List of veterans of World War I who died in 2008
The following is a list of known veterans of the [[World War I|First World War]] (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) who died in 2008.
==Veterans by country of service - 17 veterans==
On 17 March 2008, despite the existence of Pierre Picault, [[Fernand Goux]], and an anonymous veteran, [[Lazare Ponticelli]] received the French state funeral as the last [[poilu]] officially recognized by the French government.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.philly.com/dailynews/national/20080318_Adieu_to_an_oldest_soldier.html?text=med| first=Elaine| last=Ganley| title=Adieu to an oldest soldier| accessdate=2008-08-15| date=2008-03-17| publisher=Philadelphia Daily News}}</ref> On 3 April 2008, [[Yakup Satar]] was similarly honoured in [[Turkey]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=138103| title=Turkey loses Independence War vet| accessdate=2008-08-15| date=2008-04-04| publisher=Today's Zaman}}</ref> as was Italy's [[Delfino Borroni]] on 29 October 2008. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://ilgiorno.ilsole24ore.com/milano/2008/10/29/129046-addio_ultimo_reduce_della_grande_guerra.shtml| title=Delfino Borroni's state funeral| accessdate=2008-11-05|date=2008-10-29|publisher=Il Giorno}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Austria-Hungary}}||[[Franz Künstler|Künstler, Franz]]||24 July 1900||27 May 2008 (107)||Last WWI veteran who fought for [[Austria-Hungary|the Austrian-Hungarian Empire]] and the last [[Central Powers]]' soldier overall. Born in Hungary, he served at the [[Italian Campaign (WWI)|Italian Front]] in WWI. Also served for Hungary in WWII. Moved to Germany in 1946. Oldest man living in Germany at the time of his death.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fnweb.de/archiv/2006/m09/11/me/region/20060911_f0b1154001_24406.html |title=Franz Künstler—oldest castle guide |first=Nadine|last=Walzenbach |publisher=Fränkische Nachrichten|language=German|date=2006-09-11 |accessdate=2007-02-12}}</ref><ref>[http://www.stern.de/politik/panorama/:Lebens-K%FCnstler-%C4ltester-Deutscher/621749.html Künstler's obituary] {{de icon}}</ref>
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|{{FRA}}||[[Raymond Cambefort|Cambefort, Raymond]]||11 February 1900||16 January 2008 (107)||Excluded from French government lists as it only counts those with more than three months of combat service. Signed up on 28 August 1918.<ref>[http://dersdesders.free.fr/france.html Ders Des Ders report], retrieved on 21 January 2008</ref>
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|{{FRA}}||[[Louis de Cazenave|de Cazenave, Louis]]||16 October 1897||20 January 2008 (110)||Was thought to be the last WWI veteran born in France, until another veteran, [[Fernand Goux]], was discovered. France's oldest man at the time of his death.<ref>[http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hoLu9--eKX13al-KPadDF8OPFG_gD8U9MA5O0 French World War I Veteran Cazenave Dies] 20 January 2008</ref><ref name="lemonde">{{cite web |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3208,36-708425@51-709148,0.html|title=Les Ders Des Ders|language=French|publisher=Le Monde|accessdate=2007-05-30 |last=Hopquin|first=Benoît | date=2007-03-05}}</ref>
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|{{FRA}}||[[Fernand Goux|Goux, Fernand]]||31 December 1899||9 November 2008 (108)||Served in the [[French Army]], first in the 85th, then 82nd Infantry. Called up on 19 April 1918 to supply troops and bury dead. In [[trench warfare|trench]]es from 3 November. Excluded from French government lists-did not recognize Goux as a [[poilu]] as he fought less than the requisite three months. Lived in [[Ile-de-France|Paris Region]].<ref>{{cite news|title = Le dernier Poilu de 14-18 n'est pas mort|work = L'Histoire du jour|language = French|publisher = Le Depeche|date = 2008-06-19|url = http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2008/06/19/460271-Le-dernier-Poilu-de-14-18-n-est-pas-mort.html|accessdate = 2008-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb| url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=304393|title=Morto uno degli ultimi reduci della Grande Guerra|language=Italian|publisher=Il Giornale|accessdate=2008-11-10}}</ref>
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|{{FRA}}||[[Picault, Pierre]]||27 February 1899||20 November 2008 (109)||Served in the [[French Army]] 83rd Artillery. Called up on 15 April 1918 as 2nd class gunner. Excluded from French government lists. Lived in [[Bou]], [[Loiret]]. France's oldest man at the time of his death.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://dersdesders.free.fr/france.html|title=Ders des Ders report - France|language=French|accessdate=2008-11-26}}</ref>
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|{{FRA}} & {{flag|Italy|old}}||[[Lazare Ponticelli|Ponticelli, Lazare]]||7 December 1897||12 March 2008 (110)||Was thought to be the last WWI veteran who fought for France (until the discovery of [[Fernand Goux]]), and third last for the [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)]]. Born in Italy, he fought in the French Army from 1914-1915 and in the Italian Army from 1915-1918. At the time of his death, he was both France's oldest man and the oldest living man born in Italy.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7292109.stm France's final WWI veteran dies]</ref>
