List of Last surviving veterans of military insurgencies and Wars - wikipedia List of Last surviving veterans of military insurgencies and Wars This a chronological list of the last surviving veterans of military insurgencies, conflicts and wars around the world. The listed wars span from the 13th century BC to the beginning of World War II. Most last survivors of particular campaigns or wars were junior officers or soldiers / naval ratings of non-commissioned rank in the early years of their service careers at the time. Contents 1 Classical antiquity 2 Middle Ages 3 Early modern period 4 17th century 4.1 English Civil War ( 1642 -- 51 ) 4.2 First Anglo - Dutch War ( 1652 -- 54 ) 5 18th century 5.1 Great Northern War ( 1700 -- 21 ) 5.2 War of the Spanish Succession ( 1701 -- 14 ) 5.3 Jacobite risings ( 1719 -- 45 ) 5.4 War of the Polish Succession ( 1733 -- 38 ) 5.5 Russo - Turkish wars ( 1735 -- 74 ) 5.6 War of the Austrian Succession ( 1740 -- 48 ) 5.7 French and Indian War ( 1754 -- 63 ) 5.8 Seven Years ' War ( 1754 -- 63 ) 5.9 American Revolutionary War ( 1775 -- 83 ) 5.10 French Revolution ( 1789 -- 99 ) 5.11 Irish Rebellion of 1798 6 19th century 6.1 Napoleonic Wars ( 1803 -- 15 ) 6.2 War of 1812 ( 1812 -- 15 ) 6.3 Greek War of Independence ( 1821 -- 32 ) 6.4 July Revolution ( 1830 ) 6.5 Belgian Revolution ( 1830 -- 31 ) 6.6 Texas War of Independence ( 1835 -- 36 ) 6.7 Black Hawk War ( 1832 ) 6.8 Rebellions of 1837 6.9 Mexican - American War ( 1846 -- 48 ) 6.10 Hungarian Revolution of 1848 -- 49 ( 1848 -- 49 ) 6.11 Second Anglo - Sikh War ( 1848 -- 49 ) 6.12 First Schleswig War ( 1848 -- 51 ) 6.13 Crimean War ( 1853 -- 56 ) 6.14 Seminole Wars ( 1816 -- 58 ) 6.15 Indian Mutiny ( 1857 -- 59 ) 6.16 Third Italian War of Independence ( 1866 ) 6.17 New Zealand Wars ( 1845 -- 72 ) 6.18 Second Italian War of Independence ( 1859 ) 6.19 American Civil War ( 1861 -- 65 ) 6.19. 1 Union 6.19. 2 Confederacy 6.20 French invasion of Mexico ( 1861 -- 67 ) 6.21 January Uprising ( 1863 -- 65 ) 6.22 Second Schleswig War ( 1864 ) 6.23 Expedition to Abyssinia ( 1867 -- 68 ) 6.24 Indian Wars ( 1622 -- 1924 ) 6.25 Franco - Prussian War ( 1870 -- 71 ) 6.26 Paris Commune ( 1871 ) 6.27 Third Anglo - Ashanti War ( 1873 -- 74 ) 6.28 Russo - Turkish War ( 1877 -- 78 ) 6.29 Second Anglo - Afghan War ( 1878 -- 80 ) 6.30 Zulu War ( 1879 ) 6.31 War of the Pacific ( 1879 -- 84 ) 6.32 First Boer War ( 1880 -- 81 ) 6.33 Anglo - Egyptian War ( 1882 ) 6.34 Mahdist War ( 1882 -- 99 ) 6.35 Nile Expedition ( 1884 -- 85 ) 6.36 Northwest Rebellion ( 1885 ) 6.37 Cuban War of Independence ( 1895 -- 98 ) 6.38 Spanish -- American War ( 1898 ) 7 20th century 7.1 Second Boer War ( 1899 -- 1902 ) 7.2 Boxer Rebellion ( 1899 -- 1901 ) and Philippine -- American War ( 1899 -- 1902 ) 7.3 Potemkin Mutiny ( 1905 ) 7.4 Russo - Japanese War ( 1904 -- 05 ) 7.5 Macedonian Struggle ( 1904 -- 08 ) 7.6 Mexican Revolution ( 1910 -- 20 ) 7.7 Italo - Turkish War ( 1911 -- 12 ) 7.8 Balkan Wars ( 1912 -- 13 ) 7.9 World War I ( 1914 -- 18 ) 7.10 Easter Rising ( 1916 ) 7.11 October Revolution ( 1917 ) 7.12 Russian Civil War ( 1917 -- 22 ) 7.13 Finnish Civil War ( 1918 ) 7.14 Greater Poland Uprising ( 1918 -- 19 ) 7.15 German Revolution of 1918 -- 19 7.16 Polish -- Ukrainian War ( 1918 -- 19 ) 7.17 Estonian War of Independence ( 1918 -- 20 ) 7.18 Latvian War of Independence ( 1918 -- 20 ) 7.19 Lithuanian Wars of Independence ( 1918 -- 20 ) 7.20 Irish War of Independence ( 1919 -- 21 ) 7.21 Polish -- Soviet War ( 1919 -- 21 ) 7.22 Silesian Uprisings ( 1919 -- 21 ) 7.23 Polish -- Lithuanian War ( 1919 -- 20 ) 7.24 Turkish War of Independence ( 1919 -- 23 ) 7.25 Greco - Turkish War ( 1919 -- 22 ) 7.26 Rif War ( 1920 - 1926 ) 7.27 March on Rome ( 1922 ) 7.28 Irish Civil War ( 1922 - 23 ) 7.29 Northern Expedition ( 1926 -- 28 ) 7.30 Cristero War ( 1926 -- 29 ) 7.31 Nanchang Uprising ( 1927 ) 7.32 Brazilian Revolution of 1930 7.33 Spanish Civil War ( 1936 -- 1939 ) 8 See also 9 References Classical antiquity Ramesses II ( 1303 -- 1213 BC ) -- Egyptian Pharaoh who, as a young man, fought many battles with the Hittites and Shardana pirates and died aged 90. Aristodemus of Sparta ( c. 530 -- 479 BC ) -- The `` Coward of Thermopylae '', who was the only Spartan to survive the Battle of Thermopylae. Marcus Valerius Corvus ( 370 BC ? -- 270 BC ) -- Led the Roman army in the First Samnite War and reputedly lived to the age of 100. King Masinissa ( c. 238 BC -- c. 148 BC ) -- Led the Numidians during the Second Punic War and died at the age of 90. Middle ages Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester ( 1040 -- 1118 ) -- Last of the Norman noblemen proven to have fought alongside William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings. Early Modern period These cases, particularly with respect to the ages claimed by the veterans, can not be verified as it was common in pre-industrialised societies for elders to exaggerate their age. Anton Grolekofsky ( 1671 / 1672 ? -- 1785 ) -- Polish soldier who lived in Sweden. Claimed to have fought in the Nine Years ' War, Russo - Swedish War ( 1741 -- 43 ) and Polish - Swedish War. Andreas Nielsen ( 1660 ? -- 1782 ) -- Norwegian soldier. Claimed to be the last Scanian War veteran, to have had a long military career and seen many battles. Christian Jacobsen Drakenberg ( 1626 ? -- 1772 ) -- Norwegian sailor. Claimed to have fought for Frederick III of Denmark in the Dano - Swedish War ( 1657 -- 58 ) and again from 1675 to 1681 in the Scanian War. 17th century English Civil War ( 1642 -- 51 ) William Hiseland ( 1620 ? -- 1732 ) -- Wiltshire native. Fought for royalists in this war, Williamite War in Ireland and War of the Spanish Succession. Last survivor of Battle of Edgehill. Retired with rank of sergeant. For 80 - year service to the king, he became one of the earliest admitted to Royal Hospital Chelsea. First Anglo - Dutch War ( 1652 -- 54 ) Richard Haddock ( 1629 -- 1714 ) -- Royal Navy. 