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Veterans of the First World War who died in 1999

The following is a list of known veterans of the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) who died in 1999.

Note: this list is far from complete, except for the UK and USA. Even then the list is still incomplete, with the USA listing coming mainly from those who served in France.

Veterans by country of service - 485 veterans

Australia (19 veterans)

Name Rank/Regiment/Corps Born Died Notes
Armitage, James Ramsay Gunner, 8th Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Imperial Force 1899 16 Nov 1999 (100) Enlisted 1917. Served in France. [1] [5]
Bell, Franklyn Hutton Private, 3rd General Service Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force 5 Jun 1898 7 May 1999 (100) Non combat. Enlisted July 1918 and still in training when the war ended.[1][6]
Claydon, Samuel James Private, 5th General Service Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force 13 Dec 1894 19 Aug 1999 (104) Non combat. Enlisted June 1918, fell ill in Cape Town whilst being transported to Europe and repatriated.[1][7]
Coles, Wilfred James Private, 16th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force 1900 9 Jan 1999 (98) Enlisted underage in 1917. Served in France.[1][8]
Dalwood, Bertram Horace Gunner, 41st Battery, 11th Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Imperial Force 21 Nov 1899 27 Jan 1999 (99) Enlisted 1918. Served in France for 6 weeks at the end of the war.[9]
Greenwood, John Halliley Private, 11th General Service Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force 25 Aug 1899 23 Feb 1999 (99) Non combat. Enlisted May 1918 and on a troop ship from Melbourne to London at the Armistice.[1][10]
Haines, Frank Arnold Sapper, 1st Signal Company, Australian Imperial Force 9 Jun 1896 9 Feb 1999 (102) Served in France.[1][11]
Hall, Leonard Francis Trooper, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force 9 May 1897 24 Feb 1999 (101) Wounded at Gallipoli.[12]
Hollingsworth, Herbert Henry Private, 9th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force c.1898 1 Oct 1999 (101) [1][13][14]
Holmes, John Private, 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force 1897 18 Dec 1999 (102) Born in England. Enlisted 1915, served in France.[1][15]
Houghton, David c.1901 25 Oct 1999 (98) [16]
Isaacs, Francis Walter (Frank) Private, 49th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force c.1896 5 Apr 1999 (102) Wounded at Gallipoli and the Somme.[17]
Johnson, Frank Private, 55th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force 5 Feb 1898 12 Mar 1999 (100) Non combat. Enlisted 1916 but discharged as unfit for service in England 1917 and repatriated.[1][18]
Lewis, Robert Mervyn Private, 9/12th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force 30 Sep 1897 8 Feb 1999 (101) Enlisted 1916. Served as a signaller on the Western Front.[1][19]
Pope, Howard Milton Private, 27th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force Oct 1897 27 Aug 1999 (101) [20][21]
Redman, Francis Raymond Corporal, 35th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force 12 Nov 1894 27 Apr 1999 (104) Enlisted 1916. Wounded on the Western Front.[1][22]
Talty, Thomas Lawrence Private, 8/47th & 31st Battalions, Australian Imperial Force c.1899 Aug 1999 (100) Enlisted 1916.[1][23]
Thompson, Rowcliff Private, 38th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force 11 May 1895 26 Oct 1999 (104) Enlisted 1916. Served on the Western Front. Last known veteran of the Northern Territories.[1][24][25]
Walton, Hubert Corporal, 34th Battalion, 3rd Pioneers & 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Australian Imperial Force 1898 27 Dec 1999 (101) Enlisted 1916. Served in France.[1][26]

Canada (14 veterans)

