serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance battles birth_date article_title name
1914 ; 1916 -- 1919 royal irish rifles bangor , county down , northern ireland 2 march 2002 -lrb- aged 102 -rrb- belfast , ireland now -lrb- northern ireland -rrb- united kingdom world war i june 1899 thomas shaw -lrb- world war i veteran -rrb-
 thomas shaw
thomas shaw -lrb- world war i veteran -rrb-

thomas shaw -lrb- june 1899 -- 2 march 2002 -rrb- was the last known irish world war i british army veteran .
he served in the royal irish rifles after joining up in 1916 and fought in battles such as passchendaele .
