serviceyears branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance family unit birth_date article_title name
1899 -- 1902 british army 12 april 1993 british columbia , canada brighton , england united kingdom kay and three daughters nelson ives -lrb- spouse -rrb- , three sons imperial yeomanry 17 november 1881 george frederick ives
 george frederick ives
george frederick ives

george frederick ives -lrb- 17 november 1881 -- 12 april 1993 -rrb- was a british army veteran , who became known as the last surviving veteran of the boer wars .
george ives became known in the uk after a piece in the peterborough column in the daily telegraph -lrb- uk -rrb- .
his record as oldest british veteran , at 111 years and 146 days , of any war was broken on 1 november 2007 by first world war veteran henry allingham .
