List of veterans of World War I who died in 2007
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This is the list of World War I veterans who died in the year 2007.
Veterans by country of service - 37 veterans[change | change source]
Canada (2 veterans)[change | change source]
Wikinews has articles on these two veterans:
Clemett, Victor Lloyd | 10 Dec 1899 | 21 Feb 2007 (107) | Non combat. Enlisted aged 16 and served in England cutting timber when his real age was discovered. See entry.[1] |
Wilson, Dwight "Percy" | 26 Feb 1901 | 9 May 2007 (106) | Did not see action (was turned back after arriving in England, due to his young age). See entries.[2][3] |
France (6 veterans)[change | change source]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Brunier, Charles | 31 May 1901 | 26 Jan 2007 (105) | Excluded from French government lists as it only counts those who served in France, i.e. on the Western front. See entries.[4][5] |
Delaire, Bernard | 28 Mar 1899 | 1 Oct 2007 (108) | In training as a naval officer August-November 1918.[6] |
Grelaud, Jean | 26 Oct 1898 | 25 Feb 2007 (108) | See entry.[7] |
Guay, Raymond | 17 Apr 1900 | 2 Jan 2007 (106) | [2] |
Riffaud, René Félix | 19 Dec 1898 | 16 Jan 2007 (108) | See entries.[8][9][10] |
Capony, Marie-Simone | 14 Mar 1894 | 15 Sep 2007 (113) | See entry.[11] |
Germany (9 veterans)[change | change source]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Christmann, Rudolf | 10 Jan 1900 | 27 Jun 2007 (107) | Served in both World Wars, oldest living German man during the last month of his life.[3] Archived 2008-01-07 at the Wayback Machine |
Heiman, Walter | 12 Mar 1901 | 18 Mar 2007 (106) | Enlisted at age 17 in March 1918, but still in flight training when war ended. Fled to U.S. in 1938, became U.S. citizen, died in Missouri. See entry.[12] |
Kaiser, Albin | 12 Dec 1899 | 11 Apr 2007 (107) | Served in France. Infantry.[4] Archived 2008-01-07 at the Wayback Machine |
Kos, Józef | 27 Sep 1900 | 5 Apr 2007 (106) | Ethnic Pole. Served in the German army in 1918. See entries.[13][14][15][16][17] |
Moszynski, Johann | 25 Feb 1902 | 5 Dec 2007 (105) | Born in Galicia[5] |
Meier, Robert | 10 Mar 1897 | 29 Jan 2007 (109) | See entries.[18][19][20][6] Archived 2008-01-07 at the Wayback Machine |
Remmert, Wilhelm | 15 Nov 1899 | 27 May 2007 (107) | Went to war at 17 and served in Russia, later in France. Oldest living German man until his death.[21] |
Seegers, William | 24 Oct 1900 | 10 July 2007 (106) | Drafted June 1918; served until Apr 1919. Died in U.S. See entry.[22] |
Seim, Rudolf | 31 Jan 1899 | 9 Jan 2007 (107) | [21][7] Archived 2008-01-07 at the Wayback Machine |
Italy (9 veterans)[change | change source]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Agazzi, Alberto | 30 Jan 1899 | 12 Apr 2007 (108) | [23] |
Bertolami, Carmelo | 8 Dec 1900 | 4 Nov 2007 (106) | Excluded from Italian government lists as it only counts those with at least six months of service. Called up in March 1917.[24][25] |
Carta, Giovanni Antonio | 28 Dec 1899 | 5 Jun 2007 (107) | Enlisted in 1917.[26] |
Ciarniello, Annibale | 9 Jan 1900 | 3 Jan 2007 (106) | Excluded from Italian government lists as it only counts those with more than six months of service. See entry.[27] |
Costanzo, Pasquale | 21 May 1899 | 10 May 2007 (107) | |
Garbuglia, Enrico | 30 Mar 1900 | 2 Jun 2007 (107) | Joined June 1918. |
Sarrocco, Italo | 11 May 1898 | 8 Jan 2007 (108) | Fought at the Battle of Vittorio Veneto. See entry.[28] |
Serioli, Battista | 26 Nov 1900 | 21 Dec 2007 (107) | Excluded from Italian government lists as it only counts those with at least six months of service. Signed up in May 1918. Lived in Sale Marasino, near Brescia. Left the Army in 1921.[29][30][31] |
Tuveri, Giustino | 15 May 1898 | 5 Oct 2007 (109) | Born in Sardinia, moved to France in 1920.[32] |
Romania (1 veteran)[change | change source]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Pănculescu, Gheorghe C. | 26 Mar 1903 | 7 Jan 2007 (103) | Last known Romanian World War I veteran. See entry.[33] |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (3 veterans)[change | change source]
Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Violet Hughes | Women's Army Auxiliary Corps | 14 Jan 1901 | 8 Mar 2007 (106) | One of the last surviving British female veterans of World War I.[34] |
Mayne, Philip | 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Engineers | 22 Nov 1899 | 9 Apr 2007 (107) | The last surviving British army officer of World War I and last Royal Engineer. Non combat. Completed training in September 1918 and awaiting a posting to the Front but caught Spanish flu and spent the remainder of the war in hospital. See entry.[35] |