Name Born Died Notes
Borradaile, Osmond 17 Jul 1898 24 Mar 1999 (100) Enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1916, served in France. Later a renowned camera artist. See entry.
Bundgard, Neil 7 Aug 1893 23 Oct 1999 (106) Enlisted 1916 and served in France. Born in Denmark, died in the USA.[2][27][28]
Charles, William 28 Oct 1890 Jul 1999 (108) Born in the UK, joined the Canadian army in 1916.
Clement, Milton (Mel) 1897 Sep 1999 (102) Died in Calgary.[3]
Connett, Frederick Henry 17 Apr 1897 Feb 1999 (101) Private, Signal Corps, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Born in London. Enlisted 1916, served in France.[29][30]
Doucet, Arthur 1895 Dec 1999 (104) Served in France.[2][31]
Fitsell, John C 11 Aug 1898 17 Jan 1999 (100) Bombardier, 19th Battalion, 45th Field Battery, Canadian Imperial Force. Born in England, enlisted 1914 and fought on Western Front.[32][33]
Hill, Frederick Charles 1893 Jan 1999 (105) Served in France.[2][34]
Loudon, Walter Allan 30 Jan 1899 20 Jan 1999 (99) 56th Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Born in the USA, enlisted 1915 and fought in the Battles of the Somme and Vimy Ridge, wounded in both.[4][35]
MacAuley, James Allan c.1899 19 Apr 1999 (99) Private, 25th & 105th Battalions, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Served in France.[2][36]
Montgomery, Denzil Roderick 8 Mar 1897 Feb 1999 (101) Enlisted 1916. Specially honoured by the city of London, Ontario, in January 1999, at the start of the International Year of the Older Person.[5]
Obleman, Frederick Russell 1898 18 Jan 1999 (100) Served in France.[2][37]
Powers, Preston Ferris 12 Feb 1898 21 Mar 1999 (101) Private, 219th & 85th Battalions, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Enlisted 1916. Served in France.[2][38]
Risteen, Frank Barrett 7 Feb 1898 8 Feb 1999 (101) Private, Army. Enlisted 1916. Served in France.[2][39]

France (54 veterans)

Name Born Died Notes
Bâtard, René 3 Nov 1897 27 Sep 1999 (102) [6]
Bedenel, Pierre-Emile 23 Dec 1900 12 Aug 1999 (98) [6]
Benhamou, Maurice 13 Jul 1893 1 May 1999 (105) [6]
Betbeder, Amédée 24 Dec 1898 May 1999 (100) [6]
Beur, Georges 2 Nov 1898 Mar 1999 (100) Conscripted in 1917. Fought on the Western Front.[6]
Braud, Alexandre 17 Aug 1900 16 Mar 1999 (98) [6]
Chardon, Rene 21 Jul 1900 4 Jun 1999 (98) [6]
Cluzan, Emile 2 Oct 1899 7 Sep 1999 (99) [6]
Combémorel, Flic 29 May 1897 15 Jun 1999 (102) [6]
Dansac, Albert 1897 1999 (102) An artilleryman who fought at the Battle of Verdun.[6]
Datin, Louis 24 Aug 1898 8 Feb 1999 (100) [6]
Delcayrou, Jean 2 Nov 1897 3 May 1999 (101) Conscripted in 1915 into 15e RI d’Albi.[6]
Delebarre, Xavier 16 May 1896 1999 (103) [6]
Destan, Antoine 5 Jan 1898 18 Jan 1999 (101) Served with 32e Battery, 290e RA on the Western Front.[6]
Digné, Robert 20 Sep 1899 2 Jun 1999 (99) [6]
Espitalier, Marcel 4 Mar 1893 18 Apr 1999 (106) Fought in the Dardanelles.[6]
Esteve, Leoncé 25 Dec 1893 19 Oct 1999 (105) [6]
Jourdain, Camille 14 Nov 1898 12 Nov 1999 (100) [6]
Journeau, Maurice 17 Nov 1898 9 Jun 1999 (100) Conscripted 1917 and served on the Western Front.[6]
Labrune, Raymond 25 Mar 1897 Sep 1999 (102) Fought at the Battle of Verdun.[6]
Ladagnous, Louis-Pierre 18 Jan 1900 7 Oct 1999 (99) [6]
Laubreton, Aimé 30 Nov 1897 8 Feb 1999 (101) [6]
Mamès, Louis 21 Jan 1895 18 Jun 1999 (104) [6]
Martrou, Etienne 21 Dec 1897 Aug 1999 (101) [6]
Masson, Albert 18 Feb 1897 18 Feb 1999 (102) Conscripted 1916. Served with an Alpine regiment.[6]
Masson, Edmond 11 Jan 1894 28 Aug 1999 (105) Born in Switzerland. Conscripted in 1914 into the 171e RI. Twice wounded. Captured by the Germans in 1917.[6]
Monchecourt, Henri 7 Dec 1898 19 Dec 1999 (101) [6]
Naegelen, Jules 1898 1 Apr 1999 (100) [6]
Panaget, Charles 29 Feb 1896 1999 (103) [6]
Parisel, Raymond 23 Jun 1897 1999 (102) [6]
Pauli, Joseph 1896 30 Jan 1999 (102) [6]
Pellencin, Abramo 11 Sep 1897 Mar 1999 (101) Fought on the Italian front and at the Battle of Verdun. Wounded 4 times. Awarded the Croix de Guerre.[6]
Perrette, Jean-François 19 Nov 1898 Jun 1999 (100) [6]
Pervieux, Jean 24 Jun 1898 9 Oct 1999 (101) [6]
Poulet, Leon 7 Oct 1899 18 July 1999 (99) [6]
Prévost, Marius 29 Sep 1898 14 Dec 1999 (101) [6]
Raguet, Jean 1896 Mar 1999 (102) [6]
Rebuffa, François 2 Apr 1894 2 May 1999 (105) [6]
Rifosta, Théophane 6 Sep 1889 16 Jun 1999 (109) [6] was oldest man in France at time of death
Rodriguez, Jean 27 Dec 1898 24 Mar 1999 (100) [6]
Rosaz, Edouard 11 Apr 1899 2 May 1999 (100) [6]
Rosfelder, Marcel 23 Jul 1898 3 May 1999 (100) [6]
Salmon-Legagneur, Pierre 18 May 1896 3 Jul 1999 (103) [6]
Sergent, Edmond 1896 6 Jul 1999 (103) Enlisted 1915. A Lieutenant who fought at the Battle of Verdun. Awarded the Croix de Guerre.[6]
Soulié, Louis-René 1896 Jan 1999 (102) [6]
Stocanne, Ernest 6 Jan 1894 14 Dec 1999 (105) Fought in the Dardanelles. Later a senior diplomat.[6]
Tabeau, Armand Noé 18 Dec 1899 4 Dec 1999 (99) [6]
Taxil, Victor 19 Nov 1898 8 Sep 1999 (100) [6]
Thinès, Serge 2 Mar 1899 6 Nov 1999 (100) Enlisted 1917. Served with 83e, 84e and 89e Heavy Artillery regiments.[6]
Tissot, Robert 1898 1999 (101) [6]
Trotel, Albert 26 Oct 1898 30 Nov 1999 (101) [6]
Verneau, Marcel 29 Sep 1898 30 Mar 1999 (101) [6]
Viala, Henri Louis 19 Oct 1898 2 Apr 1999 (100) [6]
Vincent, René 1897 22 Oct 1999 (102) Enlisted 1914. Fought at Verdun with 81e ARC de Chars and later Artillery d’Assault. Wounded 6 times. Awarded the Croix de Guerre.[6]

