'World's Last' WWI Veteran Has Died At Aged 110

Mrs Green joined the Women's Royal Air Force aged 17, two months before the armistice

'World's Last' WWI Veteran Florence Green Dies Aged 110 -- BBC

A woman thought to be the world's last known surviving service member of World War I has died aged 110.

Florence Green, from King's Lynn, Norfolk, served as a mess steward at RAF bases in Marham and Narborough.

She died in her sleep on Saturday night at Briar House care home, King's Lynn. Mrs Green had been due to celebrate her 111th birthday on 19 February.

The world's last known combat veteran of World War I, Briton Claude Choules, died in Australia aged 110 in May 2011.

The last three World War I veterans living in the UK - Bill Stone, Henry Allingham and Harry Patch - all died in 2009.

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More News On The Death Of The 'World's Last' WWI Veteran

Last surviving veteran of First World War dies aged 110 -- The Telegraph
Last known WWI veteran Florence Green dies at 110 -- Boston.com/AP
'Last' war service member dies -- Belfast Telegraph
Last WW I veteran, a waitress, dies in U.K. -- CBC
The Very Last World War I Veteran Has Died -- The Atlantic
Florence Green -- The Telegraph

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