Young, William (Will) | Private, Royal Flying Corps | 4 Jan 1900 | 24 Jul 2007 (107) | Last Scottish veteran and the last survivor of the RFC. Was a wireless operator on the Western Front. Moved to Australia after World War II. See entries.[36][37] |
United States (7 veterans)[change | change source]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Brown, Lloyd | 7 Oct 1901 | 29 Mar 2007 (105) | From Maryland, the last US Navy World War I veteran. See entry.[38] |
Coffey, J. Russell | 1 Sep 1898 | 20 Dec 2007 (109) | From North Baltimore, Ohio, enlisted on 19 October 1918. Did not see action (was still in training)[39][40][41] |
Mercado del Toro, Emiliano | 21 Aug 1891 | 24 Jan 2007 (115) | From Puerto Rico, the oldest veteran ever and the oldest person in the world at the time of his death. See entries.[42][43] |
Pierro, Antonio | 22 Feb 1896 | 8 Feb 2007 (110) | From Massachusetts, and the last veteran of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. See entry.[44] |
Ramsey, Howard Verne | 2 Apr 1898 | 22 Feb 2007 (108) | From Oregon. See entry.[45] |
Wagner, Albert Frederick 'Jud' | 5 Sep 1899 | 20 Jan 2007 (107) | From Kansas, and the last US Marine World War I veteran. See entries.[46][47] |
Winters, Charlotte | 10 Nov 1897 | 27 Mar 2007 (109) | From Maryland, and the last female US World War I veteran. See entry.[48] |
World War I-era veterans - 5 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.
Finland (2 veterans)[change | change source]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Lehtinen, Eino Arvid | 10 Apr 1900 | 29 Jan 2007 (106) | Veteran of the White Guard in the Finnish Civil War (1918). [8] |
Rönnback, Lennart | 21 May 1905 | 4 Nov 2007 (102) | Veteran of the White Guard in the Finnish Civil War (1918). Finnish Swede.[49] |
Turkey/Ottoman Empire (1 veteran)[change | change source]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Turan, Veysel | 1898? | 25 Mar 2007 (108) | Veteran of the Turkish War of Independence 1919-1923 and post-World War I interregnum. [9] |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1 veteran)[change | change source]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Baker, Wilfred | 29 Jun 1900 | 5 Mar 2007 (106) | Scottish World War I-era veteran, joined the Royal Navy in December 1918. See entry.[50] |
United States (1 veteran)[change | change source]
Name | Born | Died | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Peterson, Orin Manfred | 27 Feb 1900 | 24 Aug 2007 (107) | Signed up for US cavalry but did not serve overseas. Enlisted in 1919 according to a letter from his nephew, but his World War I Draft Registration Card from 1918 states he enlisted in the third and final draft, 12 September 1918,[51] roll 1684110. It is still disputed whether he may have been considered a World War I veteran instead of an era veteran.[52] It is possible that the family wanted to prevent media coverage. Lived in Spokane, Washington.[53] |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "One of Canada's last WWI veterans dies". CBC News. 2007-02-22. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
- ↑ "Dwight Wilson, First World War Veteran Dies At 106". Sunnybrook Health Centre. 2007-05-09. Archived from the original on 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2007-05-09.
- ↑ "Canadian WWI veteran dies at 106". CBC News. 2007-05-09. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
- ↑ Charles Brunier is dead at 105 Archived 2008-08-29 at the Wayback Machine (in French).
- ↑ Charles Brunier (in French).
- ↑ Bernard Delaire. Le doyen des Bretons décède à 108 ans (in French).
- ↑ "Jean Grelaud, l'un des trois derniers poilus est mort". Retrieved 2007-05-03.
- ↑ "French WWI veteran dies at age 108". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
- ↑ "Décès de René Riffaud l'un des derniers "poilus" à l'âge de 108 ans" (in French). nouvelobs.com. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
- ↑ "René Riffaud (obituary)". Times Online. 2007-01-22. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
- ↑ http://dersdesders.free.fr/actu.html (in Italian)
- ↑ "Walter Heiman, WWI veteran, dies at 106". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 2007-03-20. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
- ↑ "Józef Kos ukończył 104 lata" (in Polish). Wiadomości Sierakowickie. Retrieved 2007-03-16.
