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Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 03/13/2009
Lazare Ponticelli (1897–2008) was the longest-surviving officially recognized veteran of the First World War from France and the last poilu of its trenches to die. Born in Italy, he moved to France in 1906, and lied about his age to join the French Army in 1914. Italy entered the War in 1915, and subsequently Ponticelli was transferred to its army when authorities discovered his true ancestry....
pointblog.co.uk (Free subscription) | 03/12/2009
Lazare Ponticelli (7 December 1897[a] – 12 March 2008) was the last-surviving officially recognized veteran of the First World War from France and the last poilu of its tr....
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/01/2008
The First World War does not grow old, as other wars grow old. Age does not weary our memories, even if the years condemn. Here is a great conundrum. Ninety years ago this month, the guns fell silent in the war that failed to end all wars. The last poilu – the last of 8,410,000 Frenchmen to be mobilised – died in March. Astoundingly, there are six British and British Empire veterans, still...
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