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|{{flag|German Empire}}||[[Erich Kästner (World War I veteran)|Kästner, Erich]]||10 March 1900||1 January 2008 (107)||Last WWI veteran who fought for the [[German Empire]] and the last WWI veteran born in Germany.<ref>[http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2530/file5573fl9.jpg Kästner's death announcement, Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, 5 January 2008]</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7210346.stm BBC Obituary] 26 January 2008</ref>
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|{{flag|Italy|old}}||[[Delfino Borroni|Borroni, Delfino Edmondo]]||23 August 1898||26 October 2008 (110)||Last Italian veteran. Signed up in January 1917; served in [[Italian Army]], 6th [[Bersaglieri]] [[Bologna]]. Lived in [[Castano Primo]], near [[Milan]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.corriere.it/cronache/08_ottobre_26/borroni_morto_1dc9ba5e-a3a0-11dd-8d2c-00144f02aabc.shtml |title=È morto Delfino Borroni, l'ultimo reduce italiano della Grande Guerra|language=Italian|publisher=La Gazello dello Sport}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Italy|old}}||[[Francesco Domenico Chiarello|Chiarello, Francesco Domenico]]||5 November 1898||27 June 2008 (109)||Penultimate Italian WWI veteran.<ref>{{cite news|title = ESERCITO: MUORE A 110 ANNI UNO DEGLI ULTIMI CAVALIERI DI VITTORIO VENETO|work = Cronaca|language = Italian|publisher = Romagna Oggi|date = 2008-06-28|url = http://romagnaoggi.it/cronaca_adnkronos/2008/6/28/8353/|accessdate = 2008-06-29}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Ottoman Empire}}||[[Yakup Satar|Satar, Yakup]]||11 March 1898||2 April 2008 (110)||Last WWI veteran who fought for the [[Ottoman Empire]]. Born in Crimea. Enlisted in 1915. Taken prisoner in 1917 in Baghdad campaign by the British.<ref>[http://www.trt.net.tr/wwwtrt/hdevam.aspx?hid=199123&k=1 Trt/Haber]</ref>
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|{{POL}}||[[Stanisław Wycech|Wycech, Stanisław]]||27 June 1902||12 January 2008 (105)||Poland's last known veteran of WWI.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.omantribune.com/index.php?page=news&id=19774&heading=Europe |title=Poland’s WWI veteran Stanislaw passes away |language= |publisher=Oman Tribune |accessdate=2008-01-19}}</ref>Enlisted 1917. Fought in 1918 against Germans and in 1920 against Bolsheviks. Reached the rank of captain. Died in [[Warsaw]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radzymin.pl/index.php?id=191 |title=STANISŁAW WYCECH |language=Polish |publisher=Serwis Informacyjny Urzędu Miasta i Gminy w Radzyminie |accessdate=2007-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.udskior.gov.pl/kombatant/200207.pdf |format=PDF|title=Wyjątkowy dzień |language=Polish |publisher=Kombatant |accessdate=2007-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wiesci.wolomin.com/?f=xml/200627.xml&p=3 |title=Dwieście lat niech żyje nam |language=Polish |publisher=Wieści Podwarszawskie |accessdate=2007-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gazeta.ie/art/Pogonil-bolszewikow.html |title=Pogonił bolszewików |language=Polish |publisher=Gazeta.ie |accessdate=2007-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radzymin.pl/index.php?id=74&n_id=1321 |title=Kapitan Stanisław Wycech, Weteran wojny polsko-bolszewickiej 1920 roku, obchodzi 105 urodziny |language=Polish |publisher=Serwis Informacyjny Urzędu Miasta i Gminy w Radzyminie |accessdate=2007-07-01}}</ref><ref name ="DDP">{{Citation| last1 = Mathieu | first1 = Frédéric | title = Ders Des Ders | accessdate = 2007-09-18 }}</ref><ref>[http://dersdesders.free.fr/pologne.html Ders Des Ders report - Poland] {{fr icon}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Russia}}||Krichevsky, Mikhail Efimovich|| 25 February 1897 || 26 December 2008 (111)||
Last veteran who served for [[Russia]]. Joined up in 1917. Accounts differ as to whether he was sent to the Austro-Hungarian front. After [[October Revolution]] returned home. [[Ukraine]]'s oldest man. Lived in [[Donetsk]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://novosti.dn.ua/details/58826/|title=Последний в мире ветеран Первой мировой живет в Донецке ((In Russian)|accessdate=2008-02-22|date=2008-02-22}}</ref><ref>[http://www.mv.org.ua/?news=15190 Mikhail Krichevsky obituary](In Russian)</ref>
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|{{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]]||Campany, Ivy Lillian||23 September 1901||19 December 2008 (107)||Last female veteran of any country. Joined [[Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps]] during WWI. Fire-watcher in WWII. Lived in [[Margate]], [[Kent]] at the time of her death.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/news/Ivy-107/article-601388-detail/article.html |title=Ivy 107 done that |publisher=This is Kent |accessdate=2009-01-13}}</ref>
