United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (69 Veterans)
| Name | Rank/Regiment/Corps | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre, Albert Eduoard | Private, 1st Royal Guernsey Light Infantry & Royal Garrison Artillery | 6 Oct 1901 | 14 Jan 2002 (100) | Last surviving Chelsea Pensioner to have served in World War I. Enlisted at 16. Fought at Passchendaele. |
| Andrews, James William | Army | 25 May 1899 | Apr 2002 (102) | |
| Baird, John | Private, Manchester Regiment & Royal Army Medical Corps | 26 Jul 1896 | Jan 2002 (105) | Last known Great War veteran of the Royal Army Medical Corps. |
| Beadman, Lionel Edward | Private, 51st (Graduated) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) | 25 Apr 1900 | Sep 2002 (102) | Still in training when the war ended. |
| Beedon, John Edward | Driver, Royal Field Artillery | 22 Jan 1897 | Jul 2002 (105) | Served on the Western Front. |
| Bell, George | Private, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) | 16 Nov 1898 | 30 Dec 2002 (104) | Saved when shrapnel from an exploding shell hit the bible he kept in his breast pocket. Died in the USA. |
| Blower, Walter Arthur | Royal Sussex Regiment | 17 Apr 1900 | Jun 2002 (102) | |
| Boulden, Archibald Carey | Private, Army | 14 Feb 1897 | Oct 2002 (105) | |
| Bowie, Andrew | Private, 1st Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders | 3 Oct 1897 | 26 Aug 2002 (104) | Last known Great War veteran of the Cameron Highlanders. Enlisted aged 18. Fought at Passchendaele, gassed but survived. Died in Australia. |
| Briggs, John Mortimer | Acting Captain, 1/2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers | 16 Mar 1898 | Jun 2002 (104) | Last known Great War veteran of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. A student at Nottingham University. Enlisted 1916. |
| Brown, Edward | Private, King’s (Liverpool Regiment) | 12 Jul 1896 | Apr 2002 (105) | Last known Great War veteran of the Liverpool Regiment. |
| Brown, Leopold Wilfred T F | Private, Somerset Light Infantry | 23 Sep 1898 | Nov 2002 (103) | Last known Great War veteran of the Somerset Light Infantry. |
| Bugg, Wilfred Marcus P | Private, East Lancashire Regiment & Lancashire Fusiliers | 7 Aug 1898 | Jun 2002 (103) | Last known Great War veteran of the East Lancashire Regiment. |
| Bunday, Frederick Henry | Boy Telegraphist, Royal Navy | 28 Nov 1900 | 28 Dec 2002 (102) | Enlisted 1915. Served on HMS Hannibal and HMS Grafton. Also a World War II veteran. |
| Chater, Henry Wilby | Private, Northamptonshire Regiment | 27 Jan 1896 | Jun 2002 (106) | Last known combat veteran of the Northamptonshire Regiment. |
| Colledge, Roland Thomas (Roly) | Merchant Navy | 23 Dec 1900 | Mar 2002 (101) | |
| Cotgrove, William George (Bill) | Driver, Royal Field Artillery | 26 Oct 1896 | 11 Feb 2002 (105) | Ammunition wagon driver. Served at Ypres. Awarded the Military Medal for bravery. |
| Covey, Donald Frederick | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 28 Feb 1900 | May 2002 (102) | |
| Cowan, Norman | Corporal, 'A' Squadron, Northumberland Hussars | 5 Oct 1898 | Feb 2002 (103) | Captured by the Germans and ended the hostilities as a POW. |
| Crossland, Gilbert | Private, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) | 30 Jan 1897 | Nov 2002 (105) | Fought on the Somme and at Arras. Wounded in action. Trapped in mud he was rescued by Germans who sent him back to the British line. |
