List of last surviving veterans of military operations

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This is a chronological list of the last known surviving veterans of battles, sieges, campaigns, and other military operations throughout history. The listed operations span from the 5th century BC to the end of World War II. Excluded from this list are last living veterans of wars and insurgencies.

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Pre-17th century

EngagementStarting dateServiceNameLifespanNotes
Battle of Thermopylae 30 August/ 8–10 September, 480 BCColoured Lambda.png Spartan Army Aristodemus of Sparta ?–479 BC Killed in action at Plataea.
Battle of Badr 13 March 624 Muslim ArmyAbu al-Yusr Ka'b ibn Amr599–675Last soldier to serve under Muhammad at the battle. [1]
Battle of Hastings 14 October 1066Flag of Normandie.svg Norman Army Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester c.1050 – 1118Last Norman nobleman to participate.

17th century

EngagementStarting dateServiceNameLifespanNotes
Battle of Edgehill 23 October 1642Royal Standard of England (1603-1689).svg Royalist Army William Hiseland 1620–1732Last veteran of the English Civil War.
Battle of Killiecrankie 27 July 1689Flag of Scotland (traditional).svg Scottish militiaJohn Dennisc.1668 – 1770 [2] [3]

18th century

EngagementStarting dateServiceNameLifespanNotes
Battle of Malplaquet 11 September 1709Flag of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg British ArmyAmbrose Tennantc.1693 – 1800 [4] [5]
Battle of Sheriffmuir 13 November 1715John Hastie1698–1798 [6] [7]
Battle of Culloden 16 April 1746Jacobite Standard (1745).svg Jacobite Army Auld Dubrach 1714?–1824Claimed last Jacobite.
Siege of Fort William Henry 3 August 1757Flag of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg British ArmyDavid Thompson Jr.1736–1836 [8] [9]
Siege of Louisbourg 8 June 1758James Thompson1733–1830Served as an engineer. [10] [11]
Battle of Quebec 13 September 1759
Siege of Havana 6 June 1762Ezekiel Blackmarr1742–1841 [12]
Battle of Point Pleasant 10 October 1774Red Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Virginia militiaSamuel Bonnifield1752–1848 [13]
Battles of Lexington and Concord 19 April 1775Red Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Massachusetts Minutemen Jonathan Harrington 1758–1854Last Lexington veteran. [14] [15]
Amos Baker1756–1850Last Concord veteran. [16]
Battle of Kings Mountain 7 October 1780Flag of the United States (1777-1795).svg Continental ArmyRobert Henry1767–1863 [17]
Battle of Dogger Bank 5 August 1781Statenvlag.svg Dutch Royal Navy Abraham Losgert  [ nl ]1764–1856Served on Admiraal Piet Hein . [18]
Battle of Groton Heights 6 September 1781Flag of the United States (1777-1795).svg Continental ArmyRobert Gallup1760–1858 [19] [20] [21]
Siege of Yorktown 28 September 1781 John Gray 1764–1868 [22]
Battle of Turnhout 27 October 1789Flag of the Brabantine Revolution.svg Brabant Revolutionary ArmyAntoon Coninckx-Bollen1775–1868 [23] [24]
Battle of Maciejowice 10 October 1794Banner of Kosciuszko Uprising flat.PNG Polish ArmyAntoni Piórecki1764–1870 [25]
Battle of Cape St Vincent 14 February 1797Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg British Royal NavyHenry King1783–1874Served on HMS Namur. [26]

19th century

EngagementStarting dateServiceNameLifespanNotes
Battle of Trafalgar 21 October 1805Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spanish NavyGaspar Costela Vasquez1787–1892Served on Santa Ana. [27] :184 [28] [29]
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French NavyEmmanuel Louis Cartigny1790–1892Served on Redoutable. [27] :346
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg British Royal NavyJoseph Sutherland1789–1890Served on HMS Beaulieu. [30] [31]
Battle of Austerlitz 2 December 1805Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French ArmyPhilippe C. Drummel1797–1892 [32]
Battle of Corunna 16 January 1809Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British ArmyThomas Palmer1789–1889 [33] [34]
French invasion of Russia 24 June 1812Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French Army Nicolas Savin 1792?–1894 [35]
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Army Vasilij Nikolaevich Kochetkov  [ ru ]1785–1892 [36]
Battle of Smolensk 16 August 1812Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French ArmyHector Nizole1793–1893 [37]
USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere 19 August 1812Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg United States NavyJoseph Burrows Tifftz [38] 1782–1878Served on USS Constitution. [39]
Battle of Borodino 7 September 1812Flag of Russia.svg Russian Army Vasilij Nikolaevich Kochetkov  [ ru ]1785–1892 [36]
Capture of USS Chesapeake 1 June 1813Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg British Royal Navy Provo Wallis 1791–1892Served on HMS Shannon. [40]
Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg United States NavyBenjamin Trefethen1790–1886Served on USS Chesapeake. [40] [41] [42]
Battle of the Thames 5 October 1813Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg United States ArmyDavid McCoy1790–1895 [43]
Battle of Leipzig 16 October 1813Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austrian ArmyAnton Lipp1793?–1895 [44]
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Army Vasilij Nikolaevich Kochetkov  [ ru ]1785–1892 [36]
Battle of Paris 30 March 1814Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French Army Émile Mellinet  [ fr ]1798–1894
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Army Vasilij Nikolaevich Kochetkov  [ ru ]1785–1892 [36]
Battle of Baltimore 12 September 1814Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg United States ArmyElijah Bouldin Glenn1796–1898 [45]
Battle of North Point William Welsh1800–1894 [45]
Battle of New Orleans 8 January 1815Joseph Coffman1804–1897 [46] [47]
Battle of Ligny 16 June 1815Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French ArmyConstantin Benoit Joseph Denis1793–1893 [48] [49]
Battle of Waterloo Louis-Victor Baillot  [ fr ]1793–1898
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British ArmyFerdinand Scharnhorst1799–1893 King's German Legion. [50] [51] [52]
Battle of Quatre Bras 18 June 1815Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French Army Louis-Victor Baillot  [ fr ]1793–1898
Siege of Salvador 2 July 1823 Imperial Brazilian Navy Marquis of Tamandaré 1807–1897Served on frigate Niterói
Battle of Juncal 9 February 1827Flag of Argentina.svg Argentine Navy Enrique Sinclair 1805–1904 [53] [54]
Battle of Navarino 20 October 1827Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg British Royal NavyJohn W. Stainer1808–1907Served on HMS Talbot. [55]
Flag of the Kingdom of France (1814-1830).svg French NavyLouis Pèlabon1814–1906Served on Sirène. [56] [57]
Ten Days' Campaign 2 August 1831Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch Royal ArmyCorstiaan Hagers1811–1915Last holder of the Metal Cross  [ nl ]. [58] [59]
Flag of Belgium.svg Belgian Revolutionary ArmyJean-Philippe Lavallé1809–1913Fought at Leuven. [60] [61]
Battle of the Alamo 23 February 1836Flag of Texas.svg Texan Army Benjamin Franklin Highsmith 1817–1905Left as a courier during the siege. [62] [63]
Battle of San Jacinto 21 April 1836William Physick Zuber1820–1913 [64] [65]
Battle of Sidi Brahim 22 September 1845Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French ArmyGuillaume Rolland1821–1915 [66] [67]
Siege of Fort Texas 3 May 1846Flag of the United States (1845-1846).svg United States ArmyJosiah Turner1826–1916 [68] [69]
Battle of Monterey 7 July 1846Anson A. Pike1820–1916 [70]
Siege of Veracruz 9 March 1847Flag of the United States (1846-1847).svg United States Navy Owen Thomas Edgar 1831–1929Served on USS Potomac. [71]
Battle of Churubusco 20 August 1847Flag of Mexico (1823-1864, 1867-1893).svg Mexican ArmyAntonio Rincón Gallardo1833–1928 [72]
Flag of the United States (1847-1848).svg United States ArmyAmasa Gleason Clark1825–1927 [73] [74]
Battle for Mexico City 8 September 1847Flag of the United States (1846-1847).svg United States Navy Owen Thomas Edgar 1831–1929Served on USS Allegheny. [71]
Battle of Chapultepec 12 September 1847Flag of the United States (1847-1848).svg United States ArmyCalvin E. Myers1830–1928 [75]
Battle of Isaszeg 6 April 1849Flag of Hungarian Revolution of 1848.png Hungarian Revolutionary ArmyJózsef Fischl1827–1929 [76]
Battle of Segesvár 31 July 1849
Battle of Bomarsund 21 June 1854Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg British Royal NavyFrancis John Peake Shapcote1837–1937Served on HMS St Jean d'Acre. [77]
Charge of the Light Brigade 25 October 1854Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Army Edwin Hughes 1830–1927 [78]
Thin Red Line Charles Ellingworth1833–1927 [79]
Battle of Inkerman 5 November 1854Joseph Pritchard Wellspring1839–1933 [80]
