Binner, Erwin, Infantry	1899	16 January	German	German
Brandmeier, Franz	1899	16 July	German	German-Navy
Christmann, Rudolf	1900	10 January	German	German
Eis, Eduard	1899	22 March	German	German
Fuchs, Konrad	1897	15 October	German	German
Klöpper, Hans	1900	10 August	German	German
Kosa, Jozef	1900	27 September	??Polish*	??	Resides in Poland?
Künstler, Franz	1900	24 July	German	German
Meier, Robert	1897	10 March	German	German
Neumann, Georg	1899	28 July	German	German
Seim, Rudolf	1899	31 January	German	German
Solveen, Hermann	1899	20 February	German	German
Velten, Wilhelm	1899	2 September	German	German

Living in Italy - 12 veterans

Name	DOB		Nationality	Force Served	Notes
Agazzi, Alberto	1899	30 January	Italian	Italian
Bertolami, Carmelo	1900	8 December	Italian	Italian	Not in combat
Borroni, Delfino	1898	23 August	Italian	Italian
Camillo, Angelo Michele	1899	18 November	Italian	Italian
Carta, Giovanni Antonio	1899	28 December	Italian	Italian
Chiarello, Francesco Domenico	1898	5 November	Italian	Italian
Costanzo, Pasquale	1899	21 May	Italian	Italian
De Cristofaro, Domenico	1899	21 November	Italian	Italian
Sarrocco, Italo	1898	11 May	Italian	Italian
Saravalle, Ido Giorgetto	1899	16 November	Italian	Italian
Sepe, Giuseppe	1900	13 March	Italian	Italian	Not in combat
Serioli, Battista	1900	26 November	Italian	Italian	Not in combat

Living in Poland - 3 veterans

Name	DOB		Nationality	Force Served	Notes
Parniak, Pawel	1890	27 February	Polish*	Austria-Hungary	DOB claim is not authenticated
Solinski, Stanislaw	1900	11 February	Polish*	Russian	Is residence Russia?
Wycech, Stanislaw	1902		Polish*	??

* Polish nationality means ethnic Poles at the time of the war, Poland only regained its independence in 1919

Living in Russia - 1 veteran

Name	DOB		Nationality	Force Served	Notes
Surudo, Wincenty	1900	12 October	Russian	Russian	Born in Siberia

Living in the United Kingdom - 11 veterans

Name	DOB		Nationality	Force Served	Notes
Allingham, Henry	1896	6 June	British	British-Royal Flying Corps
Baker, Alice	1898	28 July	British	British-Royal Flying Corps	Did not see action ('doper' of canvas wings of aircraft)
Butcher, Stephen	1904	20 February	British	British-Royal Navy	Did not see action (Royal Marines Band)
Cummins, Kenneth	1900	6 March	British	British-Royal Navy
Mayne, Phillip	1899	26 November	British	British-Royal Engineers
Newman, John	1900		British	Westminster Rifles	Did not see action
Newcombe, Harry	1900	5 August	British	British-8th Sussex Regiment	Did not see action (still in training)
Patch, Harry	1898	17 June	British	British-Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Rigby, Andrew	1900	2 November	British	British-1st Lancashire Fusiliers
Roberts, William (Bill)	1900	29 September	British	British-Royal Flying Corps
Stone, William (Bill)	1900	23 September	British	British-Royal Navy

Living in USA - 22 veterans

Name	DOB		Nationality	Force Served	Notes
Anderson, Homer	1897	24 December	American	USA-Balloon Corps	Resides in Florida
Babcock, John F.	1900	23 July	Canadian	Canadian	Resides in Spokane, Washington
Brown, Lloyd	1901	7 October	American	USA-Navy	Resides in Maryland
Buchanan, Russell	1900	24 January	American	USA-Navy	Resides in New York
Buckles, Frank Woodroff	1901	February 1	American	USA-Army	Resides in West Virginia
Bustos, Felix	1902	1 July	American	USA	Resides in Colorado
Coffey, J. Russell	1898	1 September	American	USA-Army	Resides in Ohio
Gardner, Harold	1898	3 December	American	USA-Army	Resides in Pennsylvania
Hardy, Moses	1893	6 January	American	USA	Resides in Mississippi
Johnson, George	1894	1 May	American	USA	Resides in California
Little, David Samuel (Tex)	1902	26 December	American	USA-Army	Resides in Wyoming
Mercado del Toro, Emiliano	1891	21 August	American	USA	Resides in Puerto Rico
Munger, Stillman Hiram	1902	25 November	American	USA-Navy	Resides in Massachusetts
Pierro, Anthony	1896	22 February	American	USA	Born in Italy, a USA national, resides in Massachusetts too
Poor, Justin	1899	4 August	American	USA-Navy	Resides in Florida
Pusey, Ernest Charles	1895	5 May	American	USA-Navy	Resides in Florida
Ramsey, Howard Verne	1898	2 April	American	USA-Army	Resides in Oregon
Rex, Robley	1901	4 May	American	USA	Resides in Kentucky
Starkey, Maurice	1901	3 December	American	USA-Navy submariner	Resides in Pennsylvania
Steer, Frank	1901	12 January	American	USA-Army	Resides in Hawaii
Wagner, Albert F. (Jud)	1899	5 September	American	USA-Marines	Resides in Kansas
Winters, Charlotte	1897	10 November	American	USA-Navy	Resides in Maryland

World Totals - 82 veterans

• Allies (including Italy): 64
• Central Powers: 18

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

External links

• The Great War Society
• The Victoria Cross "WW 1 Surviving Soldiers" forum
• The Great War Primary Documents Archive
• For Centenarian, Haircut is Old Hat
• Mentioning of British boysoldiers Tommy Gay, Dick Trafford and Cecil Withers