What is Florence Green?
{{Infobox Military Person |name = Florence Green |born = {{Birth date|df=yes|1901|2|19}} |died = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2012|2|4|1901|2|19}} |image = |caption = |nickname = |placeofbirth = [[London]], England |placeofdeath = |allegiance = {{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom]] |branch = {{flagicon|UK}} [[Women's Royal Air Force]] |serviceyears = 1918 - 1919 |rank = |unit = |commands = |battles = [[World War I]] |awards = |relations = Walter Green (deceased) |laterwork = }} '''Florence Green''' (19 February 1901 &ndash; 4 February 2012)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norfolk_first_world_war_veteran_dies_aged_110_1_1201358|title=Norfolk first world war veteran dies aged 110|date=7 February 2012|work=Eastern Daily Press|accessdate=7 February 2012|archive-date=3 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003211923/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norfolk_first_world_war_veteran_dies_aged_110_1_1201358|url-status=dead}}</ref> was a [[British people|British]] [[supercentenarian]]. She was the last surviving veteran of [[World War I]]. == Biography == Green was born in [[London]] and moved to [[King's Lynn]] in 1920 after her [[marriage]] to Walter, a railway worker who died in 1970. === World War I === She joined up in September 1918, [[two]] [[month]]s before the end of the war. She served as a [[waitress]] in the officers' mess at RAF Marham and also at [[Narborough]] [[airfield]]. She was the last living British veteran following the death of [[Claude Choules]]. === Later years === She was West Norfolk's oldest resident, the second oldest person in Norfolk and one of the 30 oldest people in Britain. She had a son and two daughters, as well as four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Florence Green died in her sleep two weeks before her 111th birthday in a care home in King's Lynn, Norfolk. == Related pages == * [[List of surviving veterans of World War I]] * [[List of Last veterans of World War I by Country and Branch of Service]] * [[List of last surviving World War