Henry William Allingham (6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009) was a British supercentenarian, the oldest British man ever, First World War veteran and, for one month, the verified oldest living man in the world. He is also the second oldest military veteran ever and, at the time of his death, he was the 12th-verified oldest man of all time.

Henry John Patch (17 June 1898 – 25 July 2009), dubbed in his later years "the Last Fighting Tommy", was a British supercentenarian, briefly the oldest man in Europe and the last surviving combat soldier of the First World War from any country. He is known to have fought in the trenches of the Western Front.

Britain only had an army of 733,500 men on mobilisation, but by 1918 this stood at 3,196,000.

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig launched the Somme Offensive to ease pressure on the French at Verdun.

At the start of the war, soldiers on all sides were issued with soft hats.

Soldier’s uniforms and equipment in 1914 did not match the demands of modern warfare. Later in the war, soldiers were issued with steel helmets to protect against artillery fire.

Australian Private Billy Sing sniped at least 150 Turkish soldiers at Gallipoli.

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Claude Stanley Choules (3 March 1901 – 5 May 2011) was an English-born military serviceman from Perth, Western Australia who at the time of his death was the oldest combat veteran of the First World War from England, having served with the Royal Navy from 1915 until 1926.

Frank Woodruff Buckles (born Wood Buckles, February 1, 1901 – February 27, 2011) was a United States Army corporal and the last surviving American military veteran of World War I. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 at the age of 16 and served with a detachment from Fort Riley, driving ambulances and motorcycles near the front lines in Europe.

John Henry Foster "Jack" Babcock (July 23, 1900 – February 18, 2010) was, at age 109, the last known surviving veteran of the Canadian military to have served in the First World War and, after the death of Harry Patch, was the conflict's oldest surviving veteran. Babcock first attempted to join the army at the age of fifteen, but was turned down and sent to work in Halifax until he was placed in the Young Soldiers Battalion in August 1917. Babcock was then transferred to the United Kingdom, where he continued his training until the end of the war.

Call to honour band of 10 brave brothers who fought in WW1

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Lest we forget.

Remembrance Day: Service rounds off Armistice commemorations

A beacon was lit at Westminster Abbey, followed by more than 1,000 others across the UK on Sunday evening.

Tony Martin, the farmer who shot burglar, inspires verbatim TV drama

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Universal credit: Rent arrears double for benefit claimants

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Trolley man: Funds flood in for Melbourne's homeless hero