List of last surviving veterans of military insurgencies and wars

This a chronological list of the last surviving veterans of military insurgencies, conflicts and wars around the world. The listed wars span from the 13th century BC to the Korean War.

Classical antiquity Ramesses II (1303–1213 BC) – Egyptian Pharaoh who, as a young man, fought many battles with the Hittites and Shardana pirates and died aged 90. Aristodemus of Sparta (c. 530–479 BC) – The "Coward of Thermopylae", who was the only Spartan to survive the Battle of Thermopylae. Marcus Valerius Corvus (370 BC?–270 BC) – Led the Roman army in the First Samnite War and reputedly lived to the age of 100. King Masinissa (c. 238 BC–c. 148 BC) – Led the Numidians during the Third Punic War and died at the age of 90. Zhao Tuo (240 BC–137 BC) – Alive during the Qin Dynasty conquest of Zhao. Participated in the conquest of the Baiyue and died at the age of 102.

Middle Ages Muslim–Quraysh Wars (622–630) Abu al-Yusr Ka'b ibn Amr (599–675) – Muslim. Last soldier to serve under Muhammad at the Battle of Badr.

Norman conquest of England (1066–1088) Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester (1040–1118) – Norman. Last nobleman proven to have fought alongside William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings.Edward T. Beaumont, J.P. The Beaumonts in History. A.D. 850–1850. Oxford.

Early modern period These cases, particularly with respect to the ages claimed by the veterans, cannot be verified as it was common in pre-industrialised societies for elders to exaggerate their age. Henry Jenkins (1501 (Unlikely) – 1670) – English longevity claimant. Claimed to have carried arrows for English archers at Battle of Flodden (1513) when aged 12. Anton Grolekofsky (1671/1672?–1785) – Polish soldier claiming to live 114 years who lived in Sweden. Claimed to have fought in the Nine Years' War, Russo-Swedish War (1741–43) and Polish-Swedish War.Jeune and Vaupel, p.45. Andreas Nielsen (1660?–1782) – Norwegian soldier. Claimed, while unlikely to be the last Scanian War veteran, however he was known to have had a long military career and seen many battles.Jeune and Vaupel, p.61. Christian Jacobsen Drakenberg (1626 (Unlikely) –1772) – Norwegian sailor. Claimed to have fought for Frederick III of Denmark-Norway in the Dano-Swedish War (1657–58) and again from 1675 to 1681 in the Scanian War.

17th century Indian Wars (1622–1924) Otto D. Van Norman (1876–1981) – United States. Served in the local posse during the Battle of Kelley Creek. Frederick Fraske (1872–1973) – United States. Last Army veteran. Hubert V. Eva (1869–1971) – United States. Last participant of the Battle of Sugar Point, the last battle fought between Native Americans and the U.S. Army. John Daw (1870–1965) – United States. Last Indian Scout. Dewey Beard (1857–1955) – Lakota Tribe. Last Native American participant of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Also survived Wounded Knee. David McCoy (1790–1895) – United States. Fought in Tecumseh's War. Saw Chief Tecumseh die while fighting in the Battle of the Thames. Served in the War of 1812. Josiah Allen (1800–1891) – United States. Enlisted at 14 to serve in the Creek War.

English Civil War (1642–1651) William Hiseland (1620?–1732) – Royalist. Last survivor of the Battle of Edgehill. Also fought in the Williamite War in Ireland and the War of the Spanish Succession. Retired with rank of sergeant. For 80-year service to the king, he became one of the earliest admitted to Royal Hospital Chelsea. John Read (1633–1730) – Parliamentarian. Joined Cromwell's army at 16 years old. Later emigrated to the American colonies and became a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives.

First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–1654) Richard Haddock (1629–1714) – Commonwealth of England. Served in the Royal Navy.Dunkin, A. J. (1855). "The Haddocks of Wrotham". The Archaeological mine, antiquarian nuggets relating to Kent. London: John Russell Smith. pp. 43–8.