18th century Great Northern War ( 1700 -- 21 ) Petro Kalnyshevsky ( 1691 ? -- 1803 ) -- Last of the Zaporozhian Host. Also fought in 1735 -- 39 and 1768 -- 74 Russo - Turkish Wars ( by which time he was an Ataman ). War of the Spanish Succession ( 1701 -- 14 ) Ambrose Bennett ( or Tennant ) ( 1693 / 1694 ? - 1800 ) - served at the Battle of Malplaquet and reputedly died at the age of 106. Jacobite risings ( 1719 -- 45 ) Peter Grant ( 1714 ? -- 1824 ) -- Scottish Jacobite Rebel. Fought at Culloden, Falkirk Muir and Prestonpans. George Browne ( 1698 -- 1792 ) -- Irish nobleman. Supported Old Pretender. Later became mercenary in Russian army. War of the Polish Succession ( 1733 -- 38 ) Jean Thurel ( 1698 ? -- 1807 ) -- Died in France. Also served in the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years ' War and the American Revolutionary War. Known as `` oldest soldier of Europe. '' Russo - Turkish Wars ( 1735 -- 74 ) Petro Kalnyshevsky ( 1691 ? -- 1803 ) -- Last of the Zaporozhian Host and last known living veteran of the Great Northern War. Fought in the 1735 -- 39 and 1768 -- 74 Russo - Turkish Wars ( by which time he was an Ataman ). War of the Austrian Succession ( 1740 -- 48 ) Jean Thurel ( 1698 ? -- 1807 ) -- Died in France. Also served in the War of the Polish Succession, the Seven Years ' War and the American Revolutionary War. Known as `` oldest soldier of Europe. '' French and Indian War ( 1754 -- 63 ) Jonathan Benjamin ( 1738 -- 1841 ) -- Also fought in American Revolutionary War. Settled in Granville, Ohio in 1802. James Thompson ( 1733 -- 1830 ) -- Engineer in Frasers Highlanders. Settled in Quebec City. Robert Abercromby of Airthrey ( 1740 -- 1827 ) -- Died in Great Britain. Michel - Eustache - Gaspard - Alain Chartier de Lotbinière ( 1748 -- 1822 ) -- Died in Montreal, Quebec, British Empire. Seven years ' War ( 1754 -- 63 ) Johann Heinrich Behrens ( 1735 ? -- 1844 ) -- Died in Germany. Ezekiel Blackmarr ( 1742 -- 1841 ) -- Britain. Born in the American colonies. Enlisted in British forces and was their last survivor of the Battle of Havana ( 1762 ) Paul François de Quelen de la Vauguyon ( 1746 -- 1828 ) -- Died in France. Henry Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton ( 1743 -- 1821 ) -- Died in Britain. American Revolutionary War ( 1775 -- 83 ) Daniel Bakeman ( 1759 -- 1869 ) -- Alleged veteran. Awarded pension via Congress, though no support of service has been located. John Gray ( 1764 -- 1868 ) -- Last verifiable veteran although period of service was too short for him for pension qualification. Samuel Downing ( 1764 -- 1867 ) Lemuel Cook ( 1759 -- 1866 ) -- Last official veteran ; honorable discharge signed by George Washington. Barnabas Cochran ( 1758 -- 1864 ) -- Pennsylvania State Militia. Longest lived verified veteran. French Revolution ( 1789 -- 99 ) Nicolas Savin ( 1768 ? -- 1894 ) -- Enlisted in 2nd Regiment of Hussars in 1798. 1768 figure proclaims he was approximately 126 at time of death. Later served under Napoleon and was awarded the Legion d'Honneur. Giovanni Battista Campanella ( 1776 ? -- 1884 ) -- France. Served in Italy during the French Revolutionary Wars and later in the 1812 Russian campaign. Yves Couédic ( 1774 ? -- 1883 ) -- France. Fought in the Vendée in 1793 Pierre Petit ( 1779 -- 1882 ) -- France. Served in the French invasion of Egypt Arthur Dardenne ( 1776 -- 1872 ) -- France. Last surviving person to have taken part in the Storming of the Bastille. Irish Rebellion of 1798 William Kinsella ( 1775 -- 1870 ) -- Irish rebel, fought at Castlecomer. 19th century Napoleonic Wars ( 1803 -- 15 ) Vincent Markiewicz ( 1795 ? -- 1903 ) -- Last Polish veteran. Fought for Napoleon. In 1912 there were three Polish men who claimed to have fought at Borodino, but it is unlikely they were real veterans due to lack of documentation and age ranges relatively high from 120 to 133. Jean Adrin ( 1797 -- 1902 ) -- Last French veteran. Geert Adriaans Boomgaard ( 1788 -- 1899 ) -- Last Dutch veteran and Europe 's oldest man at the time of his death. He fought for France in the 33ème Régiment Léger. Louis Victor Baillot ( 1793 -- 1898 ) -- French veteran. Last Battle of Waterloo veteran. Saw action at siege of Hamburg. Pedro Martínez ( 1789 ? -- 1898 ) -- Last Battle of Trafalgar veteran. Served in Spanish navy on San Juan Nepomuceno. Leonard Meesters ( 1796 -- 1896 ) -- Last Belgian veteran. Fought for Napoleon. Josephine Mazurkewicz ( 1794 -- 1896 ) -- Last female veteran. Assistant surgeon in Napoleon 's army. Later partook in Crimean War. Sir Provo Wallis ( 1791 -- 1892 ) -- Canadian born, served at sea in Napoleonic Wars and War of 1812. Morris Shea ( 1795 -- 1892 ) -- 73rd Foot -- Last Scottish veteran. Vasilij Nikolaevich Kochetkov ( 1785 ? -- 1892 ) Russian Imperial Army. Enlisted 7 March 1811. Served in Grenadier Lifeguard Regiment at Borodino. Served 66 1 / 2 years until 12 October 1877 when wounded out of service in the Russian - Ottoman War. Joseph Sutherland ( 1789 -- 1890 ) -- Last English veteran. Royal Navy. Last British survivor of Trafalgar. War of 1812 ( 1812 -- 15 ) Hiram Cronk ( 1800 -- 1905 ) -- United States Army. Sir Provo Wallis ( 1791 -- 1892 ) -- Royal Navy. Napoleonic veteran. Greek War of Independence ( 1821 -- 32 ) John W Stainer ( 1808 -- 1907 ) -- Royal Navy. Last survivor of the Battle of Navarino. July Revolution ( 1830 ) Auguste Lebailly ( 1815 -- 1911 ) Belgian Revolution ( 1830 -- 31 ) Philippe Demoulin ( 1809 -- 1912 ) -- Belgium Texas War of Independence ( 1835 -- 36 ) Alfonso Steele ( 1817 -- 1911 ) -- Last veteran of Battle of San Jacinto. James L. Allen ( 1815 -- 1901 ) -- Texan courier at Alamo. Black Hawk War ( 1832 ) Henry L. Riggs ( 1812 -- 1911 ) Rebellions of 1837 Nelson Truax ( 1818 -- 1915 ) -- Hunters ' Lodges. Last survivor of the Battle of the Windmill François X. Matthieu ( 1818 -- 1914 ) -- Parti Patriote. Douglas Labalmondière ( 1815 -- 1893 ) -- Upper Canada Rebels. Mexican - American War ( 1846 -- 48 ) Owen Thomas Edgar ( 1831 -- 1929 ) -- United States Navy. Antonio Rincón Gallardo ( c. 1833 -- 1928 ) -- Mexican Army. Enlisted at 13 years old and served at Churubusco in 1847. Hungarian Revolution of 1848 -- 49 ( 1848 -- 49 ) József Fischl ( 1827 -- 1929 ) -- Last Hungarian veteran. István Lebo ( 1826 -- 1928 ) -- Believed the last Hungarian veteran. Last resident of the Hungarian Veterans Home. Artúr Görgey ( 1818 -- 1916 ) -- Last Hungarian General. Second Anglo - sikh War ( 1848 -- 49 ) John Stratford ( 1829 -- 1932 ) -- British East India Company. Fought in the battles of Ramnagar, Challianwala, and Gujrat. Later served in the Anglo - Persian War as well as the Indian Mutiny. First Schleswig War ( 1848 -- 51 ) Jørgen Jørgensen Birkholm ( 1829 -- 1931 ) -- Last Danish veteran Detlef Marxen ( c. 1825 - 1930 ) -- Last German veteran Crimean War ( 1853 -- 56 ) Charles Longden ( 1833 -- 1938 ) -- British. Served in the Royal Engineers Yves Prigent ( 1833 -- 1938 ) -- French sailor. Edwin Bezar ( 1838 -- 1936 ) -- British soldier. Also last British soldier in New Zealand Wars. Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Baronet ( 1835 -- 1936 ) -- possible last British Army officer ( he died 9 months after Bezar ). Charles Nathan ( 1834 -- 1934 ) -- Last French soldier. Saw action in Italy, Syria, Mexico and Franco - Prussian War. Luigi Parachini ( c. 1832 -- 1930 ) -- Last Sardinian soldier. Served under general La Màrmora. Edwin Hughes ( 1830 -- 1927 ) -- Last survivor of Charge of the Light Brigade. Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton ( 1845 -- 1940 ). Claimed to have been a naval cadet on HMS Dragon during the siege of Sevastopol, earning two campaign medals before his twelfth birthday. There is no record of his having enrolled in the Royal Navy and at time of his visits to the Crimea ( mid-May to mid-July 1856 ), nobody was entitled to the award of the British Crimea Medal. Later Colonel in British Army in Second Boer War. Timothy ( c. 1839 -- 2004 ) -- Ship 's tortoise mascot of HMS Queen during the first bombardment of Sevastopol in the Crimean War ( she was the last survivor of this war ). Seminole Wars ( 1816 -- 58 ) Jacob C. Marsh ( c. 1818 -- 1917 ) -- U.S Volunteers. Last participant of the Second Seminole War Indian Mutiny ( 1857 -- 59 ) Charles Palmer ( 1847 -- 1940 ) -- Nine - year - old boy who participated in the Siege of Lucknow Robert Collinson d'Esterre Spottiswoode ( 1841 -- 1936 ) -- Last British Army veteran. Third Italian War of Independence ( 1866 ) Giovanni Battista Egisto Sivelli ( 1843 -- 1934 ) -- Italy. New Zealand Wars ( 1845 -- 72 ) Edwin Bezar ( 1838 -- 1936 ), last British soldier. Settled in New Zealand. Second Italian War of Independence ( 1859 ) Anton Neubauer ( 1836 -- 1941 ) -- Austria. Last survivor of the Battle of Solferino. Amedeo Galle ( 1837 -- 1936 ) -- Italy. François Ribet ( 1835 -- 1936 ) -- France. William John Newby ( 1832 -- 1934 ) -- England. Last member of British Legion. American Civil War ( 1861 -- 65 ) Union Albert Woolson ( 1850 -- 1956 ) Confederacy Last surviving Confederate veterans Name Claimed birth date Believed birth date Death date Status Pleasant Crump 23 December 1847 31 December 1951 Verified Felix M. Witkoski 5 January 1850 October 1854 3 February 1952 Dubious Thomas Edwin Ross 19 July 1850 27 March 1952 Possible Richard William Cumpston 23 May 1841 5 September 1952 Unknown William Murphy Loudermilk 23 October 1847 April 1851 18 September 1952 Possible William Joshua Uncle Josh Bush 10 July 1845 July 1846 11 November 1952 Verified Arnold Murray 10 June 1846 1842 / 1855 26 November 1952 Possible William Daniel Uncle Eli Townsend 12 April 1846 22 February 1953 Verified William Albert Kinney 10 February 1843 / 1846 10 February 1861 23 June 1953 Probable Thomas Evans Riddle 16 April 1846 1862 2 April 1954 Possible Most cases are questionable, though it should be remembered that many Confederate records were destroyed or lost to history. Unlike the U.S. military archives, the Confederate records had no official archive system after the war. However, for most of the cases investigated, the ages of the claimants alone were enough to prove their claim was false. Walter Williams was generally acknowledged as the `` last Confederate veteran '' in 1950s newspapers. However, in September 1959 an exposé by The New York Times revealed that he was in fact born in 1854 in Itawamba County, Mississippi, and not 1842 as claimed. Still, since Salling and all the other claimants were dead, Williams was celebrated as the last Confederate veteran after his death on 20 December 1959. Salling 's own status is disputed. In 1991, William Marvel examined the claims of Salling and several other `` last Civil War veterans '' for a piece in the Civil War history magazine Blue & Gray. Marvel found census data that indicated Salling was born in 1858, not 1846. Although in 1900 Salling supplied a birthdate of March 1858, he appears to have been born around 1856, still too late to have served in the Confederate Army. The 1860 census lists him as 4 years old, and the 1870 census as 14. William Lundy is listed as 1 year old on the 1860 census, and from 1870 until 1930 he gave census marshals ages that reflected birthdates as early as 1853 and as late as 1860. He did not push his birthdate back to the 1840s until he applied for a Confederate pension from the state of Florida. In the same piece, Marvel confirmed Woolson 's claim to be the last surviving Union veteran and asserted that Woolson was the last genuine Civil War veteran on either side. However, Marvel did not present research establishing who, among the several other Confederate claims from the 1950s, some of which appear to be genuine, was the real last Confederate veteran. French invasion of Mexico ( 1861 -- 67 ) Jules Pujos ( 1846 -- 1942 ) -- France. Francisco Arellano Zenteno ( 1842 -- 1935 ) -- Mexico. Fought at the