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Mateo Balbuena Iglesias (1913–2024) – Spanish Republic. Last veteran of the Basque Army. [286] Ángeles Flórez Peón (1918–2024) – Spanish Republic. Considered the last of the Milicianas in the Spanish Civil War. [287] [288] Josep Almudéver Mateu (1919–2021) – Spanish Republic. Last veteran of the International Brigades. [289]
This is a chronological list of the last known surviving veterans of battles, sieges, campaigns, and other military operations throughout history. The listed operations span from the 5th century BC to the end of World War II. Excluded from this list are last living veterans of wars and insurgencies.
Paivio left Canada at the age of 19 to fight in the Spanish Civil War. [3] He was captured during the war, saved from execution by an Italian officer, and placed in a prisoner-of-war camp. [ 3 ] Paivio was the last surviving Canadian veteran of the Spanish Civil War, and in 2012 he was honored by the Spanish government by being granted honorary ...
This is an incomplete list of the last surviving veterans of American wars. Exactly who is the last surviving veteran is often an issue of contention, especially with records from long-ago wars. The "last man standing" was often very young at the time of enlistment and in many cases had lied about his age to gain entry into the service, which ...
This is an incomplete list of the last surviving European veterans of several wars. The last surviving veteran of any particular war, upon his death, marks the end of a historic era. Exactly who is the last surviving veteran is often an issue of contention, especially with records from wars which happened long ago. The "last man standing" was ...
Among the speakers were San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom and a few of the several ALB veterans still living. The fourth memorial commemorates the students and faculty of The City College of New York (CCNY) who fought in the Spanish Civil War, including the thirteen alums who died in that war. The memorial is located in the North Academic Center ...
Sam Lesser (born Manassah Lesser [1] or Manasseh Lesser [2] and also known as Sam Russell; 19 March 1915 – 2 October 2010) was a British journalist and veteran of the Spanish Civil War's International Brigades.
In the much later years of his life, especially after the death of Nathan E. Cook, who had long been hailed as not only the last surviving veteran of the Spanish–American War but of any American engagement, debate raged over the trustworthiness of Jones Morgan's claim to have served. Morgan did not receive any military benefits due to a lack ...