Germany (3 veterans)

Name Born Died Notes
Lange, Hans 14 Apr 1899 29 Nov 1999 (100) [40][41]
Suhr, Otto 11 Dec 1892 1 Feb 1999 (106) Private-cannoneer[42]
von Halem, Gustav Adolf 4 Nov1899 12 Jan1999 (99) Fought at Verdun and in Flanders. Served in the SS in WWII.[7][8][43][44]

Newfoundland (3 veterans)

Name Rank/Regiment/Corps Born Died Notes
Brinson, John (Jesse) Private, Royal Newfoundland Regiment c.1897 1 Mar 1999 (102) [9]WO372/3[45]
Pike, Wallace Private, Royal Newfoundland Regiment 1899 11 Apr 1999 (99) Last Newfoundland veteran. Enlisted underage and wounded twice on the Western Front.[9]WO372/16[46]
White, Alexander (Sandy) Private, Royal Newfoundland Regiment c.1895 3 Mar 1999 (103) [9]WO372/21[47]

Remark: At the time of World War One Newfoundland was a separate colony within the British Empire, and did not become part of Canada until 1940.

New Zealand (2 veterans)

Name Born Died Notes
Beveridge, Eric 28 Jul 1894 6 Jun 1999 (104) Last WW1 Veteran of Wellington.[10]
Hodgetts, William (Abo Will) 1894 17 May 1999 Oldest NZ Army Veteran.[11]

Romania (1 veteran)

Name Born Died Notes
Lacatusu, Dumitrascu 22 Mar 1891 Aug 1999 (108) Last Romanian cavalryman.[48][49][50]

Russia (1 veteran)

Name Born Died Notes
Kondratovitch, Alexander 13 Mar 1897 1999 (102) Died in France.[51]

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (195 veterans)

