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This is a list of the last known surviving veterans of the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) who lived to 1999 or later, along with the last known veterans for countries that participated in the war. Veterans are defined as people who were members of the armed forces of the combatant nations during the conflict, although some states use other definitions.
Personnel Records of individuals who died during the Second World War (War Dead) The Service Files of the Second World War—War Dead, 1939–1947 database contains partial files of individuals who died between 1939 and 1947 and who. were killed in action; died as a result of accident or illness while in service; died of injuries related to service
- Canadian Military Records
- Canadian Burial Records
- Canadian Personnel Service Records
In both world wars, the Canadian military kept war diaries. These were brief explanations of a given regiment’s daily activity, where they were based, whether they’d seen action, reports of injuries or deaths, and so on. Each of these records are succinct, but are a valuable resource in tracking the actions of a regiment, and often the timeline of ...
The CWGC holds commemoration records for more than 110,000 casualties of the two world wars. These records can be found on our website using our Find War Dead tool. This tool allows you to search for any of the casualties commemorated by the CWGC by name. You can also make more general searches, using details like nationality, regiment or unit to f...
The Canadian military personnel records consist of a number of different documents, chief among them, a soldier’s attestation papers. These papers cover the soldier’s basic history and include the oath taken when signing up, declaring obedience to the King, as well as medical records, casualty forms, discharge papers and their last will and testame...
As many as ten million soldiers died in the fighting along with many millions of civilian casualties. Deadly new weapons of war such as high-explosive shells, tanks, powerful machine guns, and poison gas escalated the death toll. Canada goes to war. Germany invaded Belgium on 4 August 1914.
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Search by name or vessel for seamen who died while serving in Canada's Merchant Marine. Second World War death records Search the war dead service files from the Second World War.
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The last living veteran of World War I was Florence Green. She was a British woman who served in the Allied armed forces, and who died on 4 February 2012, aged 110. [1] The last veteran who served in combat was Claude Choules. He served in the British Royal Navy (and later the Royal Australian Navy) and died 5 May 2011, aged 110. [2]
