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27 February 2011. 110 years. The last surviving veteran from the Colony of Jamaica was Stanley Stair [33] (d. 2008) and from British Guyana was Gershom Browne [34] (d. 2000). Thomas Shaw (d. 2002) was the last veteran from Ireland, [35] and Alfred Anderson (d. 2005) was the last from Scotland.
Frank Woodruff Buckles (born Wood Buckles, February 1, 1901 – February 27, 2011) was a United States Army corporal and the last surviving American military veteran of World War I. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 aged 16 and served with a detachment from Fort Riley, driving ambulances and motorcycles near the front lines in Europe.
American military personnel killed in World War I. United States Marine Corps personnel of World War I. World War I recipients of the Medal of Honor. United States Navy personnel of World War I. American prisoners of war in World War I. United States Army Air Service pilots of World War I. American World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross.
Though not mentioned in the 1864 book The Last Men of the Revolution, he was the last surviving veteran of the American Revolution to have been granted a pension. Daniel Frederick Bakeman (1759–1869) – Continental Army. Last veteran drawing a pension awarded by Congress; granted a pension in 1867 even though he could not prove his service. [7]
In all some 125 men received the Medal for their actions in World War I (34 of them posthumously): 92 from the Army, to include 4 from the Air Service, 21 from the Navy (including 10 who received the Medal of non-combat actions), and 8 from the Marine Corps. Among the recipients were Alvin York, who later became the basis for the movie Sergeant ...
Pages in category "Italian military personnel of World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 566 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The World War Veterans (WWV) was established in 1919 as a progressive organization of American veterans of the First World War. It officially claimed to have been organized just 9 days after the armistice , on November 20, 1918 in Bois, France , while the group filed formal certificate of incorporation in New York state on February 13, 1919.
A. Aces (military) (1 C, 2 P) Albanian military personnel of World War I (3 P) American military personnel of World War I (8 C, 346 P) Australian military personnel of World War I (6 C, 1,056 P) Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I (3 C, 533 P, 2 F) Azerbaijani military personnel of World War I (6 P)
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