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|{{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]]||[[Sydney Lucas|Lucas, Sydney Maurice (Syd)]]||21 September 1900||4 November 2008 (108)||Served in the 45th [[Sherwood Foresters]]. Did not see action (was still in training). Moved to Australia in 1928 and served in the Australian Army in WWII.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3385719/British-First-World-War-Veteran-dies-days-before-90th-anniversary.html |title=British First World War veteran dies days before 90th anniversary |publisher=Daily Telegraph |accessdate=2008-11-05}} </ref>
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|{{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]]||[[Gladys Powers|Powers, Gladys]]||10 May 1899||15 August 2008 (109)||Last WWI veteran living in Canada. Barracks waitress in the [[Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps|WAAC]], and later in the [[Women's Royal Air Force|WRAF]]. Moved to Canada in 1920. Lived in [[Abbotsford, British Columbia]] at the time of her death.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/abbotsfordtimes/news/story.html?id=323a799a-87f6-445c-8076-a639f4e7f53c |title=Gladys Powers celebrates 109 years |publisher=Abbotsford Times|accessdate=2008-05-16}}</ref><ref>[http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=099b1067-3501-46d9-99e1-68d3cd0f5af3 Canada's oldest First World War vet dies] </ref>
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|{{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]]||Stair, Stanley Charles||October 1900||April 2008 (107)||Last WWI veteran from the [[West Indies Regiment|British West Indies Regiment]]. [[Infantryman]] with the rank of [[Private (rank)|Private]]. Awarded the [[British War Medal]] and the [[Victory Medal (United Kingdom)|Victory Medal]]. Lived in Animal Hill, [[Lucea]], [[Hanover Parish, Jamaica|Hanover]], [[Cornwall, Jamaica|Cornwall]], [[Jamaica]].<ref>[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/westernnews/html/20071017t200000-0500_128414_obs_wither_hanover_s_heroes_.asp Wither Hanover's Heroes? - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM]</ref>
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|{{USA}}||[[Harry Richard Landis|Landis, Harry Richard]]||12 December 1899||4 February 2008 (108)||Lived in [[Florida]], joined US Army October 1918, but didn't finish basic training.<ref>[http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/feb/06/1-known-wwi-veteran-left-after-sun-city-center-man/?news-breaking 1 known WWI veteran left after Sun City Center man dies], retrieved on 6 February 2008</ref>
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==World War I-era veterans - 3 veterans==
Listed here are those that joined the armed services after the [[Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)|Armistice]] date, but before the [[Treaty of Versailles]] was signed, or where there is debate on their join-date, or whose military service is sometimes viewed as outside the scope of "WWI", but are considered WWI-era veterans by the press or by their respective governments, or served in a related conflict.
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|{{flag|France}}||Gourraud, Georges|| 5 October 1900 || 18 October 2008 (108)||Called up by the [[French Army]] on [[Armistice Day]] 1918. Lived in the [[Vendee]].<ref>[http://www.m-bon.net/brouziliens/gourraud_george.php]</ref>
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|{{flag|Italy|old}}||Bisaro, Giobatta|| 7 October 1900 || 7 March 2008 (107)||Enlisted just after the end of the war. Lived in [[Dignano]] (Friuli, North Eastern Italy). <ref>http://messaggeroveneto.repubblica.it/necrologie/541233 Notice of Giobatta Bisaro's death and funeral</ref>
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|{{USA}}||[[Floyd Matthews|Matthews, Floyd 'Skipper']]|| 3 February 1903 || 24 February 2008 (105)||Lived in [[Florence, Alabama]]; enlisted in Navy a month before the [[Treaty of Versailles]], and so was still in training. <ref>[http://www.patriotguard.org/Forums/tabid/61/postid/797823/view/topic/Default.aspx Notice of Floyd Matthews' death]</ref>
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==See also==
*[[Surviving veterans of World War I]]
* [[Estimated World War I and II Veterans Alive]]
==External links==
*[http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.parrocchiamadonnadeipoveri.net/index.php%3Fid%3D153&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522delfino%2Bborroni%2522%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den Translated article & interview with Delfino Borroni, Italian veteran]
*[http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,530319,00.html ''Last German World War I Veteran Believed to Have Died''] Article by David Crossland in [[Der Spiegel]] Online, 22 January 2008.
==References==
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{{Lists of WWI veteran deaths}}
[[Category:World War I veterans]]
[[nl:Eerste Wereldoorlogsveteranen gestorven in 2008]]