Bertie Felstead

Bertie Felstead (28 October 1894 – 22 July 2001) was a British soldier, World War I veteran and centenarian who gained fame at the end of his life as (or was believed so at the time to be) the last surviving soldier to have taken part in the Christmas truce of 1914.

Felstead, who was born in London in October 1894, was called to action earlier in 1914 and went to the battlefields of France with the 15th (London Welsh) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

[4] After demobilization he worked as a civilian at RAF Uxbridge, and later with the General Electric Company.

After Felstead's death, however, it was reported that Alfred Anderson (another participant of the truce) was still living.

The last known World War I veteran to have fought in the trenches (Englishman Harry Patch) died on 25 July 2009 aged 111, and the last World War I veteran of any kind from any country (Florence Green) died on 4 February 2012 aged 110.