List of veterans of World War I who died in 2006
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This is the list of World War I veterans who died in the year 2006.
Veterans by country of service - 52 veterans[change | change source]
Austria-Hungary (3 veterans)[change | change source]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Bischof, August | 18 August 1900 | 4 March 2006 (105) | Last Austrian veteran living in Austria. |
Molnár, Gergely András | 16 November 1897 | 22 March 2006 (108) | Last Hungarian born veteran, also World War II-veteran and oldest Hungarian man at his death.[2] |
Parniak, Paweł | 27 February 1890? | 27 March 2006 (116?) | Born in Ukraine, died in Poland. Served in the Austria-Hungarian army 1914-1918. His age claim was not verified at the time of his death. See entry. |
France (5 veterans)[change | change source]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Floquet, Maurice Noël | 25 December 1894 | 10 November 2006 (111) | Thrice-wounded combat veteran of the Marne, the Somme, Beausejour and Chemin des Dames. See entry.[1] |
Gilson, Ferdinand | 10 October 1898 | 25 February 2006 (107) | Conscripted 1917 into the 31e RI de Mamers. Fought as a Warrant Officer in Flanders with the 31eme RA. In the resistance in World War II.[2] |
Jaffré, François | 28 May 1901 | 22 September 2006 (105) | Enlisted in the navy 1916. Served as a wireless operator on the destroyer ‘Armorique’ escorting troop ships across the Atlantic.[3] Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine |
Lagarnaudie, Louis | 17 June 1899 | 26 October 2006 (107) | Drafted April 1918. Due to bad memories of the war, refused to take part in later veteran ceremonies. Excluded from French government lists as it only counts those with more than three months of combat service.[3] |
Weil, Léon Roger | 16 July 1896 | 6 June 2006 (109) | Conscripted 1916 into the 5e Alpine regiment. Fought in the Battle of Chemin des Dames. A resistance fighter in World War II. See entry.[4] |
Germany (10 veterans)[change | change source]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Appel, Otto | 16 October 1900 | 12 July 2006 (105) | Enlisted 1917, was in Russia; also World War II-Veteran.[5] |
Brandmeier, Franz Xaver | 16 July 1899 | 8 September 2006 (107) | Enlisted in the navy 1917.[6] |
Biehler, August | 28 August 1899 | 15 April 2006 (106) | [5] |
Binner, Erwin | 16 January 1899 | 26 March 2006 (107) | Army veteran.[5] |
Eis, Eduard | 22 March 1899 | 24 April 2006 (107) | Served on the Western Front as an army lorry driver.[5] |
Fuchs, Konrad | 15 October 1897 | 13 November 2006 (109) | Conscripted into the army in 1916. Fought at the Battle of Chemin des Dames. Later a Catholic priest. See entry.[6][7] |
Klöpper, Hans | 10 August 1900 | 10 September 2006 (106) | |
Neumann, Georg | 28 July 1899 | 21 June 2006 (106) | Fought on horseback with a Hussars regiment on the Eastern Front.[5] |
Solveen, Hermann | 20 February 1899 | 28 February 2006 (107) | Enlisted 1916 and seriously wounded. Served in both World Wars. |
Velten, Wilhelm | 2 September 1899 | 26 December 2006 (107) |
Italy (10 veterans)[change | change source]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Boeddu, Luca | 18 March 1898 | 7 February 2006 (107) | [8] |
Camillo, Angelo Michele | 18 November 1899 | 17 July 2006 (106) | Enlisted 1917. Fought with the 209th Infantry (Bisagno Brigade) at Asiago.[8] |
Dal Maso, Evaristo | 9 August 1899 | 21 June 2006 (106) | Died in Brazil.[8] |
De Bettin Casanova, Antonia | 17 December 1900 | 15 October 2006 (105) | Last female Italian veteran.[8] |
De Cristofaro, Domenico | 21 November 1899 | 21 September 2006 (106) | Enlisted 1917. Fought with the 4th Infantry regiment at Asiago and Piave. Wounded at the Battle of the Solstice 1918.[8] |
Furoni, Mario | 23 November 1899 | 13 January 2006 (106) | [8] |
Gavagnin, Dante Guido | 17 September 1897 | 2 June 2006 (108) | |
Saravalle, Ido Giorgetto | 16 November 1899 | Feb 2006 (106) | Fought in an Alpine regiment.[8] |
Sepe, Giuseppe | 13 March 1900 | 4 February 2006 (105) | [8] |
Zema, Carmelo | 17 September 1899 | 11 January 2006 (106) | [8] |
Turkey/Ottoman Empire (1 veteran)[change | change source]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Hoyuk, Omer | 1899? | 13 January 2006 (106) | [9] |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (7 veterans)[change | change source]
Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
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Baker, Alice | Leading Aircraftwoman, Royal Flying Corps | 28 July 1898 | 27 February 2006 (107) | Non combat. Served as a 'doper' waterproofing aircraft wings.[10] |
Cummins, Kenneth Alfred Hugo | Midshipman, Royal Navy | 3 March 1900 | 11 December 2006 (106) | Last surviving British naval officer. Also a World War II veteran. See entry.[11][12] |
Newcombe, Harry John | Private, 8th Royal Sussex Regiment (Pioneers) | 5 August 1900 | 18 March 2006 (105) | Last known Great War veteran of the Royal Sussex Regiment. Non combat. In training when war ended. Served in Army of Occupation 1918-19. See entry.[13] |
Newman, John James | Private, 16th (County of London) London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) | 15 January 1901 | 2006 (105) | Last known Great War veteran of the London Regiment. Non combat. In training when war ended. Served in Army of Occupation 1918-19.Instagram icon |
Rigby, Andrew | Private, 1st Lancashire Fusiliers | 2 November 1900 | 9 June 2006 (105) | Last known Great War veteran of the Lancashire Fusiliers. Enlisted aged 14 and served for 3 months before real age discovered. Later a monk.[14][15][16] |
Roberts, William (Bill) | Corporal, Royal Flying Corps | 29 September 1900 | 30 April 2006 (105) | Non combat. Served as an aircraft rigger at Farnborough.[17][18] |
Swarbrick, Nicholas Joseph | Telegraphist, Merchant Navy | 14 November 1898 | 2 February 2006 (107) | Last surviving British merchant seaman. See entry.[19][20] |
United States (16 veterans)[change | change source]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Anderegg, Albert | 29 August 1900 | 8 August 2006 (105) | (Minnesota) Non combat. In training with the Student Army Training Corps Oct-Nov 1918. See entry.[21] |
Anderson, Homer | 24 December 1897 | 23 September 2006 (108) | (Florida) Non combat. Trained as an observer in the US Army Balloon Corps.[22] |
Buchanan, Russell A. | 14 January 1900 | 6 December 2006 (106) | (Massachusetts) Non combat. Served Stateside in the US Navy 1918. See entry.[23][24] |
Cotton, William F. "Bill" | 23 October 1897 | 23 April 2006 (108) | (Louisiana) Enlisted in the US Navy 1917. Served as a Chief Commissary Steward aboard USS Oklahoma. See entry. |
Files, H. Loyd | 23 January 1899 | 8 August 2006 (107) | (Colorado)[25] |
Gardner, Harold Ford | 3 December 1898 | 16 October 2006 (107) | (Pennsylvania) Served in the US Army for less than one day. See entry.[26] |
Goldberg, Samuel Benedict | 19 March 1900 | 10 December 2006 (106) | (Rhode Island) Non combat. Enlisted 1917, but remained Stateside as a drill instructor. See entry. |
Hardy, Moses | 6 January 1893 (or 1894) | 7 December 2006 (113 or 112) | (Mississippi) Served on the Western Front with the 805th Pioneer Infantry. See entry.[27] |
Johnson, George | 1 May 1894 | 30 August 2006 (112) | (California) Non combat. Drafted into the US Army 1917, but served Stateside with 14th Co, 154th Battalion. See entry. |
Johnson, Lowell N. | 17 June 1899 | 10 March 2006 (106) | (Illinois) Non combat. Still in training when the war ended.[28][29] |
Lutz, William B. | 22 June 1899 | 26 March 2006 (106) | (Massachusetts) Non combat. Served in US Marine Corps.[30] |
Poor, Justin W. | 4 August 1899 | 3 April 2006 (106) | (Florida) |
Pusey, Ernest Charles | 5 May 1895 | 19 November 2006 (111) | Enlisted in the US Navy 1917. Served aboard the USS Wyoming patrolling the waters around the British Isles. See entry.[31][32][33][34] |
Steer, Frank | 12 January 1901 | 7 March 2006 (105) | (Hawaii) Enlisted aged 17. Fought on the Western Front in the Meuse Argonne offensive. Also a World War II veteran. See entry. |
Warmington, Arthur | 18 September 1895 | 11 January 2006 (110) | (New Jersey)[35] |
Zell, Carley | 1 September 1899 | 26 February 2006 (106) | (Georgia) Non combat. Served as an apprentice seaman in the US Navy.[36][37] |
World War I-era veterans - 4 veterans[change | change source]
Listed here are those that joined the armed services after the Armistice date, but before the Treaty of Versailles was signed, or where there is debate on their join-date, or whose military service is sometimes viewed as outside the scope of "WWI", but are considered World War I-era veterans by the press or by their respective governments, or served in a related conflict.