Battle of the Eureka Stockade 3 December 1854Eureka Flag.svg Stockade rebelsWilliam Edward Atherdon1838–1936 [81] [82]
Battle of Magenta 4 June 1859Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Sardinian ArmySimone Piffaretti1843–1940 [83]
Battle of Solferino 24 June 1859Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austrian ArmyAnton Neubauer1836–1941 [84] [85]
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Sardinian ArmySimone Piffaretti1843–1940 [83]
Battle of Fort Sumter 12 April 1861Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg Union ArmyWilliam Henry Hamner1838–1925 [86] [87] [88]
Battle of Philippi 3 June 1861James Wesley Bodley1842–1935 [89]
Battle of Boonville 17 June 1861Charles John Walden1844–1932 [90] [91]
First Battle of Bull Run 21 July 1861 James Hard 1841–1951 [92] :629 [93] :873
Battle of Hampton Roads 8 March 1862Flag of the Confederate States of America (March 1861 - May 1861).svg Confederate NavyJohn Patrick Kevill1844–1941Served on CSS Virginia. [94] [95] :157 [96] [97]
Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg Union NavyJohn Ambrose Driscoll1839–1921Served on USS Monitor. [98] [95] :157 [99]
Battle of Shiloh 6 April 1862Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg Union ArmyDaniel A. Wedge1841–1947 [92] :629 [93]
Andrews' Raid 12 April 1862 John Reed Porter 1838–1923
Flag of the Confederate States of America (1861-1863).svg Confederate Army Henry P. Haney 1846–1923 [100] [101]
Battle of Puebla 5 May 1862Bandera de la Segunda Republica Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.svg Mexican ArmyFrancisco Arellano Zenteno1842–1935 [102]
Seven Days Battles 25 June 1862Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg Union Army James Hard 1841–1951 [92] :873
Battle of Gaines's Mill 27 June 1862
Battle of Malvern Hill 1 July 1862
Battle of Fort Ridgely 20 September 1862Charles Marian Culver1849–1943 [103]
Battle of Antietam 17 September 1862 James Hard 1841–1951 [95] :155
Battle of Fredericksburg 11 December 1862Charles Douglass1847–1950 [95] :19 [92] :790
Battle of Stones River 31 December 1862Flag of the Confederate States of America (1861-1863).svg Confederate ArmySamuel Merrill Raney1847–1950 [104] :1629 [105]
Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg Union ArmyGeorge Washington Grizzle1845–1949 [92] :763
Battle of Chancellorsville 30 April 1863 James Hard 1841–1951 [95] :155 [92] :873
Siege of Vicksburg 18 May 1863Derritt Higgins Chapman1845–1948 [92] :716
Flag of the Confederate States of America (1861-1863).svg Confederate ArmySolomon Bedford Strickland1839?–1947 [104] :1483
Morgan's Raid 11 June 1863Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg Union ArmyThomas F. Ambrose1849–1949 [92] :776 [106]
Battle of Gettysburg 1 July 1863James Marion Lurvey1847–1950 [107] [108] [95] :155 [92] :809
Flag of the Confederate States of America (1863-1865).svg Confederate ArmyJames D. Dickerson [109] 1844–1948 [104] :1559 [110]
Second Battle of Fort Wagner 18 July 1863Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg Union ArmyEli G. Biddle1846–1940Last member of the 54th Massachusetts. [92] :982 [111] [95] :157 [112]
Defence of Pukekohe East 13 September 1863Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British ArmyJoseph Corbett Scott1838–1940 [113]
Battle of Chickamauga 18 September 1863Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg Union ArmyWilliam Evan Whittinghill1848–1949 [114] [115]
Battle of Missionary Ridge 25 November 1863
Battle of Dybbøl 7 April 1864Flag of Denmark.svg Danish ArmyOve Henning Jacobsen1841–1941 [116]
Battle of the Wilderness 5 May 1864Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg Union ArmyJohn Henry Grate1845–1949 [92] :765
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House 8 May 1864Charles H. Duckworth1846–1949 [95] :44 [92] :755
Battle of Heligoland 9 May 1864Naval Ensign of Denmark.svg Danish Royal NavyHans Hansen1842–1939Served on Jylland. [117] [118]
Battle of New Market 15 May 1864Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg Union ArmyCharles H. Duckworth1846–1949 [92] :755
Siege of Petersburg 15 June 1864Flag of the Confederate States of America (1863-1865).svg Confederate Army Pleasant Crump 1847–1951
Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg Union ArmyCharles Lysander Chappel1847–1949 [119]
Battle of Cherbourg 19 June 1864Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg Union NavyWilliam Alsdorf1843–1933Served on USS Kearsarge. [120] [121]
