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How many survivors of WW1 are left now?
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Devon Dweller | Report | 9 Jun 2007 21:01 |
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I have an Uncle who will be 106 this year he now lives on the Isle of Wight |
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Star | Report | 9 Jun 2007 20:41 |
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I know there is one English man survivor of WW1...at aged 111 ! ! ! Wow...Respect for him...big time...Gotta love him.X |
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Joy | Report | 9 Jun 2007 19:59 |
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Do you mean veterans or civilians or both, Paul? In the UK, there are three surviving veterans, including 111-year-old Henry Allingham, the oldest man in Europe. |
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MargaretM | Report | 9 Jun 2007 19:30 |
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I can tell you that Canada has one survivor of the Great War. Earlier this year the Canadian government voted to give a state funeral to the last soldier of WW1. There were 2 surviving at the time. One has since died and the remaining one is now a citizen of the United States, living in Seattle, Washington. He's 106. Margaret |
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Jennifer | Report | 9 Jun 2007 19:21 |
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I have a second cousin Claude CHOULES, born in Worcestershire, now living in Western Australia aged 106, he was featured in the BBC programme The Last Tommy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Choules Jennifer |
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Clive | Report | 9 Jun 2007 19:20 |
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I walked into the trap. Obviously the figures I gave are servicemen. Do all the other people who survived the war not count? They were a lot of people (civilians) killed by bombing. What about the support services, many of whom were women, but who were not in the services? What memorials are there to all that lot? I did not fight in the trenches in WW I and neither did an awful lot of the old gaffers who make so much noise today. If and when they are ready to support memorials and proper state support to those who also served - firemen, nurses, naffi staff, wives and families torpedoed or blown up by terrorists and so on - I will give my support. Until then my medals from 28 years in the navy can stay in the drawer. |
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Clive | Report | 9 Jun 2007 19:07 |
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http://news.bbc*co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/6724313.stm story date 6/6/07 'one of three uk survivours.' France has I think 3 too. Not sure about USA they were doing a search. I guess the Germans are too. CB |
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Paul Barton, Special Agent | Report | 9 Jun 2007 18:53 |
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As the last few veterans of WW1 pass away, we must be close to saying farewell to the last one of these heroes. The death of the last-known veteran from World War I will be marked by a national memorial service. The event at Westminster Abbey, to take place within about 12 weeks of when the passing of the veteran happens, will be a national commemoration of WWI. It will echo the ceremony on 11 November 1920 when the Unknown Warrior was laid to rest and Cenotaph unveiled. Does anybody know how many survive today? I know that the oldest man in Britain is one of them. I think it may be as few as three. |
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