Florence Green was born at Edmonton, Middlesex, to Frederick and Sarah Patterson (née Neal).

In January 2010, she was publicly identified as the oldest living female veteran of the First World War.

With the death of Claude Choules on 5 May 2011, Green became the last known living veteran of the First World War.

[8] On 20 July 2011, the Gerontology Research Group verified her age, and listed her as an official supercentenarian.

The name was selected following a competition ran with King's Lynn Academy, a secondary school adjacent to the development site.