Naval ensign of the Confederate States of America (1863-1865).svg Confederate NavyArthur Sinclair1837–1925Served on CSS Alabama. [120]
Battle of the Crater 30 July 1864Naval ensign of the Confederate States of America (1863-1865).svg Confederate ArmyTheodore Norman Mayo1845–1948 [104] :1561 [122]
Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg Union ArmyAlvin Smith1843–1948 [92] :720 [123] [124]
Battle of Mobile Bay 2 August 1864Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg Union NavyHenry Doll1848–1947Served on USS Hartford. [92] :586 [95] :170 [125] :68
Sherman's March to the Sea 15 November 1864Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg Union ArmyJohn Simon Dumser1847–1949 [92] :785 [126] [127]
Battle of Franklin 30 November 1864Michael Joseph Thralls1843–1950 [92] :818 [128] [129]
Battle of Nashville 15 December 1864
Second Battle of Fort Fisher 13 January 1865Flag of the Confederate States of America (1863-1865).svg Confederate ArmyGeorge Washington Benson1846–1948 [130] [125] :68
Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg Union NavyHenry Doll1848–1947Served on USS Brooklyn. [92] :586 [95] :170 [125] :69
Battle of Bentonville 19 March 1865Flag of the Confederate States of America (1865).svg Confederate ArmyRuffin Van Buren Collie1844–1951 [104] :1647
Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg Union ArmyJohn Simon Dumser1847–1949 [92] :785
Wilson's Raid 22 March 1865Charles H. Duckworth1846–1949 [92] :755
Battle of Palmito Ranch 12 May 1865Flag of the Confederate States of America (1865).svg Confederate ArmyHenry Spangler1845–1938 [131]
Battle of Lissa 20 July 1866Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italian Royal NavyGiovanni Simoncini1840?–1940Served on Gaeta. [132]
Paris Commune 18 March 1870Vlag van de Commune van Parijs.svg Communard revolutionaries Adrien Lejeune 1847–1942
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French ArmyEugène François Louis Liné1850–1940 [133]
Battle of Bazeilles 1 September 1870Alexandre Rioland1847–1935 [134]
Siege of Paris 19 September 1870 Émile Chausse  [ fr ]1850–1941
Second Battle of Adobe Walls 27 June 1874 Comanche warriorsYellowfish1856–1943 [135] [136]
Flag of the United States (1867-1877).svg Adobe Walls bison huntersWesley Kavanaugh Myers1854–1939 [137] [138]
Battle of the Little Bighorn 25 June 1876 Lakota warriors Dewey "Iron Hail" Beard 1858–1955 Miniconjou Lakota.
Flag of the United States (1867-1877).svg United States Army Charles Windolph 1851–1950
Battle of Rorke's Drift 22 January 1879Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Army Frank Bourne 1854–1945
Battle of Iquique 21 May 1879Flag of Chile.svg Chilean Navy Wenceslao Vargas  [ es ]1861–1958Served on Esmeralda.
Battle of Angamos 8 October 1879Flag of Peru (state).svg Peruvian Navy Manuel Elías Bonnemaison 1862–1961Served on Huáscar. [139] [140]
Battle of Majuba Hill 27 February 1881Flag of Transvaal.svg Boer ArmyJacob Coetzer1866–1969 [141]
Battle of Fish Creek 24 April 1885Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg Canadian ArmyWilliam Dickie Mills1866–1971 [142] [143]
Battle of Batoche 9 May 1885
Battle of Dogali 26 January 1887Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italian Royal ArmyLuigi Zoli1865–1956 [144] [145]
Battle of Adwa 1 March 1896Luigi Naccarato1870–1975 [146]
Battle of Manila Bay 1 May 1898Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg United States NavyArchibald M. Forbis1878–1981Served on USS McCulloch. [147]
Battle of San Juan Hill 1 July 1898Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg United States ArmyRalph Waldo Taylor1882–1987 [148]
Siege of Baler Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spanish ArmyEmilio Fabregat Fabregat1878–1960 [149]
Battle of Omdurman 2 September 1898Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British ArmyJames Richard Miles1879–1977 [150]
Battle of Sugar Point 5 October 1898Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg United States ArmyHubert V. Eva1869–1971 [151]
Battle of Spion Kop 23 January 1900Flag of Transvaal.svg Boer ArmyPieter Arnoldus Krueler1885–1986 [152]
Siege of Catubig 15 April 1900Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg United States ArmyWilliam John Otjen1879–1973 [153]

20th century

EngagementStarting dateServiceNameLifespanNotes
Battle of Tsushima 27 May 1905Naval ensign of the Empire of Japan.svg Imperial Japanese NavyOkura Meiji1884–1982Served on Asama.
