### [2010-01-16](/feed/2010/01/16/index.md)

##### Florence Green
# Previously unknown Florence Green, at 108, is believed to be Britain's oldest surviving UK-resident First World War veteran, and the last known female First World War veteran, having served with the Women's RAF (WRAF) in 1918 




### Sources:

1. [The Daily Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6996800/108-year-old-woman-emerges-as-Britains-oldest-first-World-War-veteran.html)

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