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  2. List of last surviving World War I veterans - Wikipedia

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    On 27 June 2006, the British Government approved a National Memorial Service at Westminster Abbey, to take place after the death of the last known World War I veteran from the United Kingdom. On 11 November 2009, despite the survival to that date of Claude Choules and Florence Green, the commemoration was held following the death of Harry Patch ...

  3. Death mask of Napoleon - Wikipedia

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    A former city treasurer spotted the mask in 1866 as it was being hauled to the dump in a junk wagon. Rather than return the mask to the city, the treasurer took the mask home and put it on display there. Eventually Napoleon's death mask wound up in the Atlanta home of Captain William Greene Raoul, president of the Mexican National Railroad ...

  4. Death certificate - Wikipedia

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    Eddie August Schneider's (1911–1940) death certificate, issued in New York.. A death certificate is either a legal document issued by a medical practitioner which states when a person died, or a document issued by a government civil registration office, that declares the date, location and cause of a person's death, as entered in an official register of deaths.

  5. M2 gas mask - Wikipedia

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    During 1917, an additional mask strap was produced, intended to be worn around the head of the wearer. [4] The first model of the M2 mask was introduced during March 1916 and had a rectangular piece of cellophane glass for viewing, protected by a piece of glass in front of it. In April, the rectangle was replaced by two round pieces of ...

  6. Death notification - Wikipedia

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    Death notification telegram, 1944. A death notification or, in military contexts, a casualty notification is the delivery of the news of a death to another person. There are many roles that contribute to the death notification process. The notifier is the person who delivers the death notice. Notifiers can be military, medical personnel or law ...

  7. Totenkopf - Wikipedia

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    The emblem contains an image of a death's head, and the words 'Or Glory', chosen in commemoration of Wolfe. [15] In 1792, a regiment of Hussards de la Mort (Death Hussars) was formed during the French Revolution by the French National Assembly and were organized and named by Kellerman. The group of 200 volunteers were from wealthy families and ...

  8. Khudadad Khan - Wikipedia

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    He was at the time of his death the last surviving British Indian World War I veteran who had served on the Western Front. [note 1] A statue of Khudadad Khan is at the entrance of the Pakistan Army Museum in Rawalpindi. [11] In 2016 a play by Ishy Din, Wipers, about Khudadad Khan's feat was put on in a number of English theatres. [12]

  9. Noel Godfrey Chavasse - Wikipedia

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    Noel's memorial at the Chavasse family grave at Bromsgrove. At the time of his death, Chavasse was engaged to one of his cousins, Frances Gladys Ryland Chavasse (1893–1962), daughter of his uncle Sir Thomas Frederick Chavasse (1854–1913) of Bromsgrove, a surgeon. Noel's engagement is mentioned on a plaque at the Chavasse family grave at ...