| Davis, Herbert Wyndham C (Bert) | Driver, Royal Defence Corps | 24 Dec 1896 | Aug 2002 (105) | Non combat. Failed medical for active service 4 times but conscripted as an army lorry driver on Salisbury Plain. |
| Deane, Frank Sydney | Private, Welsh Regiment & 1/6th Durham Light Infantry | 18 Feb 1899 | Oct 2002 (103) | Last known Great War combat veteran of the Durham Light Infantry. |
| Dixon, Gerald | 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps | 6 Sep 1899 | Apr 2002 (102) | Last known British pilot of the Great War. |
| East, Thomas Henry | Private, Army | 14 Jul 1900 | Dec 2002 (102) | Non-combat. In Dover about to embark to France at the Armistice. |
| Ellis, Benjamin Frank | Private, Army | 15 Feb 1896 | Feb 2002 (105) | |
| Fielding, Albert | Private, Royal Flying Corps | 23 Jan 1900 | Mar 2002 (102) | Served as an aircraft engine fitter in Egypt. |
| Fraser, James Forest (Jim) | Private, 52nd (Lowland) Division | 1 Dec 1898 | 7 Dec 2002 (104) | Last known Great War veteran of the Lowland Division. Born Scotland, died Canada. Served as a machine gunner on the Western Front. |
| Godin, Frederick George | Royal Naval Air Service | 22 May 1900 | Sep 2002 (102) | Enlisted 1918. |
| Gooderidge, Walter Norman | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 13 Aug 1898 | Dec 2002 (104) | |
| Gray, Wilfred Sydney | ? | 22 Jan 1895 | 3 Aug 2002 (107) | |
| Hazlehurst, William (Bill) | Private, Royal Flying Corps | 10 Sep 1899 | Jun 2002 (102) | Enlisted aged 17. |
| Henning, Reginald John | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 28 Jul 1899 | Apr 2002 (102) | |
| Heywood, Reuben | Private, 10th (1st Gwent) South Wales Borderers | 2 Oct 1899 | 6 Nov 2002 (103) | Wounded at Bapaume 1918. |
| Hilliard, Henry | Royal Naval Air Service | 19 Jan 1900 | Jan 2002 (101) | Enlisted 1917. |
| Hoar, Cyril Warden | Private, Devonshire Regiment & Cheshire Regiment | 27 Sep 1898 | Feb 2002 (103) | |
| Hodges, Frederick James | Corporal, 10th Lancashire Fusiliers | 18 Jul 1899 | 10 Feb 2002 (102) | Enlisted 1917. Battalion Gas NCO. |
| Holman, Charles Victor | Private, 5th Norfolk Regiment & 1st Essex Regiment | 26 Feb 1898 | 13 Jan 2002 (103) | Last known Great War veteran of the Norfolk Regiment. Enlisted 1915. Served as company runner. Awarded Military Medal for bravery at Cambrai. |
| Holyoake, Frederick George | Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy | 27 Aug 1900 | Aug 2002 (101) | |
| Humphrey, Ronald Rex | Private, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) | 23 Dec 1899 | Feb 2002 (102) | |
| Hunt, Clifford Andrew | Private, Army Service Corps | 16 Feb 1899 | Jul 2002 (103) | |
| Hutchinson, Alfred Ambrose | Royal Marine Light Infantry | 9 Mar 1897 | Jun 2002 (105) | |
| Johnson, Percy Victor | Private, 21st (County of London) London Regiment (1st Surrey Rifles) | 1 Mar 1899 | May 2002 (103) | Enlisted underage at 16. |
| Jones, Arthur Edward | Private, 2nd Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) | 4 Dec 1898 | Feb 2002 (103) | Conscripted 1917. Served as company runner. Wounded at Amiens. |
| Kilsby, Robert Alfred | Private, London Regiment | 2 Nov 1899 | Aug 2002 (102) | |
| Labbett, George Samuel | Royal Naval Air Service | 2 Dec 1899 | Feb 2002 (102) | Enlisted 1917. |
| Lippiatt, Marquis Graham | Royal Air Force | 19 Jan 1901 | Jun 2002 (101) | |
| Lorriman, Percy Lazenby | Private, Machine Gun Corps | 6 Dec 1898 | 13 Dec 2002 (104) | Served on the Somme as a Vickers gunner. |