Naval Ensign of Russia.svg Imperial Russian Navy Jerzy Wołkowicki 1883–1983Served on Imperator Nikolai I.
Battle of Yangxia 18 October 1911Naval Jack of the Republic of China.svg Tongmenghui Revolutionary ArmyYu Yuzhi1889–1993 [154]
Battle of Sciara Sciatt 23 October 1911Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italian Royal ArmyLuigi Gilardi1892–1993 [155]
Battle of Misrata 16 June 1912Guido Bellucci1890–1994 [156] [157]
Battle of Coyotepe Hill 3 October 1912Flag of Nicaragua (1908-1971).svg Liberal Party revolutionariesJosé Pánfilo Ramos Sevilla Pánfilo1893–2001 [158]
First Dogfight 30 November 1913Bandera de Mexico (1880-1914).svg Carrancistas Dean Ivan Lamb 1886–1955Mercenary pilot hired to fly for General Benjamín G. Hill's forces.
Battle of the Frontiers 7 August 1914Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French Army Lazare Ponticelli 1897–2008
Battle of Halen 12 August 1914Flag of Belgium.svg Belgian Army Arsène Joseph Becuwe  [ nl ]1891–1992
Battle of Mons 23 August 1914Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British ArmyJames Davidson1897–1999 BEF. [159]
Battle of Le Cateau 26 August 1914Michael Lally1894–1999BEF. [160] [161] [162]
Siege of Tsingtao 27 August 1914War Ensign of Germany (1903-1918).svg Imperial German NavyPaul Kley1894–1992 Seebataillon. [163] [164] [165]
First Battle of the Marne 6 September 1914Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French Army Raymond Abescat 1891–2001
Battle of Zanzibar 20 Sept 1914Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg British Royal NavyLeonard Claude Lawrance1890–1982Served on HMS Pegasus. [166]
First Battle of Ypres 19 October 1914Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British ArmyWilliam Elder1897–2005BEF. [167] [168] [169]
Battle of Tanga 3 November 1914Reichskolonialflagge.svg German East African colonial ArmyMalonde Maseru1894–1996 Schutztruppe. [170] [171]
Battle of Cocos 9 November 1914Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Australian Royal NavySidney Sullivan1896–1997Served on HMAS Sydney. [172] [173]
War Ensign of Germany (1903-1918).svg Imperial German NavyHeyo Aden-Emden1890–1989Served on SMS Emden. [174]
Christmas Truce 24–26 December 1914Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Army Alfred Anderson 1896–20051/5th Angus and Dundee Battalion of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment). [175]
Gallipoli Campaign 17 February 1915Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian Army Alec Campbell 1899–2002 ANZAC. [176]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British ArmyPercy Goring1894–2001 MEF. [177] [178]
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French ArmyErnest Stocanne1894–1999 CEO. [179] [180]
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French NavyPierre L'Huillier1895–1998Served on the battleship Saint Louis. [181]
Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg Ottoman ArmyAdil Şahin1898–1998 III Corps. Fought at the Landing at Anzac Cove. [182] [183]
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg British Royal NavyJohn "Jack" Walter Gearing1894–1997Served on HMS Theseus. [184]
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand ArmyAlfred Douglas Dibley1896–1997ANZAC. [185]
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Australian Royal NavyCharles George Suckling1893–1984Served on HMAS AE2. [186]
Battle of Neuve Chapelle 10 March 1915Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Army Alfred Anderson 1896–2005BEF. Last known participant of the Christmas truce.
Second Battle of Ypres 2 April 1915William Elder1897–2005BEF. [167] [168] [169]
First Battle of the Isonzo 23 June 1915Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italian Royal Army Carlo Orelli 1894–2005
Landing at Suvla Bay 6 August 1915Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British ArmyRobert Richard Barron1895–1999MEF. [187]
Battle of the Nek 7 August 1915Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian ArmyLeonard "Len" Hall1897–1999ANZAC. [188] [189] [190]
Battle of Loos 25 September 1915Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Army Alfred Anderson 1896–2005
Serbian army's retreat through Albania 25 November 1915State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg Serbian Army Aleksa Radovanović 1900–2004
Battle of Verdun 21 February 1916Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French ArmyRené Marie-Martial Moreau1897–2005 [191]
Battle of Columbus 9 March 1916Flag of Mexico (1893-1916).svg Villistas Juan Carlos Caballero Vega 1900–2010División del Norte. [192]
Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg British Royal Navy Henry Allingham 1896–2009 Royal Naval Air Service. Served as a seaplane mechanic on the HMT Kingfisher.
