gcreptile 10,972 Posted February 10, 2016 The last living member of the Bedford Boys, Allen Huddleston, has died at 96: http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/last-member-of-legendary-bedford-boys-allen-huddleston-has-died/article_441ad400-d03d-11e5-a7ce-ff4782288119.html The Bedford Boys were a military unit that lost an especially high number of soldiers per capita during WW 2. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted February 15, 2016 John Keith Wells @94 according to wiki. Led the squad that raised the fleg at Iwo jima , whilst lying low in a hospital bed. Can't be arsed looking for a ra-ra-ra obit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted February 26, 2016 Death Notice for Admiral Sir William O'Brien http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_O%27Brien_(Royal_Navy_officer) who has died at 99. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/200021/o'brien I'll let his Wiki page do the talking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 18, 2016 German submarine commander Alfred Eick died a couple of days ago at 99: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Eick Bland german death notice here: http://www.nw-trauer.de/Traueranzeige/Alfred-Eick One of the highest profile former U Boat captains continues to enjoy good health. Reinhard Hardegen was still golfing and driving as he turned 100, and he aint dead yet according to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhard_Hardegen#Later_life 102 today! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted April 7, 2016 Death Notice for Leonard Ratcliff, last wing commander of RAF 161 Squadron: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/201458/ratcliff The Daily Mirror ran this story on him in 2010: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/last-surviving-member-of-raf-161-261388 He might get a qo...but alas he's not picked. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted April 12, 2016 This'll be a wartime portrait of Fritz Lustig, then. Now a fairly chipper 97 and happy to discuss his role working for the British military and listening in to the conversations of captured German generals back in the day. Obitable, then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted April 16, 2016 The original Inglorious Bastard , Fred Mayer at 94. http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/2016/04/15/inglorious-bastard-frederick-mayer-has-died/83088640/ A German Jew spy for the yanks who eventually negotiated the German Army surrender in the Tyrol, whilst in the custody of the Gestapo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted April 28, 2016 The well-known Luftwaffe fighter ace will reach his 99th birthday on November the 1st. Considering he's one of the greatest aces of WWII and the greatest living ace, he is topic-worthy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted April 28, 2016 He's my grandfather, so he is automatically topic-wothy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted April 28, 2016 I was going through the WW2 aces only a month or two ago and noted he was still kicking. Fair nuff imo.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 28, 2016 If you have to explain why he's topic-worthy, he ain't. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted April 29, 2016 (edited) Try here I'll merge this in the morning. Edited April 30, 2016 by Paul Bearer Merged 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted April 30, 2016 Try here I'll merge this in the morning You merged my grandfather!!!! I can't find him now! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted April 30, 2016 Try here I'll merge this in the morning You merged my grandfather!!!! I can't find him now!not surprising people with dementia often wander around. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted April 30, 2016 Try here I'll merge this in the morning You merged my grandfather!!!! I can't find him now! Go to the previous page. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted April 30, 2016 Try hereI'll merge this in the morningYou merged my grandfather!!!! I can't find him now!not surprising people with dementia often wander around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted May 2, 2016 Death Notice of the former Admiral Of The Fleet Sir Edward Ashmore, 96. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/202319/ashmore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ashmore 4 DDP Teams have a possible qualifying obit here...I presume a Telegraph announcement does it, but there's probably a formal obit in the offing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted May 2, 2016 Death Notice of the former Admiral Of The Fleet Sir Edward Ashmore, 96. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/202319/ashmore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ashmore 4 DDP Teams have a possible qualifying obit here...I presume a Telegraph announcement does it, but there's probably a formal obit in the offing. His less successful brother got a Telegraph obit: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1403313/Vice-Admiral-Sir-Peter-Ashmore.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted May 2, 2016 Death Notice of the former Admiral Of The Fleet Sir Edward Ashmore, 96. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/202319/ashmore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ashmore 4 DDP Teams have a possible qualifying obit here...I presume a Telegraph announcement does it, but there's probably a formal obit in the offing. His less successful brother got a Telegraph obit: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1403313/Vice-Admiral-Sir-Peter-Ashmore.html And indeed he does too: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/05/02/admiral-of-the-fleet-sir-edward-ashmore--obituary1/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted May 3, 2016 Frank Levingston, oldest WWII veteran dies at 110. http://www.katc.com/story/31882253/oldest-world-war-ii-veteran-dies-at-110 One DDP team awaits a posthumous pointage obit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 4, 2016 Frank Levingston, oldest WWII veteran dies at 110. http://www.katc.com/story/31882253/oldest-world-war-ii-veteran-dies-at-110 One DDP team awaits a posthumous pointage obit. Goddammit just last week I said I was going to drive an hour to Lake Charles and get a photo with him before he died. Shit!!! And we just lost the previous oldest WWII vet also from Louisiana three months ago. SirC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted May 4, 2016 Frank Levingston, oldest WWII veteran dies at 110. http://www.katc.com/story/31882253/oldest-world-war-ii-veteran-dies-at-110 One DDP team awaits a posthumous pointage obit. Goddammit just last week I said I was going to drive an hour to Lake Charles and get a photo with him before he died. Shit!!! And we just lost the previous oldest WWII vet also from Louisiana three months ago. SirC Dunno if you know SC but Id' imagine record keeping in the US is so good that the only way anyone loses the oldest vet title is to die. You don't get the occasional claimant coming out of the woodwork do you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted May 5, 2016 Frank Levingston, oldest WWII veteran dies at 110. http://www.katc.com/story/31882253/oldest-world-war-ii-veteran-dies-at-110 One DDP team awaits a posthumous pointage obit. Goddammit just last week I said I was going to drive an hour to Lake Charles and get a photo with him before he died. Shit!!! And we just lost the previous oldest WWII vet also from Louisiana three months ago. SirC Dunno if you know SC but Id' imagine record keeping in the US is so good that the only way anyone loses the oldest vet title is to die. You don't get the occasional claimant coming out of the woodwork do you? Levingston gets his Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3574833/America-s-oldest-Second-World-War-veteran-dies-aged-110-Louisiana.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