battles of Puebla, La Carbonera and Tuxtepec. Had previously served in the Reform War. January Uprising ( 1863 -- 65 ) Feliks Bartczuk ( 1846 -- 1946 ) -- Last veteran. Second schleswig War ( 1864 ) Ove Henning Jacobsen ( 1841 -- 1941 ) -- Last Danish veteran. Expedition to abyssinia ( 1867 -- 68 ) Adrian Jones ( 1845 -- 1938 ) -- served as veterinary officer, believed to be last British survivor. Also served in First Boer War and Nile Expedition. Indian Wars ( 1622 -- 1924 ) Otto D. Van Norman ( 1876 -- 1981 ) -- Served in the local posse during the Battle of Kelley Creek Frederick Fraske ( 1872 -- 1973 ) -- Last U.S Army veteran Hubert V. Eva ( 1869 -- 1971 ) -- Last participant of the Battle of Sugar Point, last battle fought between Native Americans and the U.S. Army John Daw ( 1870 -- 1965 ) -- Last surviving U.S. Indian Scout Dewey Beard ( 1857 -- 1955 ) -- Native American from Lakota tribe. Last survivor of Battle of the Little Big Horn. Also fought at Wounded Knee. William James Howard ( 1826 -- 1924 ) -- fought in the Mariposa War in Yosemite Valley. David McCoy ( 1790 -- 1895 ) -- Fought in Tecumseh 's War. Saw Chief Tecumseh die while fighting in the Battle of the Thames. Served in the War of 1812 Josiah Allen ( 1800 -- 1891 ) -- Enlisted at 14 to serve in the Creek War. Later served in the War of 1812. Franco - Prussian War ( 1870 -- 71 ) Seraphin Pruvost ( 1849 -- 1955 ) -- Last French veteran. Karl Glöckner ( 1845 -- 1953 ) -- Last German veteran. Paris commune ( 1871 ) Adrien Lejeune ( 1847 -- 1942 ) -- Last Communard. Emile Chausse ( 1850 -- 1941 ) -- Left army and joined the communards in 1870. Antonin Desfarges ( 1851 -- 1941 ) -- Last Communard député. Third Anglo - Ashanti War ( 1873 -- 74 ) Harry Figg ( 1855 -- 1953 ) -- possible last British service veteran, died in Australia. Also served in First Boer War and Second Boer War. ( 7 ) ( 8 ) Russo - Turkish War ( 1877 -- 78 ) Konstantin Vikent'evich Hrutskij ( 1855 -- 1967 ) -- Preobrazhenskij Lifeguard Regiment. Claim is not fully verified, and Hrutskij 's own accounts of his experience contradict historical records. Nene Hatun ( 1857 -- 1955 ) -- Turkey. Fought at the Battle of Erzurum. Second Anglo - Afghan War ( 1878 -- 80 ) Alfred Hawker ( 1858 -- 1962 ) -- last British Army survivor Zulu War ( 1879 ) Charles Wallace Warden ( died 1953 ) -- Transferred to First Foot in 1874. Frank Bourne ( 1854 -- 1945 ) -- Last survivor of Rorke 's Drift. War of the Pacific ( 1879 -- 84 ) Ricardo Orellana Olate ( 1860 -- 1967 ) -- Chilean Army First Boer War ( 1880 -- 81 ) Harry Figg ( 1855 -- 1953 ) -- possibly last British Army survivor of this war, fought at Majuba Hill and Laing 's Nek. ( Previously served 1873 Anglo - Ashanti War. ) Anglo - Egyptian War ( 1882 ) Sir Dudley de Chair ( 1864 -- 1958 ) -- British Army. Mahdist War ( 1882 -- 99 ) James Richard Miles ( 1879 -- 1977 ) -- Britain. Last survivor of the Battle of Omdurman. William Francis Saville ( 1878 -- 1968 ) -- Lancashire Fusiliers. Fought at Battle of Omdurman, in Boer War and on Western Front 1915 - 18. Nile Expedition ( 1884 -- 85 ) Sir Reginald Wingate ( 1861 -- 1953 ) -- last British officer survivor ( later General in World War I ). Northwest Rebellion ( 1885 ) William Dickie Mills ( 1866 -- 1971 ) -- Canada Honoré Jackson ( 1861 -- 1952 ) -- Provisional Government of Saskatchewan Cuban War of Independence ( 1895 -- 98 ) Juan Fajardo Vega ( 1881 -- 1990 ) -- Cuban Liberation Army. Later served in the 1912 Negro Rebellion and the Cuban Revolution. Spanish -- American War ( 1898 ) Jones Morgan ( 1882 -- 1993 ) Aurelio Diaz Campillo ( 1878 -- 1989 ) -- Spain 20th century Second Boer War ( 1899 -- 1902 ) George Frederick Ives ( 1881 -- 1993 ) -- British army. Later emigrated to Canada. Pieter Arnoldus Krueler ( 1885 -- 1986 ) -- Boer army. Later served in both world wars and the Spanish Civil War and was a mercenary in the Congo Crisis. Boxer Rebellion ( 1899 -- 1901 ) and Philippine -- American War ( 1899 -- 1902 ) Nathan E. Cook ( 1885 -- 1992 ) Potemkin Mutiny ( 1905 ) Ivan Beshoff ( 1885 -- 1987 ) -- Sailor on Russian battleship Potemkin. Fled to Ireland and opened a fish and chips shop. Russo - Japanese War ( 1904 -- 05 ) Mamoru Eto ( 1883 -- 1992 ) -- Japanese Army Alex Gory ( 1881 -- 1989 ) -- Russian Army Macedonian Struggle ( 1904 -- 08 ) Christos Papantoniou ( 1890 -- 1995 ) -- Greece Mexican Revolution ( 1910 -- 20 ) Juan Carlos Caballero Vega ( 1900 -- 2010 ) -- Pancho Villa 's driver. Feliciano Mejia ( 1899 -- 2008 ) -- Last living member of Emiliano Zapata 's Ejército Libertador del Sur. Antonio Gómez Delgado ( 1900 -- 2007 ) -- Last living member of Pancho Villa 's División del Norte Teodoro García ( 1889 -- 1999 ) -- Last Federal soldier. Italo - Turkish War ( 1911 -- 12 ) Luigi Gilardi ( 1892 -- 1993 ) -- Italian Colonial Forces. Also served in WWI and WWII. Balkan Wars ( 1912 -- 13 ) Lăcătușu Dumitrașcu ( 1891 -- 1999 ) -- Romanian Army. Also served in WWI and WWII Christos Papantoniou ( 1890 -- 1995 ) -- Greek Army. Also served in WWI and WWII. Hristo Getov - Obbov ( 1893 -- 1994 ) -- Bulgarian Army. Hüseyin Kaçmaz ( 1884 -- 1994 ) -- Ottoman Army. Also served in WWI. Danilo Dajković ( 1895 -- 1993 ) -- Montenegrin Army. Also served in WWI. World War I ( 1914 -- 18 ) Main article : List of last surviving World War I veterans by country Florence Green ( 1901 -- 2012 ) -- Britain. Last veteran of World War I from any country. Served as an officer 's mess steward in the Women 's Royal Air Force. Claude Choules ( 1901 -- 2011 ) -- Britain. Last combat veteran. Served in the Royal Navy. Also last veteran to serve in both World Wars. Harry Patch ( 1898 -- 2009 ) -- Britain. Last soldier to fight in the trenches. Franz Künstler ( 1900 -- 2008 ) -- Austria - Hungary. Last veteran from the Central Powers. Easter rising ( 1916 ) John Rogers ( 1894 -- 2000 ) -- British Army. Also served in WWI. Lily Kempson ( 1897 -- 1996 ) -- Irish Citizen