The Last Veteran of World War I #shorts

The Last Veteran of World War I

#history #shorts #ww1

[Speer]

Quite amazing but sad that he lived for a long time but had to pass. A piece of history died with him passing.

[charlesclark]

I was Vietnam veteran, I was 19 in 1972. The last Vietnam combat vets were in the Mayaguez incident in 1975.there may have been a marine that was 16 or 17 at the time. The youngest maybe 64 years old today. I wont be the last one left because I have prostate cancer from agent orange exposure and simply wont last that long.

[generalkaffenberger]

Respect for Claude & his Military Service

[pozn]

14 he looks like a young kid, at 16 he looks like a full grown man. #RIP Sir

[mightymystery]

110 years old, is impressive. I remember leading a US Marine Color Guard at a patriotic event at a church, in 1991. In the front row was an elderly veteran, wearing his WWI "blanket weave" Marine blues. That moved me deeply.

[lmclm]

He was a sailor, not a soldier as this ChatGPT script says.

[johnharvey]

Brave and honourable. Not many like him.

[twwtjohns]

He died 90 years after my grandfather who died in 1921 from injuries he received fighting in the battle of Chateau Thierry in France.

[ronammologist]

A soldier in the Navy?
Perhaps you mean a Sailor?

[kikupub]

My grandpas fought on opposite sides of the war to end all wars. One for the Canadian Army and the other for the Kaiser. rest in peace.

[pepejuan]

I remember a ww1 veteran visited our school in the early 1980’s

[wildancrazy]

I've known a few ww1 vets, a Abraham Lincoln brigade member from the Spanish civil war, untold numbers of WW2 and every conflict since. I even knew a coal stoker from 1910 destroyer. I miss most very much.
Rest in peace....

[adamallison]

Amazing story. Men were men, then different times.

[nightintheruts]

So he was about 110 when he died, wow thats a long life

[generalkaffenberger]

OK, no disrespect Sir, but how about of AMERICAN WWI Veterans ???

[richardwakelin]

I thought it was a gentleman named Tom Patch ?

[jayjayspoon]

i encourage everyone to look for "Last Man Standing Australian Boer War Anzac Light Horse Veteran " This old vet was in all of them

[bojanglesthewizard]

Florence Greene was the last verified WW1 Veteran having joined the WRAF (Woman's Royal Air Force) she died February 4, 2012 at 110

Claude Choules was the last confirmed WW1 Combat Veteran

Harry Patch was the last WW1 Veteran to have served in the trenches. He died July 25, 2009 at 111. He served in the British Army

[janicemcgaha]

Sad to bad he didn't have any one, because if he did they weren't there so to me he didn't have anyone 😢

[joshuaburke]

My great grandpa who was a private in the west riding regiment survived until 1974, when my mom was born, he fought in the war when he was about 17, it's said he died of old age or something