Veterans of the First World War who died in 2006
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The following is a list of known veterans of the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) who died in 2006.
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.
Austria-Hungary (3 veterans)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Bischof, August | 18 August 1900 | 4 March 2006 (105) | Last Austrian veteran living in Austria. |
Molnár, Gergely András | 16 November 1897 | 22 March 2006 (108) | Last Hungarian born veteran, also World War II-veteran and oldest Hungarian man at his death.http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://info.france2.fr/dossiers/europe/15585072-fr.php%3Fpage%3D2&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522gergely%2Bmolnar%2522%2Bveteran%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG |
Parniak, Paweł | 27 February 1890? | 27 March 2006 (116?) | Born in Ukraine, died in Poland. Served in the Austria-Hungarian army 1914-1918. His age claim was not verified at the time of his death. See entry. |
France (5 veterans)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Floquet, Maurice Noël Maurice Floquet Maurice Noël Floquet was, at age 111, France's oldest man on record and was one of the last surviving French veterans of World War I. He was, at the age of 111 years and 320 days, France's longest-lived soldier ever. Moreover, Maurice was France's oldest living man for more than four years... |
25 December 1894 | 10 November 2006 (111) | Thrice-wounded combat veteran of the Marne Marne Marne is a department in north-eastern France named after the river Marne which flows through the department. The prefecture of Marne is Châlons-en-Champagne... , the Somme Battle of the Somme (1916) The Battle of the Somme , also known as the Somme Offensive, took place during the First World War between 1 July and 14 November 1916 in the Somme department of France, on both banks of the river of the same name... , Beausejour Beausejour Beausejour or Beauséjour may refer to:*Beauséjour , a federal electoral district in eastern New Brunswick, Canada*Beausejour, Manitoba, a town in Manitoba, Canada... and Chemin des Dames Chemin des Dames In France, the Chemin des Dames is part of the D18 and runs east and west in the département of Aisne, between in the west, the Route Nationale 2, and in the east, the D1044 at Corbeny. It is some thirty kilometres long and runs along a ridge between the valleys of the rivers Aisne and Ailette... . See entry. |
Gilson, Ferdinand | 10 October 1898 | 25 February 2006 (107) | Conscripted 1917 into the 31e RI de Mamers. Fought as a Warrant Officer in Flanders with the 31eme RA. In the resistance in World War II. |
Jaffré, François | 28 May 1901 | 22 September 2006 (105) | Enlisted in the navy 1916. Served as a wireless operator on the destroyer ‘Armorique’ escorting troop ships across the Atlantic.http://www.ttc.org/cgi-binloc/searchTTC.cgi?displayZop+32639 |
Lagarnaudie, Louis | 17 June 1899 | 26 October 2006 (107) | Drafted April 1918. Due to bad memories of the war, refused to take part in later veteran ceremonies. Excluded from French government lists as it only counts those with more than three months of combat service. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Worlds_Oldest_People/message/8044http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t64988.html |
Weil, Léon Roger Léon Weil Léon Roger Weil was one of the last two surviving veterans of the battle of Val-de-Marne in the First World War... |
16 July 1896 | 6 June 2006 (109) | Conscripted 1916 into the 5e Alpine regiment. Fought in the Battle of Chemin des Dames. A resistance fighter in World War II. See entry. |
Germany (10 veterans)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Appel, Otto | 16 October 1900 | 12 July 2006 (105) | Enlisted 1917, was in Russia; also World War II-Veteran. |
Brandmeier, Franz Xaver | 16 July 1899 | 8 September 2006 (107) | Enlisted in the navy 1917.http://www.ln-online.de/artikel/1904641/107_Jahre_alt:_Franz_Xaver_Brandmeier.htm |
Biehler, August | 28 August 1899 | 15 April 2006 (106) | |
Binner, Erwin | 16 January 1899 | 26 March 2006 (107) | Army veteran. |
Eis, Eduard | 22 March 1899 | 24 April 2006 (107) | Served on the Western Front as an army lorry driver. |
Fuchs, Konrad Konrad Fuchs Konrad Fuchs Konrad Fuchs Konrad Fuchs (October 15, 1897 Dingelsdorf near Konstanz - November 13, 2006 in Hege (Baden-Württemberg) was, at the time of his death, the oldest living Catholic priest in Europe at 109 years and 29 days old, Germany's second-oldest man, and one of the last German First... |
15 October 1897 | 13 November 2006 (109) | Conscripted into the army in 1916. Fought at the Battle of Chemin des Dames. Later a Catholic priest. See entry. |
Klöpper, Hans | 10 August 1900 | 10 September 2006 (106) | |
Neumann, Georg | 28 July 1899 | 21 June 2006 (106) | Fought on horseback with a Hussars regiment on the Eastern Front. |
Solveen, Hermann | 20 February 1899 | 28 February 2006 (107) | Enlisted 1916 and seriously wounded. Served in both World Wars. |