Army. William Connor Hogan ( 1898 -- 1995 ) -- Irish Volunteers. Also served in the War of Independence and the Civil War. October Revolution ( 1917 ) Boris Gudz ( 1902 -- 2006 ) -- Red Army. Also fought in Russian Civil War. Russian Civil War ( 1917 -- 22 ) Russian participants : Boris Gudz ( 1902 -- 2006 ) -- Red Army. Also fought in October Revolution. Nikolai Fyodorov ( 1901 -- 2003 ) -- White Army. Veterans of Allied military intervention forces : Warren V. Hileman ( 1901 -- 2005 ) -- last US Army veteran of Polar Bear Expedition. Harold Edwin Radford ( 1897 -- 2003 ) -- last known Canadian veteran, was stationed at Vladivostok. Jean Piry ( 1896 -- 2003 ) -- last known French Army veteran Frank William Ivers ( 1902 -- 2003 ) -- last known British veteran, served in Royal Navy off north Russia. Harold Gunnes ( 1899 -- 2003 ) -- last US Navy veteran of the Polar Bear Expedition. Saw action against the Bolsheviks on USS Olympia ( C - 6 ) in 1918. Finnish Civil War ( 1918 ) Lauri Nurminen ( 1906 -- 2009 ) -- White Guards. Aarne Arvonen ( 1897 -- 2009 ) -- Red Guards. Greater Poland Uprising ( 1918 -- 19 ) Jan Rzepa ( 1899 -- 2005 ) -- Last Polish fighter. German Revolution of 1918 -- 19 Helmut Fink ( 1901 -- 2009 ) -- Freikorps. William Seegers ( Also second last German World War One Veteran ) ( 1900 -- 2007 ) -- German Army. Polish -- ukrainian War ( 1918 -- 19 ) Major Aleksander Sałacki ( 1904 -- 2008 ) -- Poland. Last surviving Lwów Eaglet. Estonian War of Independence ( 1918 -- 20 ) Ants Ilus ( 1901 -- 2006 ) -- Died in Estonia. Karl Jaanus ( 1899 -- 2000 ) -- Last surviving Cross of Liberty recipient awarded during war. Latvian War of Independence ( 1918 -- 20 ) Arnolds Hofmanis ( 1900 -- 2006 ) -- Died in Tukums, Latvia. Arvīds Lauris ( 1901 -- 2003 ) -- Last surviving Order of Lāčplēsis recipient awarded during war. Lithuanian Wars of Independence ( 1918 -- 20 ) Kazys Varkala ( 1900 -- 2005 ) -- Lithuania. Fought against the Soviets and the Bermontians Česlovas Januškevičius ( 1900 -- 2001 ) -- Lithuania. Fought the Polish in 1920. Irish War of Independence ( 1919 -- 21 ) Dan Keating ( 1902 -- 2007 ) -- Irish Republican Army. Bert Clark ( 1899 -- 2005 ) -- British Army. Hugh McIvor ( 1901 -- 2002 ) -- Last survivor of the Royal Irish Constabulary Polish -- Soviet War ( 1919 -- 21 ) Alexander Imich ( 1903 -- 2014 ) - Poland. Silesian Uprisings ( 1919 -- 21 ) Wilhelm Meisel ( 1904 -- 2009 ) -- Last survivor. Polish -- Lithuanian War ( 1919 -- 20 ) Stefan Jan Ostrowski ( 1902 -- 2003 ) -- Poland. Also fought against the Soviets. Česlovas Januškevičius ( 1900 -- 2001 ) -- Lithuania. Turkish War of Independence ( 1919 -- 23 ) Mustafa Şekip Birgöl ( 1903 -- 2008 ) -- Died in Turkey. Greco - Turkish War ( 1919 -- 22 ) Veysel Turan ( 1901 -- 2007 ) -- Turkey Napoleon Patricios ( 1899 -- 2006 ) -- Greece. Served on board the destroyer Ierax. Rif War ( 1920 - 1926 ) Francisco Nunez Olivera ( born 1904 ) -- Spain. March on Rome ( 1922 ) Vasco Bruttomesso ( 1903 -- 2009 ) Irish Civil War ( 1922 - 23 ) Dan Keating ( 1902 -- 2007 ) -- Anti-treaty forces. Served in the Irish Republican Army. Seán Clancy ( 1901 - 2006 ) -- Pro-treaty forces. Served in the National Army Northern Expedition ( 1926 -- 28 ) Tsien Tsuen - hsuin ( 1909 -- 2015 ) -- National Revolutionary Army. Cristero War ( 1926 -- 29 ) Juan Daniel Macías Villegas ( 1912 -- 2016 ) -- Last surviving Cristero. Nanchang Uprising ( 1927 ) Xiao Ke ( 1907 -- 2008 ) -- Last Communist officer. Brazilian Revolution of 1930 Waldemar Levy Cardoso ( 1900 -- 2009 ) -- Brazilian army. Spanish Civil War ( 1936 -- 1939 ) Delmer Berg ( 1915 -- 2016 ) - United States. Last veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Günther Scholz ( 1911 -- 2014 ) - Germany. Last veteran of the Condor Legion. 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( 2004 ). Luttrell, Henry Lawes, second earl of Carhampton ( 1737 -- 1821 ). Oxford : Oxford University Press. Jump up ^ Zuerlein, Roger. `` ? ''. FortuneCity. Retrieved 12 November 2010. Jump up ^ Dalzell, James McCormick ; Gray, John ( 1868 ). Private Dalzell, his autobiography, poems, and comic war papers, sketch of John Gray, Washington 's last soldier, etc. R. Clarke. p. 189. CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter ( link ) Jump up ^ Taylor, Maureen ( 2003 ). `` The Last Men of the Revolution '' ( PDF ). American Spirit. pp. 30 -- 31. Retrieved 7 November 2010. Jump up ^ Cook, Burr. `` Lemuel Cook ''. The Burr. Retrieved 18 October 2010. Jump up ^ `` Cochran Cemetery, Engelwood, TN ''. ^ Jump up to : Mathieu, Frédéric ( 2008 ). Napoléon, les derniers témoins ( in French ). Éditions Sébirot. ISBN 978 - 2 - 9532726 - 0 - 4. Jump up ^ E. Treves ( 1884 ). L'Illustrazione popolare ( in Italian ). 20. p. 542. Jump up ^ `` Een veteraan van Napoleon 's leger '' ( in Dutch ). 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Naval General Service Medal Roll 1793 - 1840. Andrews UK Limited. p. 310. Jump up ^ `` LAST SURVIVOR OF JULY REVOLUTION IS DEAD ''. The San Francisco Call. 3 December 1911. Retrieved 24 August 2014. Jump up ^ Je sais tout ( in French ). 1905. p. 470. Retrieved 24 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` Le dernier combattant de 1830 '' ( in French ). Retrieved 2012 - 08 - 12. Jump up ^ Steele, Alfonso ; Houston, Sam ( 1836 ). Biography of Private Alfonso Steele : deceased, last survivor of the Battle of San Jacinto, together with Mr. Steele 's account of the campaign and fight, and the official report of General Sam Houston, with complete roster of the commands composing the little army. s.n. CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter ( link ) Jump up ^ Groneman, Bill ( 1990 ). Alamo defenders : a genealogy, the people and their words. New York : Eakins Press. p. 1. Jump up ^ `` DEATH OF THE LAST SURVIVOR OF THE BLACK HAWK WAR. ''. 14. Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. 