Last known WWI veteran dies at 110

mookiemookie · 02-07-12, 11:58 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/last-known-wwi...152605465.html

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Florence Green, the world's last known veteran of World War I, has died at the age of 110, the care home where she lived said Tuesday.

Briar House Care Home in King's Lynn, England, said Green died Saturday, two weeks before her 111th birthday.

Born Florence Beatrice Patterson in London on Feb. 19, 1901, she joined the Women's Royal Air Force in September 1918 at the age of 17. She went to work as a waitress in the officers' mess at RAF Marham in eastern England, and was serving there when the war ended in November 1918.

August · 02-07-12, 03:06 PM

We have witnessed the passing of an era. RIP Florence.

Osmium Steele · 02-07-12, 03:45 PM

Bah, Mookie beat me to it.

RIP Flo. Hope your pilot friends are waiting to say hello.

AVGWarhawk · 02-07-12, 04:28 PM

A woman who not only witnessed what we young'ins call history but was a part of it! RIP.

Takeda Shingen · 02-07-12, 05:04 PM

We thank him for his service. And so closes a dark yet poignant chapter in man's history.

CCIP · 02-07-12, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

We thank him for his service. And so closes a dark yet poignant chapter in man's history.

Him?

Perhaps an outstanding reminder here that not only the men made history! It's sad to see this going from living memory, but at the same time, it's also incredibly impressive that this living memory lasted so long. Soon we'll be marking the 100th anniversary of WWI - sadly, noone who was there will be with us, but their memory will persist.

Takeda Shingen · 02-07-12, 05:17 PM

Sorry. Ran on auto. We thank her for her service.

Jimbuna · 02-08-12, 07:30 AM

RIP Florence.

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	We have witnessed the passing of an era. RIP Florence. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Osmium Steele Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Upper midwest USA Posts: 1,101 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Bah, Mookie beat me to it. RIP Flo. Hope your pilot friends are waiting to say hello. __________________ In the month of July of the year 1348, between the feasts of St. Benedict and of St. Swithin, a strange thing came upon England... My U297 build thread

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,255 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	A woman who not only witnessed what we young'ins call history but was a part of it! RIP. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	RIP Florence. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	We thank him for his service. And so closes a dark yet poignant chapter in man's history.

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Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Sorry. Ran on auto. We thank her for her service.