List of last surviving World War I veterans by country

The last living veteran of World War I was Florence Green. She was a British woman who served in the Allied armed forces, and who died on 4 February 2012, aged 110. The last veteran who served in combat was Claude Choules. He served in the British Royal Navy (and later the Royal Australian Navy) and died on 5 May 2011, aged 110. The last veteran who served in the trenches was Harry Patch who died on 25 July 2009, aged 111. The last Central Powers veteran was Franz Künstler from Austria-Hungary. He died on 27 May 2008 at the age of 107.

The total number of people who took part in WWI is estimated by the Encyclopædia Britannica at 65,038,810. There were around 9,750,103 military deaths during the conflict.

Overall
CountryNameDeath dateAgeSaci Ben Hocine Mahdi100 yearsAugust Bischof107 years John Campbell Ross110 years George Blackman105 yearsCyrillus-Camillus Barbary105 yearsJohn Babcock109 yearsAlois Vocásek107 yearsLorenz Gram105 yearsJuhan Kallaste107 yearsPierre Picault109 yearsErich Kästner107 yearsGershom Browne102 yearsFranz Künstler107 yearsDelfino Borroni110 yearsStanley Stair107 yearsBert van Sloten105 yearsWallace PikeBright Williams105 yearsEracleo Alimpolo104 yearsStanisław Wycech105 yearsJosé Ladeira107 yearsGheorghe Pănculescu104 yearsDmitry Malozemov101 yearsAbdoulaye N'Diaye104 yearsAleksa Radovanović105 yearsIvan Kovačič103 yearsNorman Kark102 yearsYod Sangrungruang106 yearsYakup Satar110 yearsMikhail Krichevsky111 yearsFlorence Green110 yearsFrank Buckles110 years

By branch
This is the list of the last living veterans of World War I by the country and the branch that they served:

 Country Branch of Service Name Death AgeAlgeriaArmySaci Ben Hocine Mahdi1998100 yearsAustraliaAir ForceHarold Edwards9 August 1998102 yearsArmyJohn Campbell Ross3 June 2009110 yearsNavyWilliam Afton15 October 2005106 yearsAustriaAir Force?????????ArmyAugust Bischof4 March 2006107 yearsNavy?????????BarbadosAir Force?????????ArmyGeorge BlackmanMarch 2003105 yearsNavy?????????BelgiumAir Force????????? ArmyCyrillus-Camillus Barbary16 September 2004105 yearsNavy?????????BulgariaAir Force?????????Army?????????Navy?????????CanadaAir ForceHenry Botterell3 January 2003106 years ArmyJohn Babcock18 February 2010109 yearsNavyDwight Wilson9 May 2007106 yearsCzechoslovakia ArmyAlois Vocásek9 August 2003107 yearsFranceAir ForceAndré Jean LavrandSept 28, 2005104 yearsArmyPierre Picault20 November 2008109 yearsNavyBernard Delaire1 October 2007108 yearsGermanyAir ForceWalter Heiman18 March 2007106 yearsArmyErich Kästner1 January 2008109 yearsNavyFranz Xaver Brandmeier8 September 2006107 yearsGuyanaAir Force?????????ArmyGershom Browne6 December 2000102 yearsNavy?????????HungaryAir Force?????????Navy????????? ArmyFranz Künstler27 May 2008107 yearsIrelandAir Force????????? ArmyThomas Shaw2 March 2002102 yearsNavy?????????ItalyArmyDelfino Edmondo Borroni26 October 2008110 yearsNavyGiuseppe PaganoJuly 2003105 yearsJamaicaAir Force?????????ArmyStanley StairApril 2008106 yearsNavy?????????NepalAir Force?????????Army?????????Navy?????????NetherlandsAir ForceBert van SlotenSeptember 2005105 yearsArmy?????????Navy?????????NewfoundlandAir Force?????????ArmyWallace Pike11 April 1999 99 yearsNavy?????????New ZealandAir Force?????????ArmyBright Williams13 February 2003105 yearsNavy?????????PhilippinesAir Force?????????Army?????????NavyEracleo Alimpolo2 October 2002104 yearsPolandAir Force?????????Underground MovementStanisław Wycech12 January 2008105 yearsNavyFranciszek Pióro11 September 2002105 yearsPortugalAir Force?????????ArmyJosé Ladeira5 May 2003107 yearsNavy?????????RomaniaAir Force?????????ArmyGheorghe Pănculescu9 January 2007104 yearsNavy?????????SenegalAir Force?????????ArmyAbdoulaye N'Diaye10 November 1998104 yearsNavy?????????SerbiaAir Force?????????ArmyAleksa Radovanović22 June 2004103 yearsNavy?????????SloveniaAir Force?????????ArmyIvan Kovacic16 April 2001103 yearsNavy?????????South AfricaAir ForceKenneth Reid van der Spuy199199 yearsArmyNorman Kark30 March 2000102 yearsNavy?????????ThailandAir Force?????????ArmyYod Sangrungruang9 October 2003106 yearsNavy?????????TurkeyAir Force?????????ArmyYakup Satar2 April 2008110 yearsNavy?????????Russian EmpireArmyMikhail Krichevsky26 December 2008111 yearsNavy?????????United KingdomAir Force (Male)Henry Allingham17 July 2009113 yearsAir Force (Female)Florence Green4 February 2012110 yearsArmy (male)Henry John (Harry) Patch25 July 2009111 yearsArmy (female)Ivy Lillian Campany19 December 2008107 yearsMerchant NavyHenry Johnson2010108 yearsNavyClaude Choules5 May 2011110 yearsUnited StatesAir ForceHomer Anderson23 September 2006108 yearsArmyFrank Buckles27 February 2011110 yearsNavy (female)Charlotte Winters (last US female veteran)27 March 2007109 yearsNavy (male)Lloyd Brown29 March 2007105 yearMarine CorpsAlbert "Jud" Wagner20 January 2007107 years

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