1922. Jump up ^ `` Nelson Truax, Last Survivor of the Battle of the Windmill ''. Watertown Daily Times. 1923. Retrieved 29 April 2016. Jump up ^ Lyman, H.S. ( 1900 ). Reminiscences of FX Matthieu. 1. Portland : Oregon Historical Society. Jump up ^ Fido, Martin ; Skinner, Keith ( 1999 ). The Official Encyclopedia of Scotland Yard. London : Virgin Books. CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter ( link ) Jump up ^ Associated Press ( September 1929 ). `` Mexican War 's Last Survivor, 98, is Dead ''. The Dallas Morning News. Jump up ^ `` Last Mexican Veteran Of War With U.S. Dies ''. newspaper. The Evening News. Feb 6, 1928. Jump up ^ `` Százkét éves korában influenzában meghalt a legutolsó negyvennyolcas honvéd ''. Huszadik Század. 1929. Retrieved 2014 - 06 - 21. Jump up ^ `` Wolverhampton says goodbye to a century - old soldier ''. Black Country Bugle. 24 November 2005. Retrieved 24 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` En Veteran Fra 48, der fylder 100 Ar '' ( in Danish ). MyHeritage. Retrieved 8 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` War Veteran of 104 ''. newspaper. The Auckland Star. 14 June 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 29 April 2016. Jump up ^ `` Crimean veteran passes ''. Trove Digitized Newspapers. 20 December 1938. Retrieved 8 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` Last Post Sounds For Crimean Veteran ''. Trove Digitized Newspapers. 18 December 1938. Retrieved 8 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` Sir Fitzroy Maclean ''. 23 November 1936. Retrieved 2009 - 03 - 06. Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, Bt., who died yesterday at Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, at the age of 101, Chief of his Clan and a Crimean veteran, was one of the best known of the `` grand old men '' of Scotland. When a boy in his early teens he was taken by his father to see the ruins of Duart Castle, burnt to the ground two centuries before, and then made a vow to restore it to its former glory. The vow was redeemed in 1912, when the yellow banner of the Chief of the Clan once more floated over the castle walls amid the rejoicings of the chieftains and clansmen from all parts of the world.... Jump up ^ MacLean, John Patterson ( 1889 ). A History of the Clan MacLean from Its First Settlement at Duard Castle, in the Isle of Mull, to the Present Period : Including a Genealogical Account of Some of the Principal Families Together with Their Heraldry, Legends, Superstitions, etc. R. Clarke & Company. Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean, Bart., Twenty - sixth Chief of MacLean and tenth Baronet of Morvern, was born May 18, 1835. On May 18, 1855 he received the Crimean medal for his gallant conduct in the Crimea. He also received two clasps and the Turkish war medal. Jump up ^ `` LAST SURVIVOR OF CRIMEA WAR DIES BUSTO ARSIZIO ''. Sandusky, Ohio : The Sandusky Register. 28 May 1930. Retrieved 30 September 2015. Jump up ^ `` Hall of Fame : Balaclava Ned ''. BBC News. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2010. Jump up ^ `` IET Archives, history, biographies, online exhibitions and research guides ''. The IET. Retrieved 29 November 2011. Jump up ^ `` BBC NEWS - England - Devon - Timmy the tortoise dies aged 160 ''. news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2017. Jump up ^ `` Last Survivor of Seminole War Succumbs at 99 ''. Salt Lake Telegram. Associated Press. February 12, 1917. Jump up ^ `` Officers at the Cavalry Depôt in Canterbury -- 1878 ''. Hussar Photos. Retrieved 2011 - 10 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Col. Spottiswoode Dies ''. The Montreal Gazette. 1936. Retrieved 2011 - 12 - 12. Jump up ^ 1886 -- 1986, Il Secolo XIX, Genova, 1986 pag. 302 Jump up ^ `` I Garibaldini liguri ''. sul sito del Museo del Risorgimento di Genova. Archived from the original on 2012 - 01 - 26. Retrieved 14 August 2017. Jump up ^ `` Hero Celebrates 100th Birthday ''. The Ogden Standard - Examiner. July 16, 1936. p. 4. Retrieved September 10, 2016. Jump up ^ J. Marwil ( 2010 ). Visiting Modern War in Risorgimento Italy. Springer. Retrieved September 10, 2016. Jump up ^ `` NONAGENARIAN 'S DEATH : Veteran of Garibaldi Campaigns ''. The West Australian. August 31, 1936. p. 18. access - date = requires url = ( help ) Jump up ^ `` Campagnes de Crimée ( 1853 - 1856 ), d'Italie ( 1859 ), d'Afrique ( 1864 ), du Mexique ( 1862 - 1867 ) '' ( in French ). derniersveterans.free.fr. Retrieved September 10, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Garibaldi Survivor ''. The Barrier Miner. March 28, 1934. p. 4. access - date = requires url = ( help ) Jump up ^ The Banner ( 1956 ). `` Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War : Albert Woolson ''. Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Retrieved 20 October 2010. Jump up ^ Polston, Mike. `` WILLIAM LOUDERMILK, THE LAST CONFEDERATE ''. Couch Genealogy. Retrieved 2010 - 11 - 07. Jump up ^ ' George Washington Loudermilk 's Ancestors. '' Aline Loudermilk Jones compiled this massive genealogy 2007. It is online. The 1930 census also gives him a birth date consistent with late 1847. Between 1949 and his death in 1952 three Arkansas newspapers and four nation wide papers and magazines gave his age as being consistent with a birth date of late 1847 and ' The New York Times ' was specific. The stories were not syndicated. Jump up ^ `` 1900 US Census gives age as 49. The censuses give Loudermilk a wide range of ages, some make him younger than a decade before, other age him nineteen years in ten ''. Retrieved 14 August 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Last Surviving Confederate Veterans ''. Genealogy Trails. Retrieved 2010 - 11 - 07. Jump up ^ `` GEN William Joshua Jordan `` Uncle Josh '' Bush ( 1845 - 1952 ) - Find A Grave Memorial ``. www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 14 August 2017. Jump up ^ William Joshua Bush shows up as enlisted in Company B Ramah Guards, 14th Georgia Infantry where he served from July 1861 to his discharge that October. His service with the Georgia State Militia from October 1864 to their surrender in late April 1865 was also verified by the Georgia State Pensions in 1936 ( see http://cdm.sos. state ga.us 2011 / cdm / compoundobject collection / Testapps / id / 149449 / rec / 1 ) apart from the muster rolls the adjutant - general verified his other documents. These include his soldier 's card, a pay slip and his 1861 discharge. Between them these documents bear five different signatures. Bush may have also served in the 66th Georgia between August 1863 and October 1864. Jump up ^ `` ARNOLD MURRAY Confederate Veteran living in 1950 ''. Sons of Confederate Veterans. 