'World's last' WWI veteran Florence Green dies aged 110

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A woman thought to be the world's last known surviving service member of World War I has died aged 110.

Florence Green, from King's Lynn, Norfolk, served as a mess steward at RAF bases in Marham and Narborough.

She died in her sleep on Saturday night at Briar House care home, King's Lynn. Mrs Green had been due to celebrate her 111th birthday on 19 February.
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Born in London before moving to Norfolk, Mrs Green was 17 years old when she joined the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) on 13 September 1918 - two months before the armistice.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-16929653

[xchrom]

1. Farewell & thank you, ms. Green. Nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. Rest In Peace, Florence Green

[sarge43]

3. Peaceful passage, airman.

Thank you.

[Johnson20]

4. God bless Florence. n/t

[Arugula Latte]

5. Wow, what a milestone.

Amazing. Think of what she'd seen in her lifetime.

[Posteritatis]

6. That lifetime must have been a bit of a ride...

It's also weird to think that we're about as far removed from WWI as WWI was from Napoleon at this point. We've got these big gulfs of time and there've still been people who can - if just barely - bridge them...

[ellisonz]

7. They're gone...

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

8. she outlived all the Germans

Take that, Kaiser Wilhelm!

[Maine-ah]

9. amazing.

This is her, just two years ago...I know people many years younger that don't look that good.

[2ndAmForComputers]

10. Um, do we have a "salute" smilie with a Union Jack?

She's British.