| Marlow, Albert Edward | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | 22 Jan 1900 | Mar 2002 (102) | |
| Miller, Bernard Joseph | Army | 4 May 1898 | Jan 2002 (103) | |
| Moore, Frederick William T | Corporal, Royal Engineers | 21 Nov 1892 | 14 Apr 2002 (109) | Britain’s oldest man at his death. |
| Odd, John Gordon | Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry | 14 Sep 1899 | Jan 2002 (102) | |
| Parkes, William | Sergeant, South Wales Borderers | 18 Jan 1896 | 7 Oct 2002 (106) | Born in the UK, died in the USA. |
| Parsons, Frank Henry | Sergeant, Royal Engineers | 15 Jun 1896 | Feb 2002 (105) | Enlisted 1914. Wounded early in the war, served the remainder as a drill sergeant at Chattenden, Kent. |
| Powdrill, Frank | Private, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) | 4 Apr 1898 | Feb 2002 (103) | |
| Randall, Reginald James | Private, 5th (City of London) London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) & Army Signal Co, Royal Engineers | 23 Aug 1899 | Jan 2002 (102) | |
| Ransford, Ernest Merrill | 2nd Lieutenant, Worcestershire Regiment & Suffolk Regiment | 16 May 1897 | 30 Jul 2002 (105) | Last known Great War veteran of the Worcestershire and Suffolk Regiments. |
| Rawling, Douglas Oldfield | Army | 20 Jan 1900 | Mar 2002 (102) | Non combat. |
| Roberts, Douglas Henry | Private, Sussex Yeomanry& 7th Buffs (East Kent Regiment) | 14 Jan 1900 | 2 Dec 2002 (102) | Wounded on the Somme 1918. |
| Rosenthal, Simeon | Private, Machine Gun Corps | 3 Jun 1900 | Feb 2002 (101) | Enlisted underage. Last known (British) Jewish veteran. |
| Ruttledge, Robert Francis (Robin) | Lieutenant, 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse | 11 Sep 1899 | 12 Jan 2002 (102) | Last known veteran born in the (now) Republic of Ireland and the last known Great War veteran of the Indian Army. Enlisted 1918 and awarded World War I campaign medals; later won the Military Cross. Also served in World War II. |
| Shanks, John | Royal Flying Corps | 27 Jun 1900 | Jan 2002 (101) | |
| Shaw, Thomas | Private, 16th (2nd County Down) Royal Irish Rifles | Jun 1899 | 2 Mar 2002 (102) | Last (now) Northern Irish veteran. Last known Great War veteran of the Royal Irish Rifles. Fought at Messines, Ypres and Passchendaele. |
| Smithers, Herman Julian | Royal Engineers | 24 Mar 1898 | Jan 2002 (103) | |
| Sowray, David Leonard | Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) & Labour Corps | 23 Dec 1898 | Jun 2002 (103) | Last known Great War veteran of the Labour Corps. |
| Tozer, Arthur Edward | Royal Naval Air Service | 22 Dec 1899 | Feb 2002 (102) | Enlisted 1917. |
| West, Frank Thomas | Lieutenant, Cheshire Regiment | 29 Apr 1899 | Apr 2002 (102) | Last known Great War veteran of the Cheshire regiment. |
| Wilkinson, Michael James | Acting Sergeant, Border Regiment | 13 Aug 1896 | Dec 2002 (106) | |
| Williams, Hubert | Private, 6th (Glamorgan) Welsh Regiment, Gloucestershire Regiment & Royal Flying Corps | 9 Nov 1895 | 1 Sep 2002 (106) | Last known Great War veteran of the Gloucestershire Regiment. Enlisted 1915. Served on the Western Front and in Salonika. |
| Wolfe, Harry William John | Artificer, Royal Navy | 4 Jul 1899 | Sep 2002 (103) | Enlisted 1915. |
Remark: a further 107 men old enough to have served in World War I died in England & Wales in 2002. Their veteran status is not yet confirmed. Scottish and Irish records are not checked either.
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