Misc Facts » World War 1 http://www.miscfacts.com Interesting facts and fun facts Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:56:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Surviving World War 1 Veterans http://www.miscfacts.com/surviving-world-war-1-veterans/ http://www.miscfacts.com/surviving-world-war-1-veterans/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:45:02 +0000 Admin http://www.miscfacts.com/?p=74 World War 1 took place from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918, ending over 90 years ago. This makes the amount of living WW1 veterans very few and far in between. On July 25, 2009, the last surviving British veteran Harry Patch died at age 111. It turns out that he did not speak about the war until he turned 100 years of age.

Harry Patch

The following is the current list of living WW1 veterans as of July 26, 2009:

Name: Country: Age
Frank Buckles United States 108
John Babcock Canada 109
Claude Choules United Kingdom 108
Jozef Kowalski Poland 109
Douglas Terrey (unverifie) United Kingdom 106
     

Encyclopaedia Britannica puts the total number of personal in WW1 at 65,038,810. The number of deaths during the conflict is listed at 9,750,103. Of the 65 million people who fought in the war, there are only the five veterans listed above left today. For more information, visit this chronicle focusing on the remaining living veterans of World War 1.

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