Henry St John Fancourt 1900–2004Served on HMS Princess Royal
War Ensign of Germany (1903-1918).svg Imperial German NavyWilly Schinkel1896–2002Served on SMS Kaiser. [193]
Storming of Fort Vaux 1 June 1916Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French ArmyFerdinand Viviès1895–1995 [194]
Battle of the Somme 1 July 1916 Claude-Marie Boucaud  [ fr ]1895–2005 [191]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Army Albert Marshall 1897–2005 [195]
Battle of Delville Wood 14 July 1916Red Ensign of South Africa (1912-1951).svg South African ArmyJoeseph Samuels1897–1998 SAOEF. [196]
Battle of Pozières 23 July 1916Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian Army Marcel Caux 1899–2004 I ANZAC Corps
Battle of Bucharest 27 November 1916Flag of Romania.svg Romanian Army Titus Gârbea  [ ro ]1893–1998 [197] [198]
First Battle of Gaza 26 March 1917Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian ArmyMcRae Archibald Cameron1898–1997I ANZAC Corps. ANZAC Mounted Division. [199]
Bloody April 1 April 1917Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British ArmyNorman Baillie Lovemore1895–1993 Royal Flying Corps. [200]
Battle of Arras 9 April 1917 Albert Marshall 1897–2005BEF.
Battle of Vimy Ridge Alfred Finnigan 1896–2005BEF.
Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg Canadian ArmyClifford Holliday1898–2004 CEF. [201] [202] [203]
Battle of Chemin des Dames 16 April 1917Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French Army Louis de Cazenave 1897–2008
Second Battle of Gaza 17 April 1917Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian ArmyMcRae Archibald Cameron1898–1997I ANZAC Corps. ANZAC Mounted Division. [199]
Battle of Messines 7 June 1917 Edward Smout 1898–2004 RAAMC.
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Army Bright Williams 1897–2003 NZEF. [204]
Battle of Zborov 1 July 1917Flag of Russia.svg Imperial Russian Army Alois Vocásek 1896–2003 Czechoslovak Legion.
Battle of Passchendaele 31 July 1917Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Army Harry Patch 1898–2009BEF. [205]
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Army Bright Williams 1897–2003NZEF. [204]
Battle of Mărășești 6 August 1917Flag of Romania.svg Romanian Army Lăcătușu Dumitrașcu  [ ro ]1891–1999 [206]
Third Battle of Oituz 8 August 1917
Battle of Caporetto 24 October 1917Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italian Royal Army Delfino Borroni 1898–2008
Battle of Beersheba 31 October 1917Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British ArmyJasper Cecil Hankinson1896–2004 EEF. [207]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian ArmyLeonard "Len" Hall1897–1999EEF. Desert Mounted Corps. Last participant of the Light Horse charge. [188] [189] [190]
Third Battle of Gaza 1 November 1917Albert Ernest Whitmore1899–2002EEF. Last Australian Light Horse veteran. [208] [209]
Battle of Hareira and Sheria 6 November 1917Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British ArmyHarold Judd1898–1998EEF. [210]
Charge at Huj 8 November 1917Darcy Harold Jones1896–2000EEF. [211] [212] [213]
Battle of Monte Grappa 13 November 1917Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italian Royal Army Lazare Ponticelli 1897–2008
Battle of Jerusalem 17 November 1917Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British ArmyJasper Cecil Hankinson1896–2004EEF. [207]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian ArmyAlbert Ernest Whitmore1899–2002EEF. Desert Mounted Corps. [208] [209]
Battle of Cambrai 20 November 1917Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Army Albert Marshall 1897–2005BEF.
Norman Margrave Dillon1896–1997 Tank Corps. [214] [215]
Battle of Kruty 29/ 30 January 1918Flag of the Ukrainian State.svg Ukrainian People's Army Matthew Danyluk  [ uk ]1892–1994
Ice March 9 February 1918Flag of Russia.svg Volunteer Army Boris Mikhailovich Ivanov  [ ru ]1895–1993
Steppe March 25 February 1918Flag of Don Cossacks.svg Don ArmyNikolai Mikhailovich Pokhlebin1901–1991 [216]
Battle of the Lys 7 April 1918Flag of Portugal.svg Portuguese Army José Maria Hermano Baptista  [ pt ]1895–2002 CEP.