- ↑ "Mnie boli Polska – mówi Józef Kos" (in Polish). Wiadomości Sierakowickie. Retrieved 2007-03-16.
- ↑ "Józef Kos ukończył 106 lat!" (in Polish). Wiadomości Sierakowickie. Retrieved 2007-03-16.
- ↑ "Najstarszy Sierakowiczanin nie żyje" (in Polish). ExpressKaszubski. Archived from the original on 2007-10-18. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
- ↑ "Odszedl najstarszy mieszkaniec powiatu" (in Polish). Kartuzy. Archived from the original on 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
- ↑ David Smith (2006-10-29). "Great War foes embrace as friends". The Observer. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
- ↑ Julie Mccaffrey (2006-10-30). "Old Enemies.. New Friends". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
- ↑ "Ältester Mann Deutschlands mit 109 Jahren gestorben" (in German). PR Inside. 2007-01-30. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Ders des Ders" (in French). Retrieved 2007-05-30.
- ↑ Nevius, C. W. (12 July 2007). "William Seegers -- German soldier served in World War I". SFGate.
- ↑ Gazzettino, 2005-11-04 Missing or empty
|title=
(help);|access-date=
requires|url=
(help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)[1] - ↑ Cartaregia, Vincenzo (2006-01-21). "Active Grandfather of Nine Carmelo Bertolami is 105" (in Italian). Provincia di Messina News. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
- ↑ "Carmelo Bertolami dead at 106 years of age".
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2010-04-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "Molise: Morto a 106 Anni Il Nonno Della Regione" (in Italian). Yahoo Italian news. 2007-01-04. Retrieved 2007-02-03.
- ↑ "RIVISONDOLI HA DATO L'ULTIMO SALUTO A ITALO SARROCCO" (in Italian). RETE 5 TV. 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2007-01-25.
- ↑ "102 Years Old: Party in the Hall of Marasino for the Dean, Battista Serioli" (in Italian). Valcamonica and Sebino News. 2002-12-03. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
- ↑ "105th birthday of Serioli Battista" (in Italian). From the Newspaper of Brescia. 2005-11-26. Retrieved 2007-05-21.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Italian WWI vet dies at 107". Archived from the original on 2010-05-09. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ↑ "Justin Tuveri's obituary (in Italian)[[Category:Articles with Italian-language sources (it)]]". URL–wikilink conflict (help)
- ↑ "Roumanie, derniers survivants roumains de la Guerre 14-18". dersdesders.free.fr.
- ↑ "Last woman WWI veteran dies". South Wales Argus.
- ↑ "Vale Philip Mayne: world's oldest columnist dies at 107". Crickey. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
- ↑ "First World War veteran who was an RFC radio operator during the final Allied push on the Western Front". Times Online. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
- ↑ "Great War veteran dies aged 107". Telegraph. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
- ↑ "Last U.S. Navy veteran of WWI dies at 105". On Deadline. Archived from the original on 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
- ↑ Giffels, David (2006-09-17). "WWI veteran, at 108, is one of the few". Beacon Journal. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
- ↑ McCarty, Mary (2007-04-06). "108 year old veteran recalls fallen comrades". Dayton Daily News. Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
- ↑ "BGSU professor, 109, was among last remaining veterans of WW I". toledoblade.com. 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
- ↑ "Emiliano Mercado del Toro Dies at Age 115". BBC News. 2007-01-24. Retrieved 2007-01-25.
- ↑ "E. Mercado del Toro, 115; oldest person". Los Angeles Times. 2007-01-25. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
- ↑ "Oldest World War I veteran in Massachusetts dies". WPRI 12 Eyewitness News. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
- ↑ "Oregon's Last WWI Veteran Dies". Oregon Live.com. 2007-02-23. Retrieved 2007-02-23.
- ↑ "Albert F. "Jud" Wagner (obituary)". Salina Journal. 2007-01-24. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
- ↑ "Albert 'Jud' Wagner, WWI veteran, dies at 107". Kansas City Star. 2007-01-23. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
- ↑ "Last WWI woman veteran dies". KnoxNews. 2007-03-28. Archived from the original on 2007-05-25. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
- ↑ Karhumäki, Heli (2007-11-06). "Lennart Rönnback". Uusisuomi. Archived from the original on 2009-05-16. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
- ↑ "Veteran of both world wars dies". Scotsman.com. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
- ↑ "Orin Peterson's Draft Card (membership required)". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
- ↑ "Ders des Ders". Retrieved 2007-08-20.
- ↑ "Orin Peterson's Death Notice (membership required)". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2007-10-05.