Lazare Ponticelli

World War I veteran, piping and metal worker · France · Founders · Lived 1897 to 2008 · aged 110

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Lazare Ponticelli, Knight of Vittorio Veneto, was at 110, the last surviving officially recognized veteran of the First World War from France and the last poilu of its trenches to die.

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Birth record of Lazare Ponticelli, issued in Bettola, Italy

Lazare Ponticelli (center) between two reenactment members in old uniforms in 2006

Awards

Knight of the Legion of Honour

Croix de guerre 1914-1918

Order of Vittorio Veneto

Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Inter-Allied Victory medal (France)

Insignia for the Military Wounded

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

About this person

Country

France

Founders from France 6

Laurence Ruffin51.5

Louis Charles Breguet51.4

Sébastien Érard51.5

Armand Peugeot51.4

Maurice de Hirsch51.5

Greg Lansky51.3

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