Florence Green, world’s last-known veteran of World War I, dies at 110

7 February 2012, 2:53 pm

Florence Green, the world’s last-known veteran of World War I, died Feb. 4 at a nursing home in King’s Lynn, England. She was 110. The nursing home confirmed the death but did not disclose the cause. 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. Read full article >>... Read More »

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