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Old 03-21-08, 11:20 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Biggles
Britain has at least one, who, incidentially, is the oldest man in the UK. Apparently he survived the Battle of Jutland.

I don't think that there is anyone else that lived through the war before 1916.

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Here is an interesting list that really shows that soon the Great War will be totally gone from living memory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_su...ran_by_country
Good list.....highlights the pending demise of an interesting generation (as if they didn't suffer enough in so many other every day ways)
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