Henry Allingham

Henry William Allingham (born June 6, 1896) is a supercentenarian World War I veteran and Britain's oldest living man. He is the oldest ever surviving member of the British Armed Forces (overtaking George Frederick Ives on November 1, 2007) and the oldest surviving veteran of the First World War. On February 13, 2007, he became the UK's second-oldest living person behind Florrie Baldwin when then 111-year-old Aida Mason died. He shares the title of the second-oldest man in the world with American George Francis (born on the same day as Allingham), and he is Europe's oldest man