Battle of Tampere 21 April 1918Flag of Finland 1918 (state).svg Finnish White ArmyLauri Nurminen1906–2009
Zeebrugge Raid 23 April 1918Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg British Royal NavySidney Hesse1899–2002Served on HMS Phoebe. [217] [218]
Alfred Ambrose Hutchinson1895–2002 Royal Marines. Served on HMS Iris II. [219]
Battle of Vyborg 21 April 1918Red flag.svg Finnish Red Army Aarne Arvonen 1897–2009
Second Battle of Jordan 30 April 1918Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian ArmyAlbert Ernest Whitmore1899–2002EEF. Desert Mounted Corps. [208] [209]
Battle of Sardarabad 22 May 1918Flag of the First Republic of Armenia.svg Armenian ArmySenekerim "Sam" Arakelian1902–2000 [220]
Third Battle of the Aisne 27 May 1918Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French Army Ferdinand Gilson  [ fr ]1898–2006 [221] [222] [223]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British ArmyFrank S. Deane1899–2002BEF. [224]
Battle of Moreuil Wood 30 May 1918Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg Canadian ArmyFrank E. Richmond1896–1996CEF. [225]
Battle of Belleau Wood 1 June 1918Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Marine CorpsWilliam Eugene "Gene" Lee1899–2004 5th Marine Regiment. [226] [227]
Kuban Offensive 9 June 1918Flag of Russia.svg Volunteer Army Boris Vitalyevich Pryanishnikov  [ ru ]1902–2002
Second Battle of the Piave River 15 June 1918Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918).svg Austro-Hungarian Army Franz Künstler 1900–2008 [228]
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italian Royal ArmyDomenico De Cristofaro1899–2006 [229]
Second Battle of the Marne 15 July 1918Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French Army Jean Grelaud 1898–2007
Flag of the German Empire.svg Imperial German Army Charles Kuentz 1897–2005
Battle of Amiens 8 August 1918Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian Army Peter Casserly 1898–2005 AIF.
Second Battle of the Somme 21 August 1918Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg French Army Ferdinand Gilson  [ fr ] [221] [222] [223]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian ArmyEdward "Ted" Rayns1899–2004 Australian Corps. [169]
Battle of Saint-Mihiel 12 September 1918Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States ArmyAntonio Pierro1896–2007 82nd Infantry Division [230]
Capture of Damascus 1 October 1918Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian ArmyAlbert Ernest Whitmore1899–2002EEF. Desert Mounted Corps. [208] [209]
Battle of Vittorio Veneto 3 November 1918Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italian Royal Army Francesco Domenico Chiarello 1898–2008
Capture of Le Quesnoy 4 November 1918Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand ArmyLawrence Morris Blyth1895–2001NZEF. [231]
Soloheadbeg Ambush 21 January 1919Flag of Ireland.svg Irish Republican ArmyPádraig Mac Cormaic [232] 1894–1982 [233]
Vilna offensive 16 April 1919Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg Polish ArmyWalenty Florysiak1898–2004 [234]
Battle of Warsaw 12 August 1920 Józef Kowalski 1900–2013
Battle of Radzymin 13 August 1920 Witold Bublewski  [ pl ]1904–2007
Battle of Komarów 30 August 1920 Józef Kowalski 1900–2013
Kilmichael Ambush 28 November 1920Flag of Ireland.svg Irish Republican ArmyEdward "Ned" Young1892–1989 [235]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Irish ConstabularyFrederick Henry Forde1896–1941Only RIC survivor of the ambush. [236] [237]
Second Battle of İnönü 23 March 1921Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg Turkish Army Veysel Turan 1901–2007
Battle of Sakarya 23 August 1921 Yakup Satar 1898–2008 [238] [239]
Great Offensive 26 August 1922 Mustafa Şekip Birgöl 1903–2008 [240]
January 28 incident 28 January 1932Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chinese ArmyHuang Shengyong1905–2017 [241] [242]
Battle of Boquerón 7 September 1932Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Paraguayan ArmyGabino Ayala1913–2014 [243]
Long March 16 October 1934Second War Flag of Chinese Soviet Republic.svg Chinese Red Army Tu Tongjin 1914–2023 [244]
Siege of the Montaña barracks 18 July 1936Flag of Spain (1931-1939).svg Spanish Republican ArmyBibiano Morcillo1915–2012 [245] [246]
Siege of the Alcázar 21 July 1936Bandera del bando nacional 1936-1938.svg Nationalist ArmyFederico Fuentes Gómez de Salazar1918–2018 [247]
Battle of El Mazuco 6 September 1937Flag of Spain (1931-1939).svg Spanish Republican militiaAntonio Batalla1919–2018 Unified Socialist Youth. [248] [249]
Defense of Sihang Warehouse 26 October 1937Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chinese ArmyYang Yangzheng1914–2010Last of the "800 Heroes". [250] [251]
USS Panay incident 12 December 1937Naval ensign of the Empire of Japan.svg Imperial Japanese Navy Kaname Harada 1916–2016 Naval Air Service.
