Thursday, April 1, 2010

England's Oldest Surviving Veteran

From the Jan. 16th Mirror.co.uk.

Actually, he is a she, Florence Green, who is now 109. A researcher recently discovered her. She enlisted in the newly-formed Women's RAF at age 17, two months before the end of the war and worked as a waitress in the officer's mess.

She was stationed at RAF Markham and Narborough Airfield, both in Norfolk, England.

She was born February 19, 1901, and is the only survivor of the Great War living in the UK. The other survivor, Claude Choules, lives in Australia.

One of the Few World War I Veterans Left. --Cooter

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