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The youngest authenticated British soldier in World War I was twelve-year-old Sidney Lewis, who fought at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Lewis' claim was not authenticated until 2013. In World War I, a large number of young boys joined up to serve as soldiers before they were eighteen, the legal age to serve in the army.
In 1938, the Ottawa Citizen claimed that Strudwick was the youngest British soldier to have died in the First World War. [3] This claim was often repeated, but multiple younger soldiers who were killed in the war have been confirmed by historians, such as Aubrey Hudson and Robert Barnett, both killed aged 15.
James Charles Martin (3 January 1901 – 25 October 1915) was the youngest Australian known to have died in World War I. He was only 14 years and nine months old when he succumbed to typhoid during the Gallipoli campaign. [1] He was one of 20 Australian soldiers under the age of 18 known to have died in World War I. [1]
Momčilo Gavrić (Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило Гаврић; 1 May 1906 – 28 April 1993) was the youngest Serbian soldier of World War One; he became a soldier at the age of eight. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
The youngest known soldier of World War I was Momčilo Gavrić, who joined the 6th Artillery Division of the Serbian Army at the age of 8, after Austro-Hungarian troops in August 1914 killed his parents, grandmother, and seven of his siblings. [17] [18] [19]
John "Jack" Travers Cornwell was born as the third child of a working-class family at Clyde Place, Leyton, Essex (now in Greater London).His parents were Eli and Lily Cornwell; he had a sister and three brothers, as well as two half-siblings from his father's previous marriage.
8-year-old breaks record for youngest person to climb Yosemite’s iconic El Capitan. Brianna Vaccari. October 29, 2022 at 9:16 AM. ... He completed the youngest rope ascent of ElCap!” Baker wrote.
Pte. John Condon (5 October 1897 – 24 May 1915) was an Irish soldier born in Waterford. He was mistakenly believed to have been the youngest Allied soldier killed during the First World War, at the age of 14 years; he lied about his age and he claimed to be 18 years old when he signed up to join the army in 1913.