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Navy Fon Huffman 1913–2008Served on USS Panay.
Battle of Cape Palos 5 March 1938Bandera del bando nacional 1936-1938.svg Nationalist NavyManuel Aneiros Saavedra1917–2020Served on Baleares. [252] [253]
Battle of Cape Machichaco Flag of the Basque Country.svg Basque Auxiliary NavyJuan Azkarate1922–2019Served on Nabarra. Last survivor of the Basque Auxiliary Navy. [254] [255] [256]
Battle of Westerplatte 1 September 1939Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg Polish Army Ignacy Skowron  [ pl ]1915–2012
Battle of Mikołów Franciszek Grzegorzek1919?–2014 [257]
Battle of the River Plate 13 December 1939Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg New Zealand Royal NavyJohn Richard Thomson1922?–2021Served on HMNZS Achilles. [258] [259]
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg British Royal NavyBasil Arthur Trott1919–2021Served on HMS Exeter. [260] [261]
War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg German NavyHans Eubel1916–2017Served on Admiral Graf Spee. [262]
Battle for The Hague 10 May 1940Flag of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.svg Dutch Royal Air ForceJan Linzel1915–2019 [263] [264]
Battle of Rotterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch Royal NavyWilliam "Bill" Ramakers1922–2018Last marine. [265] [266]
Battle of the Afsluitdijk 12 May 1940Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch Royal ArmyRoelof Korporaal1919–2014 [267] [268]
Battle of Britain 10 July 1940Air Force Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg British Royal Air Force John Hemingway 1919Last pilot.
Paul Farnes 1918–2020Last ace. [269]
Capture of Kufra 31 January 1941Flag of Free France (1940-1944).svg Free French ArmyDaniel Paul Mathurin Nevot1920–2019 [270] [271]
Battle of the Denmark Strait 24 May 1941Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg British Royal Navy Ted Briggs 1923–2008Served on HMS Hood. [272]
War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg German NavyBernhard Heuer1922–2018Served on Bismarck. [273]
Sinking of the Bismarck 26 May 1941
Attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941Naval ensign of the Empire of Japan.svg Imperial Japanese Navy Kaname Harada 1916–2016 Naval Air Service. Last pilot. [274]
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Navy Lou Conter 1921–2024Last surviving crew member of the USS Arizona [275]
Raid on Alexandria 19 December 1941Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Italian Royal NavyEmilio Bianchi1912–2015 [276]
Battle of Pasir Panjang 12 February 1942Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Malayan ArmyUjang Mormin1920–2021 [277]
Doolittle Raid 18 April 1942Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Army Air Forces Richard E. Cole 1915–2019 17th Bombardment Group. [278]
Defense of Pavlov's House 27 September 1942Flag of the Soviet Union (1924-1955).svg Soviet ArmyKamoljon Turgunov1921–2015 [279]
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 19 April 1943Flag of ZOB (Jewish Fighting Organization).svg Jewish Combat OrganizationAliza Melamed Vitis-Shomron1928Last participant. [280]
Leon Kopelman 1924–2021Last combatant. [281]
Operation Chastise 16 May 1943Air Force Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg British Royal Air Force Johnny Johnson 1921–2022 [282]
Operation Jaywick 26 September 1943Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Australian Royal NavyMostyn "Moss" Berryman1923–2020 Z Special Unit. [283]
Battle of Peleliu 15 September 1944War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army (1868-1945).svg Imperial Japanese ArmyKeiji Nagai1921–2019 [284] [285]
Liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp 27 January 1945Flag of the Soviet Union (1924-1955).svg Soviet Army Ivan Martynushkin 1923 [286]
Georgian uprising on Texel 20 May 1945Flag of Georgia (1918-1921).svg Georgian Legion rebelsGrigor Baindurashvili1918?-2021[ citation needed ]

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