Velten, Wilhelm | 2 September 1899 | 26 December 2006 (107) | |
Italy (10 veterans)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Boeddu, Luca | 18 March 1898 | 7 February 2006 (107) | |
Camillo, Angelo Michele | 18 November 1899 | 17 July 2006 (106) | Enlisted 1917. Fought with the 209th Infantry (Bisagno Brigade) at Asiago. |
Dal Maso, Evaristo | 9 August 1899 | 21 June 2006 (106) | Died in Brazil. |
De Bettin Casanova, Antonia | 17 December 1900 | 15 October 2006 (105) | Last female Italian veteran. |
De Cristofaro, Domenico | 21 November 1899 | 21 September 2006 (106) | Enlisted 1917. Fought with the 4th Infantry regiment at Asiago and Piave. Wounded at the Battle of the Solstice 1918. |
Furoni, Mario | 23 November 1899 | 13 January 2006 (106) | |
Gavagnin, Dante Guido | 17 September 1897 | 2 June 2006 (108) | |
Saravalle, Ido Giorgetto | 16 November 1899 | 31 March 2006 (106) | Fought in an Alpine regiment. |
Sepe, Giuseppe | 13 March 1900 | 4 February 2006 (105) | |
Zema, Carmelo | 17 September 1899 | 11 January 2006 (106) | |
Turkey/Ottoman Empire (1 veteran)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Hoyuk, Omer | 1899? | 13 January 2006 (106) |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (7 veterans)
Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
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Baker, Alice | Leading Aircraftwoman, Royal Flying Corps | 28 July 1898 | 27 February 2006 (107) | Non combat. Served as a 'doper' waterproofing aircraft wings. |
Cummins, Kenneth Alfred Hugo Kenneth Cummins Captain Kenneth Alfred Hugo Cummins was, at age 106, one of the last surviving British veterans of the First World War. He served in the Royal Naval Reserve in the First World War,as a Midshipman, and then in the Merchant Navy in the Second World War.Kenneth Cummins was born in Richmond, London... |
Midshipman, Royal Navy | 3 March 1900 | 10 December 2006 (106) | Last surviving British naval officer. Also a World War II veteran. See entry. |
Newcombe, Harry John Harry Newcombe Harry John Newcombe was, at age 105, one of only a few surviving British veterans of the First World War when he died in 2006.... |
Private, 8th Royal Sussex Regiment (Pioneers) | 5 August 1900 | 18 March 2006 (105) | Last known Great War veteran of the Royal Sussex Regiment. Non combat. In training when war ended. Served in Army of Occupation 1918-19. See entry. |
Newman, John James | Private, 16th (County of London) London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) | 15 January 1901 | 2006 (105) | Last known Great War veteran of the London Regiment. Non combat. In training when war ended. Served in Army of Occupation 1918-19.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/17/nvets117.xml |
Rigby, Andrew | Private, 1st Lancashire Fusiliers | 2 November 1900 | 9 June 2006 (105) | Last known Great War veteran of the Lancashire Fusiliers. Enlisted aged 14 and served for 3 months before real age discovered. Later a monk. |
Roberts, William (Bill) William Roberts (veteran) William Roberts was, one of the final surviving British veterans of the First World War.As a fourteen-year-old boy Roberts was present in Hartlepool during the Imperial German Navy's bombardment.... |
Corporal, Royal Flying Corps | 29 September 1900 | 30 April 2006 (105) | Non combat. Served as an aircraft rigger at Farnborough. |
Swarbrick, Nicholas Joseph Nicholas Swarbrick Nicholas Joseph Swarbrick was, at age 107, the final surviving English merchant sailor of the First World War at the time of his death.... |
Telegraphist, Merchant Navy | 14 November 1898 | 2 February 2006 (107) | Last surviving British merchant seaman. See entry. |
United States (16 veterans)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Anderegg, Albert | 29 August 1900 | 8 August 2006 (105) | (Minnesota) Non combat. In training with the Student Army Training Corps Oct-Nov 1918. See entry. |
Anderson, Homer | 24 December 1897 | 23 September 2006 (108) | (Florida) Non combat. Trained as an observer in the US Army Balloon Corps.http://www.treehouseproductions.org/WWI_vetAnderson.html |
Buchanan, Russell A. Russell Buchanan Russell A. Buchanan was, at age 106, one of the last surviving American veterans of the First World War. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and died in Watertown, Massachusetts. In 1918, Buchanan enlisted in the United States Navy at age 18... |
14 January 1900 | 6 December 2006 (106) | (Massachusetts) Non combat. Served Stateside in the US Navy 1918. See entry. |
Cotton, William F. "Bill" | 23 October 1897 | 23 April 2006 (108) | (Louisiana) Enlisted in the US Navy 1917. Served as a Chief Commissary Steward aboard USS Oklahoma. See entry. |
Files, H. Loyd | 23 January 1899 | 8 August 2006 (107) | (Colorado) |
Gardner, Harold Ford Harold Gardner Harold Ford Gardner was a veteran of the First World War, although he served for less than 24 hours in the United States Army.... |
3 December 1898 | 16 October 2006 (107) | (Pennsylvania) Served in the US Army for less than one day. See entry. |