Name Rank/Regiment/Corps Born Died Notes
Abbott, Arthur John Artificer, Royal Navy 12 Feb 1896 Apr 1999 (103) Enlisted 1915.[12]ADM 188/1045[52]
Adeney, Noel Frederick 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery 26 Nov 1897 Jul 1999 (101) [9]WO372/24[53]
Anderton, Walter Private, Army 28 Jun 1899 Sep 1999 (100) [9]WO372/1[54][55]
Argent, William Charles Observer/Wireless Operator, Royal Naval Air Service 25 Jan 1899 Mar 1999 (100) Enlisted 1915. Served in flying boats on anti-submarine patrols. Awarded the DSM for gallantry.[13][56]
Arlotte, Frank Private, Somerset Light Infantry & Royal Garrison Artillery 19 Jul 1897 Aug 1999 (102) [9]WO372/1[57]
Attoe, Frederick William Corporal, East Surrey Regiment 25 Oct 1897 Jan 1999 (101) [9]WO372/1[58]
Bailey, Hannible Private, Royal Army Medical Corps 1 Apr 1895 Feb 1999 (103) [13][59]
Barlow, Arthur Robert Stoker, Royal Navy 16 Jan 1900 May 1999 (99) Enlisted 1918.[12]ADM 188/964[60]
Barron, Robert Richard (Dick) Acting Corporal, 2nd London Mounted Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 19 Oct 1895 14 Feb 1999 (103) Served as a medical orderly at Gallipoli.[14][61]
Baverstock, Leslie Hayward Private, Tank Corps 25 Jun 1899 Jan 1999 (99) [9]WO372/2[62]
Benson, Lazarus Private, Labour Corps 15 Jan 1899 May 1999 (100) [9]WO372/2[63]
Billett, Jack George Private, 4th (Horsham), 12th & 13th Royal Sussex Regiment 3 Dec 1898 Feb 1999 (100) Enlisted underage. Fought at Ypres and the Somme. Invalided home badly wounded in 1918.[13][64]
Boswell, Frank Private, 23rd (County of London) London Regiment 28 Feb 1897 Jan 1999 (101)

[13][65]
Boulter, Cecil Horace Private, Essex Regiment 26 Jan 1900 Sep 1999 (99) [9]WO372/2[66]
Boulton, William James Foster Stoker, Royal Navy 5 Aug 1900 Aug 1999 (99) Enlisted 1918.[12]ADM 188/969[67]
Bowen, William Vernon Private, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry 5 Oct 1899 Jan 1999 (99) [9]WO372/3[68]
Bresnahan, Daniel Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 25 Sep 1899 Jul 1999 (99) [13][69]
Broadway, Edward Boy Steward, Royal Navy 17 Oct 1901 May 1999 (97) [13][70]
Bromley, George Private, Machine Gun Corps 17 Mar 1899 Feb 1999 (99) [13][71]
Buchanan, John Young S. Corporal, Tank Corps 24 Feb 1896 Jan 1999 (102) [9]WO372/3[72]
Budden, Charles Richard Stoker, Royal Navy 11 Jan 1898 Dec 1999 (101) Enlisted 1915.[12]ADM 188/919[73]
Burge, Arthur James Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 19 Jun 1895 Aug 1999 (104) [13][74]
Burnard, Frederick William Private, 10th (County of London) London Regiment (Hackney) 30 Nov 1899 Jan 1999 (99) [9]WO372/3[75]
Bursey, George Artificer, Royal Navy 6 Oct 1900 Feb 1999 (98) Enlisted 1918.[12]ADM 188/1086[76]
Burgess, Sydney William John Lance Corporal, Norfolk Regiment & East Surrey Regiment 23 Jan 1896 Feb 1999 (103) [9]WO372/3[77]
Butler, James Walter Private, London Regiment 25 Mar 1899 Jan 1999 (99)

