wiegie Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/05/04/ww...ed-family-says/ Last WWI Vet Has Died, Family SaysPublished May 04, 2011 Associated Press SYDNEY -- Claude Stanley Choules, the last known combat veteran of World War I, has died. His daughter Daphne Edinger told The Associated Press that British-born Choules -- nicknamed "Chuckles" by comrades -- died in a nursing home Thursday in his adopted home of Australia. He was 110. Choules joined the British navy as a teenager and served on the battleship HMS Revenge, from which he watched the 1918 surrender of the German High Seas Fleet. He later migrated to Australia and served in the military for more than 40 years. According to the Order of the First World War, a group that tracks veterans, Choules and another Briton, Florence Green, were the last known surviving service members from the conflict. Green served as a waitress in the Women's Royal Air Force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furd Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 A horrible war. There will never be another like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Yeah I shudder to even think about the trench warfare etc. Almost as sad to me is how few people get what an amazing link to history that guy was and that there was still someone even around from that war. I wonder if he had any recent interviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I was coming by to post on this. Amazing, amazing stuff. I've been researching the hell out of this conflict with book purchases and recently (shockingly) found out about this doc on World War 1 It came out a full ten years before "World at War" which is the WW2 show that ran 26 parts and was narrated by Olivier in the 1970s. "The Great War" was the 26 part doc they modeled "World at War" after. It's the most vast collection of WW1 vets interviews around, since it was assembled in 1960. It was aired twice in 30 years and recently made it to DVD in the UK for the first time in the past few months. Worth every minute to watch. If you search 'great war' on this guy's channel he's got a bunch up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Like Soup Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I was coming by to post on this. Amazing, amazing stuff. I've been researching the hell out of this conflict with book purchases and recently (shockingly) found out about this doc on World War 1 It came out a full ten years before "World at War" which is the WW2 show that ran 26 parts and was narrated by Olivier in the 1970s. "The Great War" was the 26 part doc they modeled "World at War" after. It's the most vast collection of WW1 vets interviews around, since it was assembled in 1960. It was aired twice in 30 years and recently made it to DVD in the UK for the first time in the past few months. Worth every minute to watch. If you search 'great war' on this guy's channel he's got a bunch up. I'm going to check that out...thanks! I have also had an increasing interest in WWI. I've read several books now and am looking for others. When Frank Buckles died in February, I told the better half about it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerz Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 I had no idea there was someone still living from that war. Amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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