2005 - 08 - 05. Retrieved 2010 - 11 - 07. Jump up ^ `` ARNOLD MURRAY Confederate Veteran living in 1950. '' Posted J. Block August 5th 2005. This article mentions the stated 1854 / 1855 census birthdate -- and also the 1920 census birthdate for 1847 -- 48. The censuses of 1910 1930 and 1940 also give 1840s birthdates. Life magazine in the May 30th issue on page 9 gives his age as 101. In The South 's Last Boys in Gray Professor J S. Hoar lists twenty - two known enlisted Confederates under eleven. See pp1733 - 1734. Jump up ^ Find a Grave `` Arnold Murray 1846 - 1952 '' has a civil War era photo of Arnold Murray as a young soldier. TennRebGirl.com 3 / 4 / 14 has him in a group photo at a 1913 Confederate reunion. In the 1930 census he affirmed both Civil War service and a birthdate in the later 1840s. Jump up ^ `` William Daniel `` Uncle Eli '' Townsend ( 1846 - 1953 ) - Find A Grave Memorial ``. www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 14 August 2017. Jump up ^ Townsend 's 1861 enlistment in Company B. 27th Louisiana Infantry is recorded on their muster roll in Andrew B. Booth 's Military Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands. and also in the LouisianaInfantryDataBase. ancestry.com has six primary source documents in his name ; an 1862 sickness furlough, a clothing allocation, a Vicksburg prisoner of war roll where he is listed and his signed parole. Jump up ^ In Professor Jay S. Hoar 's The South 's Last Boy 's in Gray ( page 1700 ) he states that Kiney lied about his age by three years so as to be old enough to enlist. The 1850 census gives his age as four and his birthplace as Bracken County Kentucky. The first names of his parents in that document match those in a 1991 letter to Professor Hoar written by Kiney 's granddaughter. Jump up ^ This birthdate comes from the February 1991 article `` The Great Imposters '' by William Marvel and is also in the 1900 and 1920 censuses for a man who spells his name Kinney. This birthdate also appears in a March 1920 marriage record for a William A. Kiney of Indianapolis. Kiney lived in this city. These documents are discussed in the entry `` William A. Kiney '' in the Find A Grave Forum. Jump up ^ Kiney has three primary source records of his enlistments apart from records kept by his family. In Official Records it states that he was in 5th Regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry. This enlistment is also mentioned in Kentucky Adjutant General 's Report -- Confederate Volunteers 1861 -- 1865, Vol. 1 page 254 entry 80, where Kiney 's enlistment is dated on November 1st 1861. Wikipedia 's entry on this unit states that they were disbanded in October 1862 and the troops were given a three way choice, discharge, reenlistment or joining the Kentucky Cavalry. Kiney went with the last option as he enlisted in Company l of Diamond 's 10th Kentucky Cavalry on 18th November 1863. ( This extract is from the book The 10th Kentucky Cavalry CSA by John B. Wells & Jim Pritchard. See Roster of Diamond 's 10th Kentucky Cavalry CSA www. potterflats. com10thKyhtml ) Professor Hoare 's segment on Kiney in The South 's Last Boys in Gray reproduces an excerpt of Lloyd B. Walton 's article `` He 's a Man Even at 109 '' from The Indianapolis Times September 14th 1952. Here Kiney speaks of his Civil War experience, recalling that he was in most of the war and that Shiloh was his toughest fight. Find a Graveshows his tombstone with the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry inscribed as his unit. They are not known to have had a muster roll. Jump up ^ This information comes from the 1850 census. Later censuses give a wide range of dates. Jump up ^ `` 1910 Census gives age as 48 ''. Retrieved 14 August 2017. Jump up ^ Thomas Evans Riddle is enlisted under his full name in the reproduced muster roll in Terry D. Lowry 's History of the 22nd Virginia Infantry. He is also listed as just Thomas Riddle and in the same company in John C. Wayland 's Muster Roll of Confederate Soldiers. He apparently transferred regiments for in Official Recordshe appears on the muster roll of Company I 33rd Virginia Infantry. John B. Sheets of that same company kept a diary where Thomas Riddle is mentioned on February 26th 1863. Against this evidence is the fact that Lowry cautions against believing Riddle and that some of Riddle 's descendants warn that due to census information, he could not have served in the Civil War. See their website `` Our Family '' by David Autry. Jump up ^ Associated Press ( 20 December 1959 ). `` Reputed Last Civil War Veteran Dies in Texas After Long Illness : Walter Williams Put His Age at 117 -- Tributes Note the End of an Era ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 17 October 2011. Jump up ^ Marvel, William ( 1991 ). The great imposters. VIII. Columbus : Blue and Gray. pp. 32 -- 33. Jump up ^ `` Murio Ayer el Ultimo Veterano del 5 de Mayo '' ( PDF ) ( in Spanish ). Gobierno Municipal de Puebla. Retrieved 8 August 2014. Jump up ^ Jakubik, Marian ; Kołodziejczyk, Arkadiusz ( 2002 ). Żołnierska danina życia od 1657 roku ( in Polish ). IHAP. p. 158. ISBN 978 - 83 - 87088 - 59 - 0. CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter ( link ) Jump up ^ `` hammerum-herred.dk ''. hammerum-herred.dk. Retrieved 14 August 2017. Jump up ^ ( 2 ) Inventory of British National Army Museum which describes one of its archives as `` Press Cutting from : Evening Standard, 11 Feb 1936 ; detailing experiences of Capt Adrian Jones, thought to be the last survivor of the Abyssinian Campaign ; associated with Abyssinia ( 1867 -- 1868 ) '' Jump up ^ `` Services for Otto D. Van Norman ''. RootsWeb. Retrieved 8 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` LAST VET OF INDIAN WARS DIES AT AGE 101 ''. Chicago Tribune. 