[13][78]
Carver, Frank Lewis Private, Suffolk Regiment 14 Mar 1897 Jan 1999 (101) [9]WO372/4[79]
Chandler, Jeffrey Private, King’s Own Scottish Borderers 17 Aug 1898 Feb 1999 (100) Last known Great War veteran of the King's Own Scottish Borderers.[13]
Chappell, Randolph Victor Royal Flying Corps 24 May 1898 May 1999 (100) Served on the Western Front.[80][81]
Chappell, Wilfred Victor Private, Royal Marines Light Infantry 9 Jan 1899 Feb 1999 (100) [13][82]
Chillingworth, John Butler 2nd Lieutenant, 29th Royal Field Artillery 19 Jan 1899 Aug 1999 (100) [9]WO372/4[83]
Choat, Marcus Collingwood Royal Naval Air Service 7 Feb 1900 Nov 1999 (99) Enlisted 1918.[12]ADM 188/642[84]
Clark, Stanley Charles Acting Corporal, Gloucestershire Regiment 28 Aug 1895 Apr 1999 (103) [13][85]
Clarke, Frederick George Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy 17 May 1900 Jan 1999 (98) Enlisted 1917.[12]ADM 188/800[86]
Clemit, John William Gunner, 2nd London Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 20 Sep 1897 Jul 1999 (101) Fought at Arras and on the Somme.[9]WO372/4[87][88]
Cooke, Alexander MacDougall (Alec) Royal Flying Corps 17 Oct 1899 5 Jan 1999 (99) [89]
Cox, Ernest Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy 8 Aug 1900 Sep 1999 (99) Enlisted 1918.[12]ADM 188/1103[90]
Cox, Francis Harry Walter Able Seaman, Royal Navy 1 May 1898 Jan 1999 (100) Enlisted 1916.[12]ADM 188/773[91]
Cramp, Alfred Private, Leicestershire Regiment, North Staffordshire Regiment, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Durham Light Infantry & Manchester Regiment 12 Oct 1898 Feb 1999 (100) [13][92]
Cramp, Robert Raymond K. Private, Manchester Regiment 31 Mar 1899 12 Jun 1999 (100) [9]WO372/5[93]
Crook, John Frank Private, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) (Depot) 22 Oct 1896 Oct 1999 (102) [13][94]
Currie, William Stuart Private, Army 14 Aug 1899 Jan 1999 (99) [9]WO372/5[95]
Cusick, James Able Seaman, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division 4 Nov 1895 Jan 1999 (103) [15]ADM 339/1[96]
Dalby, Thomas Norman White Private, Northumberland Fusiliers 6 Jan 1900 Aug 1999 (99) [9]WO372/5[97]
Davidson, James Private, Lancashire Fusiliers 25 Jan 1897 Nov 1999 (102) Enlisted 1914. Fought at Mons and went ‘over the top’ at the Battle of the Somme. Gassed, presumed dead, but survived.[98][99]
Davolls, Arthur Henry Private, Welsh Regiment 4 May 1893 Mar 1999 (105) Enlisted 1914. Seriously wounded on first day in combat and invalided home for the remainder of the war.[9]WO372/5[100][101]
Deacon, Winifred Maud Driver, Army Service Corps 17 Oct 1897 Aug 1999 (101) [102]
Deeming, Robert Private, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) & King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 19 Mar 1900 Jan 1999 (98) Last known Great War veteran of the King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment).[9]WO372/5[103]
Denning, Alfred Thompson (Tom) 2nd Lieutenant, 151st Field Company, Royal Engineers 23 Jan 1899 5 Mar 1999 (100) Later Lord Denning and Master of the Rolls (the senior civil judge in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales). See entry.
Doe, George Charles Army 6 Apr 1899 Feb 1999 (99) [9]WO372/6[104]
Domville, Albert Royal Naval Air Service 29 Nov 1899 6 Apr 1999 (99) Enlisted 1917.[12]ADM 188/635[105]
Douglas, Alan Lockhart M. Sapper, Royal Engineers 15 Feb 1899 Feb 1999 (99) [9]WO372/6[106]
Dowell, George James Private, North Staffordshire Regiment 3 Jul 1898 Sep 1999 (101) [9]WO372/6[107]
Dufour, William Edward Private, Royal Welsh Fusiliers (Depot) 11 Feb 1898 Jan 1999 (100) [9]WO372/6[108]
Dye, Hubert Charles Private, Suffolk Regiment 11 Mar 1899 Apr 1999 (100) [9]WO372/6[109]
Earwaker, Alfred Henry Private, North Staffordshire Regiment 16 Sep 1898 Jan 1999 (100) [9]WO372/6[110]
Easton, William Edgar (Bill) Private, 2/2nd East Anglian Field Ambulance & 77th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 15 Oct 1898 Oct 1999 (100) Stretcher bearer at Ypres and Messines. Taken prisoner Mar 1918.[14][111]
Edwards, Harry Norman Captain, Tank Corps 13 Jan 1894 Sep 1999 (105) Fought on the Western Front.[9]WO372/6[112][113]
Edwards, Robert Private, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 25 Dec 1897 Jan 1999 (101) [13][114]
Ellis, Cyril West Yorkshire Regiment 29 Jun 1900 Dec 1999 (99) [13][115]
Ellis, Edwin Oswald Steward, Royal Navy 14 Mar 1898 Jan 1999 (100) Enlisted 1914.[12]ADM 188/1000[116]
Evans, Edward Harold Private, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 17 Jan 1899 Jul 1999 (100) [13][117]
Farmer, Frederick Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy 15 Feb 1900 Nov 1999 (99) [13][118]
Finch, Horace Private, Army 25 Jan 1900 Jan 1999 (98) [9]WO372/7