18th century Great Northern War (1700–1721) Petro Kalnyshevsky (1690, or 1691?–1803) – Cossack Hetmanate, Ukraine. Served in a Zaporozhian Cossacks regiment. Also fought in 1735–39 and 1768–74 Russo-Turkish Wars (by which time he was an Ataman). Abraham Lindqvist (1696–1801) – Sweden. Served as a dragoon under Charles XII.

War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) Ambrose Bennett (or Tennant) (1693/94–1800) – Great Britain. Served at the Battle of Malplaquet (Alongside Hiseland) and reputedly died at the age of 106.

Jacobite risings (1719–1745) Peter Grant (1714?–1824) – Jacobite. Fought at Culloden, Falkirk Muir and Prestonpans.

War of the Polish Succession (1733–1738) Jean Thurel (1698?–1807) – France. Also served in the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. Known as "oldest soldier of Europe."

Russo-Turkish wars (1735–1774) Petro Kalnyshevsky (1691?–1803) – Zaporozhian Cossacks. Also fought in Great Northern War and Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) (by which time he was an Ataman).

French and Indian War (1754–1763) John Owen (1741–1843) – Great Britain. Also fought in American Revolutionary War. Buried in Warren, Pennsylvania. David Thompson (1736–1836) – Great Britain. Last pensioner. Lost an arm at Fort William Henry. Later served in the American Revolution. Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière (1748–1822) – France. Died in Montreal, Quebec, British Empire.

Seven Years' War (1754–1763) Johann Heinrich Behrens (1735–1844) – Prussia. Died in Wolfenbüttel. Ezekiel Blackmarr (1742–1841) – Great Britain. Born in the American colonies. Enlisted in British forces and was their last survivor of the Battle of Havana. Paul François de Quelen de la Vauguyon (1746–1828) – France. Died in Paris.

American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) Daniel Bakeman (1759–1869) – United States. Alleged veteran. Awarded pension via Congress, though no support of service has been located. John Gray (1764–1868) – United States. Last verifiable veteran although period of service was too short for him for pension qualification. Lemuel Cook (1759–1866) – United States. Last official veteran; honorable discharge signed by George Washington. (1759–1861) – France. French naval officer, privateer and arms manufacturer, served as a midshipman in the French navy during the war.

Inconfidência Mineira (1789) Padre Manuel Rodrigues da Costa (1754–1844) – Inconfidentes. Also participated in the Independence of Brazil and in the Liberal Rebellions of 1842. José de Resende Costa (1766–1841) – Inconfidentes.

French Revolution (1789–1799) Nicolas Savin (1786 or 1787–1894) – France. Claimed to have enlisted in 2nd Regiment of Hussars in 1798. 1768 figure proclaims he was approximately 126 at time of death. Later served under Napoleon and was awarded the Legion d'Honneur. Giovanni Battista Campanella (1776–1884) – France. Served in Italy during the French Revolutionary Wars and later in the 1812 Russian campaign. Arthur Dardenne (1776–1872) – France. Last surviving person to have taken part in the Storming of the Bastille.

Irish Rebellion of 1798 William Kinsella (1775–1870) – Irish rebel. Fought at Castlecomer.

