Louis de Cazenave

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Louis de Cazenave (1918)

Louis de Cazenave (born October 16, 1897 in Saint-Georges-d'Aurac , Haute-Loire department , † January 20, 2008 in Brioude ) was the last surviving veteran of the First World War who was involved in the fighting as a French .

Cazenave was mobilized in 1916 and took part in the fighting on the Chemin des Dames as an infantryman . After the war he became a railroad worker and a staunch pacifist ; he took part in the demonstrations of the Popular Front in 1936. During the Vichy regime he was interrogated several times by the police for making critical statements and lost his job.

In January 2008, Cazenave died at the age of 110 in his apartment in Brioude in Auvergne .

The last veteran of the First World War still alive after Cazenave's death with - since 1939 - French citizenship was Lazare Ponticelli ; in the First World War, Ponticelli participated first on the French and later on the Italian side. Ponticelli was 52 days younger than Cazenave and died exactly 52 days after him in March 2008.

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The last World War I veterans in other countries included:

  • Florence Green (1901–2012), last British veteran of the First World War
  • 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
  • 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)

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SURNAME Cazenave, Louis de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French veteran
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Georges-d'Aurac , Haute-Loire department
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 2008
Place of death Brioude