Florence Green

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Florence Beatrice Green , née Patterson , (born February 19, 1901 in Edmonton , London , † February 4, 2012 in King's Lynn ) was the last known living person who was one of the veterans of the First World War . She served in the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF), a women's branch of the Royal Air Force (RAF).

Life

Florence Green joined the Women's Royal Air Force on September 13, 1918 at the age of 17. She served as an orderly in the officers' mess of the military airfield RAF Marham in Norfolk , where the 59th squadron of the RAF was stationed, and at the military airfield in Narborough, also in Norfolk. She was not involved in combat operations.

Green lived in King's Lynn. From her marriage in 1920 to railroad worker Walter Green, who died in 1970, she had two daughters and a son. She lived in her eldest daughter Mary's house.

Since the death of Claude Choules on May 5, 2011, she was the only known survivor of the First World War.

See also

The last World War I veterans in other countries included:

  • Frank Buckles (1901–2011), last American veteran of the First World War
  • Claude Stanley Choules (1901–2011), British veteran of the First and Second World Wars (Australian citizen from 1926)
  • Henry Allingham (1896–2009), last veteran of the Royal Navy of the First World War
  • Harry Patch (1898–2009), last British Army veteran of the First World War
  • Louis de Cazenave (1897–2008), last World War I veteran who took part in the fighting as a French citizen
  • Lazare Ponticelli (1897–2008), last veteran of the First World War in the French Foreign Legion (French citizen from 1939)
  • Franz Künstler (1900–2008), last surviving veteran of Austria-Hungary during World War I (German citizen from 1946)
  • Erich Kästner (1900–2008), last surviving German soldier of the First World War
  • Charles Kuentz (1897–2005), last surviving German soldier from Alsace during the First World War (French citizen from 1919)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Last WWI vet dies aged 110 ( Memento of the original from August 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lynnnews.co.uk
  2. ↑ The National Archives (English)
  3. ↑ The last World War I veteran has died . In: Spiegel Online from May 5, 2011
  4. ↑ At 108, Florence Green is Britain's oldest war vet ( Memento of the original from December 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Lynn News from January 13, 2010 (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lynnnews.co.uk
  5. ↑ 108 - and she's still as sharp as a needle!  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Lynn News from February 29, 2009 (English)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.lynnnews.co.uk  
  6. ↑ Last WWI combat veteran Claude Choules dies aged 110 In: BBC News from May 5, 2011 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Green, Florence
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Green, Florence Beatrice; Patterson, Florence Beatrice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British military personnel
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , London
DATE OF DEATH 4th February 2012
Place of death King's Lynn