19th century Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) Vincent Markiewicz (1795?–1903) – France. Claimed last Polish veteran. Known to have fought for Napoleon. However, in 1912 there were three Polish men who claimed to have fought at Borodino, but it is unlikely they were real veterans due to lack of documentation and improbable age ranges from 120 to 133. Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788–1899) – France. Last Dutch veteran and verified veteran. Europe's oldest man at the time of his death. He fought for Napoleon in the 33ème Régiment Léger. August Schmidt (1795–1899) – Prussia. Last surviving German and Prussian veteran of the conflict and also last surviving veteran of the battle of Waterloo of all nations participating. He fought in the Battle of Bautzen, Battle of Großbeeren, Battle of Dennewitz, Battle of Leipzig, Battle of Laon, and in the Battle of Waterloo. Louis Victor Baillot (1793–1898) – France. Last surviving French veteran of the Battle of Waterloo. Also saw action at siege of Hamburg. Henry James (1799–1898) – United Kingdom. Last Royal Navy veteran. Enlisted in 1812 and served on . Saw action off Toulon. Lars Jespersen Kike (1796–1897) – Norway. Last Norwegian veteran of the Swedish–Norwegian War. Leonard Meesters (1796–1896) – France. Last Belgian veteran. Fought for Napoleon. Josephine Mazurkewicz (1794–1896) – France. Last female veteran. Assistant surgeon in Napoleon's army. Later partook in the Crimean War. Ferdinand Scharnhorst (1797?–1893) – United Kingdom. Last British Army participant of Waterloo. Served in the King's German Legion. Gaspar Costela Vázquez (1787–1892) – Spain. Last veteran of the Battle of Trafalgar. Served in the navy aboard the . Vasilij Nikolaevich Kochetkov (1785?–1892) – Russia. Enlisted 7 March 1811. Served in Grenadier Lifeguard Regiment at Borodino. Served years until 12 October 1877 when wounded during service in the Russian-Ottoman War. Emmanuel Louis Cartigny (1791–1892) – France. Last French veteran of the Battle of Trafalgar. Joseph Sutherland (1789–1890) – United Kingdom. Served in the Royal Navy on and was the last British survivor of Trafalgar.

War of 1812 (1812–1815) Hiram Cronk (1800–1905) – United States. Served in a New York Infantry Regiment. Lewis Tobias Jones (1797–1895) – United Kingdom. Served in the Royal Navy on . Participated in the 1814 capture of . Also a Napoleonic Wars veteran.

Seminole Wars (1816–1858) Jacob C. Marsh (–1917) – United States. Last participant of the Second Seminole War.

Greek War of Independence (1821–1832) John W. Stainer (1808–1907) – United Kingdom. Served in the Royal Navy on . Last survivor of the Battle of Navarino. Apostolos Mavrogenis (1798–1906) – Greece. Served in the Army as a doctor. Served at Dervenakia and Drampala. Louis Pèlabon (1814–1906) – France. Served in the Navy on the Sirène. Fought at Navarino.

July Revolution (1830) Auguste Lebailly (1815–1911) – Orléanist.

Belgian Revolution (1830–1831) Johannes van den Boom (1817–1918) – United Netherlands. Joined as a drummer boy at 14. Corstiaan Hagers (1811–1915) – United Netherlands. Last holder of the Metal Cross. Alexandre Fournier (1812–1914) – France. Jean-Philippe Lavalle (1809–1913) – Belgian Rebels.

Black Hawk War (1832) Henry L. Riggs (1812–1911) – United States.

Texas War of Independence (1835–1836) William Physick Zuber (1820–1913) – Texas. Last veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto. Benjamin Franklin Highsmith (1817–1905) – Texas. Courier at the Alamo.

Ragamuffin War (1835–1845) Anísio Manoel de Souza (1822–1938) – Riograndense Republic. Later served in the Paraguayan War. Oldest soldier in Brazilian Army history.

Rebellions of 1837–1838 Samuel Filgate (1818–1919) – United Kingdom. Nelson Truax (1818–1915) – Hunters' Lodges. Fought at the Windmill. François X. Matthieu (1818–1914) – Parti Patriote.

First Opium War (1839–1842) John Bubeer (1820–1921) – United Kingdom. Served in the Royal Navy on .

Mexican–American War (1846–1848) Owen Thomas Edgar (1831–1929) – United States. Served on the USS Potomac and USS Allegheny.Associated Press (September 1929). "Mexican War's Last Survivor, 98, is Dead". The Dallas Morning News. Antonio Rincón Gallardo (–1928) – Mexico. Enlisted at 13 years old and served at Churubusco in 1847.

Hungarian Revolution of 1848 József Fischl (1827–1929) — Hungary. Served at Isaszeg and Segesvár. István Lebo (1826–1928) — Hungary. Last resident of the Hungarian Veterans Home. Artúr Görgey (1818–1916) — Hungary. Last Hungarian General. Survived to World War I when German Imperial Soldiers would honor him for his fight against the Russian Empire.

Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–1849)