And Then There Were Four

The Daily Mail (UK) has noted that Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man, died at the age of 113. He was also one of two remaining British veterans of World War I. Now, there are only four left in the world (see below; the chart is taken directly from Wikipedia). My Dad remembers how when he was a kid, World War I vets were like World War II vets today: there were literally millions of them. Now, silently, for more than nine decades, they've slowly fallen away. It's sobering to think that the memory of the Great War will soon be both literally and figuratively, history.

Nationality	Name	Date of Birth	Age	Residence	Force served	Notes
United Kingdom	Choules, Claude Stanley	01901-03-03 3 March 1901	108	Australia	Royal Navy	Last seaman. Joined in 1916. Last witness to the scuttling of the fleet. Moved to Australia in 1926 and served with Royal Australian Navy in WWII. Lives in Perth, Western Australia.[4][5]
United Kingdom	Patch, Henry John (Harry)	01898-06-17 17 June 1898	111	United Kingdom	British Army 7th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry	Last Tommy. Last veteran to serve in the trenches and last to be wounded in action. Called up in 1916. Last survivor of Battle of Passchendaele. Lives in Wells, Somerset.[6][7][8]
Canada	Babcock, John Henry Foster (Jack)	01900-07-23 23 July 1900	108	United States	First 146th, CEF, then Boys Battalion	Last Canadian veteran. Eligible for state funeral. Joined up in 1916. Completed training in UK but did not see action due to age. Moved to US in 1924. Lives in Spokane, Washington.[9][10]
United States	Buckles, Frank Woodruff	01901-02-01 1 February 1901	108	United States	United States Army 1st Fort Riley casual detachment	Last Americandoughboy. Eligible for burial at Arlington. Joined in 1917. Ambulance driver near Western Front. Held prisoner in WWII. Lives in Charles Town, West Virginia.[11][12]