17 June 1973. Jump up ^ `` Colonel Hubert V. Eva ''. ZenithCity.com. Retrieved 8 August 2014. Jump up ^ Chicago Corral of the Westerners ( 1965 ). Westerners brand book, Volumes 22 - 25. Siedlce. p. 24. Jump up ^ `` John Daw ''. Genealogy Trails. 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2010. Jump up ^ Hopkins, John Christian ( 11 March 2006 ). `` 129 years after Little Big Horn ''. Gallup Independent. Retrieved 18 October 2010. Jump up ^ Lawson, Michael L. ; Rosier, Paul C. ( 2007 ). Little Bighorn : Winning the Battle, Losing the War. Infobase Publishing. p. 126. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7910 - 9347 - 4. CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter ( link ) Jump up ^ `` Capt William James Howard ( 1826 -- 1924 ) ''. FindAGrave.com. Retrieved 8 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` David McCoy ( 1790 -- 1895 ) ''. FindAGrave.com. Retrieved 24 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` Josiah Allen ''. Rootsweb. Retrieved 8 August 2014. Jump up ^ Bowd, Gavin ( 2007 ). Le dernier communard : Adrien Lejeune ( in French ). Editions L'Harmattan. ISBN 978 - 2 - 296 - 02974 - 3. Jump up ^ http://soviet-awards.com/forum/soviet-bloc-awards/imperial-russian-sphere-resulting-nations/russian-empire/61634-konstantin-vikentevich-hrutskij.html Jump up ^ `` Ветеран Русско - Турецкой войны Константин Викентьевич Хруцкий ( 112 лет ) 1963 год. Внутри большой пост про георгиевских кавалеров в СССР ''. Retrieved 14 August 2017. Jump up ^ McWhirter, Ross and Norris ( editors ) ( 1972 ). The Guinness Book of Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 196. ISBN 0 900424 06 0. CS1 maint : Extra text : authors list ( link ) Jump up ^ Warre, H.J. ( 1878 ). Historical records of the Fifty - seventh, or, West Middlesex Regiment of Foot. W. Mitchell and Co. p. 229. Jump up ^ `` Colour Sergeant Bourne DCM, ( 2459 B Co. 24th. Regiment ) ''. Rorke 's Drift Victoria Crosses. Retrieved 21 October 2010. Jump up ^ `` HISTORIA DE LA UNIÓN DE OFICIALES EN RETIRO DE LA DEFENSA NACIONAL '' ( in Spanish ). UNOFAR. Retrieved 8 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` En memoria de los veteranos '' ( in Spanish ). El Austral de la Araucania. Retrieved 24 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` LAST SURVIVOR OF EGYPTIAN WAR ''. The Glasgow Herald. Retrieved 2013 - 05 - 06. Jump up ^ RJM Pugh ( 2011 ). Wingate Pasha : The Life of General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate 1861 - 1953. Pen and Sword. p. 83. Jump up ^ `` Sgt William `` Billy '' Mills ``. The Royal Canadian Regiment. Retrieved November 3, 2014. Jump up ^ `` FOUGHT AGAINST RIEL ''. The Brandon Sun. March 8, 1966. Retrieved August 11, 2017. Jump up ^ Mlazgar, Brian. `` JACKSON, WILLIAM HENRY ( 1861 -- 1952 ) ''. The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 21 October 2010. Jump up ^ `` Juan Fajardo Vega '' ( in Spanish ). EcuRed.com. Retrieved 8 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` La hija del último mambí cumplió 101 años '' ( in Spanish ). CubaDebate.com. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2014. Jump up ^ Seitz, George ( 24 January 2007 ). `` Jones Morgan ''. Find A Grave. Jump up ^ Ignacio Gracia Noriega ( 1989 ). `` El tio Aurelio de Tielve '' ( in Spanish ). 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The Daily Telegraph. 9 April 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010. Jump up ^ `` EXPOSICION DE FELICIANO MEJÍA EN EL BORDA '' ( in Spanish ). National Council for Culture and Arts. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2011. Jump up ^ `` Don Feliciano ''. Retrieved 14 August 2017. Jump up ^ ( 3 ) Jump up ^ Servin, Fernando Camacho ( 13 February 2005 ). `` De nada sirvió lo que se hizo en la Revolución '' ( in Spanish ). La Jornada. Retrieved 21 October 2010. Jump up ^ Associated Press ( 26 April 1999 ). `` Last known Mexican to fight rebel Pancho Villa dead at 110 ''. Latin American Studies. Retrieved 21 October 2010. Jump up ^ Ravo, Nick ( 1 May 1999 ). `` Teodoro Garcia, 110 ; Fought Villa on the Government Side ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 21 October 2010. Jump up ^ Airuno Archivio della Memoria. `` Foto di gruppo pattuglia di carabinieri '' ( in Italian ). BRIGcoop. Retrieved 4 June 2017. Jump up ^ Benone Neagoe ( April 18, 2011 ). `` '' Am avut trei mari pasiuni în viaţă : Basarabia, pământul în care m - am născut, familia şi armata '' -- interviu cu colonelul ( r ) Gheorghe Lăcătuşu, veteran de război '' ( in Romanian ). Dor de Basarabia. Retrieved 2016 - 02 - 10. Jump up ^ George Danailov ( 2002 ). As far as I Remember ( in Bulgarian ). Abagar. Jump up ^ `` ÇANAKKALE ZAFERİ'NİN 96. YIL DÖNÜMÜ - ETKİNLİKLER KAPSAMINDA İSTİKLAL GAZİSİ HÜSEYİN KAÇMAZ'IN OĞLU TURGUT KAÇMAZ'IN `` SAKLI HATIRALAR '' FOTOĞRAF SERGİSİ AÇILDI '' ( in Turkish ). Haber3. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014. Jump up ^ Петнаестогодишњица упокојења Митрополита црногорско - приморског Г. Данила ( 1895 -- 1993 ) ( in Serbian ). Serbian Orthodox Church. September 12, 2008. Retrieved August 24, 2014. Jump up ^ Richard Van Emden. `` John ' Jack ' Rogers ''. Britain 's Last Tommies. Retrieved 8 May 2016. 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Question: when did the last survivor of the crimean war die
Answer: 2004