Goldberg, Samuel Benedict | 19 March 1900 | 10 December 2006 (106) | (Rhode Island) Non combat. Enlisted 1917, but remained Stateside as a drill instructor. See entry. |
Hardy, Moses Moses Hardy Moses Hardy was, at age 112 or 113, the last black veteran of World War I and one of the last surviving American veterans of that war. The son of former slaves, Hardy was born in either 1893 or 1894 and lived a religious and farming life until he signed up to serve overseas in World War I in July... |
6 January 1893 (or 1894) | 7 December 2006 (113 or 112) | (Mississippi) Served on the Western Front with the 805th Pioneer Infantry. See entry. |
Johnson, George George Johnson (supercentenarian) George Henry Johnson was, at the time of his death, California's oldest man and one of the last few surviving veterans of the First World War in the United States.-Life:... |
1 May 1894 | 30 August 2006 (112) | (California) Non combat. Drafted into the US Army 1917, but served Stateside with 14th Co, 154th Battalion. See entry. |
Johnson, Lowell N. | 17 June 1899 | 10 March 2006 (106) | (Illinois) Non combat. Still in training when the war ended. |
Lutz, William B. | 22 June 1899 | 26 March 2006 (106) | (Massachusetts) Non combat. Served in US Marine Corps.http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:gljNZKWG5tEJ:www.marinechat.com/forums/showthread.php%3Ft%3D12745+%22william+b+lutz%22+veteran&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=uk |
Poor, Justin W. | 4 August 1899 | 3 April 2006 (106) | (Florida) |
Pusey, Ernest Charles Ernest Pusey Ernest Charles Pusey was, at age 111, Florida's oldest living person, General Motors's oldest pensioner, and was thought to be Florida's last surviving veteran of World War I, until Harry Richard Landis was discovered a month later.He joined the United States Navy, and then fought aboard the... |
5 May 1895 | 19 November 2006 (111) | Enlisted in the US Navy 1917. Served aboard the USS Wyoming patrolling the waters around the British Isles. See entry. |
Steer, Frank Frank Steer Frank Steer was, at age 105, one of the last surviving American veterans of the First World War. Steer joined the United States Army at age 17 in 1918. He was sent to France in July 1918, and served on the Western Front against the Germans. Steer saw action at the battle of the Meuse-Argonne... |
12 January 1901 | 7 March 2006 (105) | (Hawaii) Enlisted aged 17. Fought on the Western Front in the Meuse Argonne offensive. Also a World War II veteran. See entry. |
Warmington, Arthur | 18 September 1895 | 11 January 2006 (110) | (New Jersey) |
Zell, Carley | 1 September 1899 | 26 February 2006 (106) | (Georgia) Non combat. Served as an apprentice seaman in the US Navy. |
World War I-era veterans - 4 veterans
Listed here are those that joined the armed services after the ArmisticeArmistice with Germany (Compiègne)
The armistice between the Allies and Germany was an agreement that ended the fighting in the First World War. It was signed in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest on 11 November 1918 and marked a victory for the Allies and a complete defeat for Germany, although not technically a surrender...
date, but before the Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The other Central Powers on the German side of...
was signed, or where there is debate on their join-date, or whose military service is sometimes viewed as outside the scope of "WWI", but are considered World War I-era veterans by the press or by their respective governments, or served in a related conflict.
Estonia (1 veteran)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Ilus, Ants | 20 September 1901 | 3 February 2006 (105) | Last known survivor of the Estonian War of Independence Nov 1918 – Feb 1920. Moblilised 1919.http://www.president.ee/et/vabariik/teenetem2rgid.php?gid=89301http://www.kaitseliit.ee/index.php?op=news&news_id=180http://www.virumaa.ee/discuss/msgReader$5299 |
Russia (1 veteran)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Gudz, Boris Boris Gudz Boris Gudz was the last survivor of the October Revolution, veteran of the Russian Civil War and OGPU security agent member.-Biography:... |
Aug 1902 | 27 December 2006 (104) | Fought with the Red Guards in the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/oct/07/russia.artsandhumanitieshttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1295606.ece |
United States (2 veterans)
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Little, David Samuel (Tex) | 26 December 1902 | 12 March 2006 (103) | Non combat. Enlisted 1919, aged 16, but served Stateside. See entry. |
Starkey, Maurice E. Maurice Starkey Maurice E. Starkey was, at age 104, one of the last American surviving veterans of the World War I era. He joined the United States Navy in July 1919, and served in the early days of the U.S. submarine corps aboard two K-class submarines, the USS K-3 and USS K-4 that operated along the U.S... |
3 December 1901 | 27 November 2006 (104) | (Pennsylvania) Enlisted in the US Navy July 1919. |