Florence Green
Florence Green | |
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Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | Women's Royal Air Force |
Years of service | 1918 - 1919 |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Relations | Walter Green (deceased) |
Florence Green (19 February 1901 – 4 February 2012)[1] was a British supercentenarian. She was the last surviving veteran of World War I.
Biography
[change | change source]Green was born in London and moved to King's Lynn in 1920 after her marriage to Walter, a railway worker who died in 1970.
World War I
[change | change source]She joined up in September 1918, two months before the end of the war. She served as a waitress in the officers' mess at RAF Marham and also at Narborough airfield. She was the last living British veteran following the death of Claude Choules.
Later years
[change | change source]She was West Norfolk's oldest resident, the second oldest person in Norfolk and one of the 30 oldest people in Britain.
She had a son and two daughters, as well as four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Florence Green died in her sleep two weeks before her 111th birthday in a care home in King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Related pages
[change | change source]- List of surviving veterans of World War I
- List of Last veterans of World War I by Country and Branch of Service
- List of last surviving World War I veterans by country
- Oldest people
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Norfolk first world war veteran dies aged 110". Eastern Daily Press. 7 February 2012. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2012.