Stanley Stair

Stanley Stair (October 1900 – April 2008) was the last British West Indies Regiment veteran. (4 March 2003; Updated 11 December 2008). Last Caribbean veteran of first world war dies at 105, Guardian He joined in Jamaica in 1916. He dug trenches in France. He lied about his age. Of the group of friends he had enlisted with in Jamaica, he was the only one to survive the war.  At the end of the war he was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. 

He died in Animal Hill, Lucea, Jamaica, in April 2008 at the age of 107.

References

Category:1900 births
Category:2008 deaths
Category:Centenarians
Category:British military personnel of World War I
Category:Jamaican people