Estonia (1 veteran)[change | change source]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Ilus, Ants | 20 September 1901 | 3 February 2006 (105) | Last known survivor of the Estonian War of Independence Nov 1918 – Feb 1920. Moblilised 1919.[7] Archived 2008-03-16 at the Wayback Machine[8] Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine[9] |
Russia (1 veteran)[change | change source]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Gudz, Boris | Aug 1902 | 27 December 2006 (104) | Fought with the Red Guards in the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War.[10][11] |
United States (2 veterans)[change | change source]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Little, David Samuel (Tex) | 26 December 1902 | 12 March 2006 (103) | Non combat. Enlisted 1919, aged 16, but served Stateside. See entry. |
Starkey, Maurice E. | 3 December 1901 | 27 November 2006 (104) | (Pennsylvania) Enlisted in the US Navy July 1919.[38][39] |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Le doyen des poilus de la Grande Guerre s'éteint à l'âge de 111 ans" (in French). Le Monde. 10 November 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ "Ferdinand Gilson, Dernier poilu du Loiret, 14-18" (in French). Ders de Ders. 26 February 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ "1914-1918 Invision Forum". 5 December 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Léon Weil, biographie, avant-dernier poilu parisien, 14-18" (in French). Ders de Ders. 6 June 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Frankfurter Runschau 20 July 2006
- ↑ "Pfarrer Konrad Fuchs 108 Jahre alt" (in German). Bodanrückgemeinden. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ "Father Konrad Fuchs (obituary)". Telegraph.co.uk. 4 December 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 Gazzettino, 4 November 2005 Missing or empty
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(help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)[1] - ↑ "Turquie". Ders Ders Ders. 25 July 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
- ↑ "The end of an era as veteran Alice dies". EDP 24. 6 March 2006. Archived from the original on 24 March 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ John Lyons (10 March 2006). "Wiltshire WW1 survivor celebrates 106th birthday". BBC. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ "Captain Kenneth Cummins (obituary)". Telegraph.co.uk. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ "Mr. Harry Newcombe". The Royal Sussex Regiment. 29 March 2006. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ "Happy 103rd!". Lancing News. 7 November 2003. Retrieved 22 January 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Happy birthday Andrew!". Lancing News. 3 November 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Sue Light (22 June 2006). "Andrew Rigby, An obituary". Great War Forum. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ "Leading Aircraftman William Roberts (obituary)". Telegraph.co.uk. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ "William Roberts (obituary)". Times Online. 30 April 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ "Great War veteran dies aged (107)". BBC News. 7 February 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ "Nicholas Swarbrick (obituary)". Telegraph.co.uk. 8 February 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ Ben Cohen (10 August 2006). "Albert Anderegg, 105, was a veteran of World War I". Star Tribune. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ http://www.treehouseproductions.org/WWI_vetAnderson.html
- ↑ Gloria Negri (7 December 2006). "Russell A. Buchanan, at 106; veteran of World War I and II". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ "One of nation's last WWI veterans dies at age 106". The Boston Globe. 7 December 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ Ellen Miller (11 August 2006). "Junction patriarch Files dies at age 107". Rocky Mountain News.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ Allison M. Heinrichs (21 October 2006). "Doughboy for a day". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved 22 January 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Ron Harrist (9 December 2006). "Miss. man thought to be nation's 2nd oldest dies at 113". The Clarion Ledger. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ "Old veteran dead at (106)". WQAD.com. 11 March 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ "Lowell N. Johnson (obituary)". Esterdahl Mortuary. 10 March 2006. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ http://www.marinechat.com/forums/showthread.php?t%3D12745
- ↑ "Gov. Jeb Bush Awards 111-Year-Old WWI Veteran Medal". Fox News. 10 November 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ Mitch Stacy (11 November 2006). "Last World War I Veteran in Florida Receives Victory Medal for His Service". The Ledger. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ Richard Dymond (15 November 2006). "Pusey becomes world's third-oldest man". Bradenton Herald. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ Jessica Klipa (22 November 2006). "Ernest Pusey: Veteran, neighbor made history". Bradenton Herald. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ Mathieu, Frédéric, Ders Des Ders
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(help)Etats-Unis, derniers survivants américain de la Guerre 14-18 - ↑ Hank Rowland (27 February 2006). "Civic figure Zell dies at 106". The Brunswick News. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ "Carly Zell (obituary)". The Brunswick News. 27 February 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ↑ "For Centenarian, Haircut is Old Hat". The Mercury. 4 December 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "MAURICE STARKEY Death Notices". The Mercury. 1 December 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2007.