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This is the list of World War I veterans who died in the year 2006.

== Veterans by country of service - 52 veterans ==
===Austria-Hungary (3 veterans)===

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|[[Konrad Fuchs|Fuchs, Konrad]]||15 October 1897||13 November 2006 (109)||Conscripted into the army in 1916. Fought at the Battle of Chemin des Dames. Later a [[Catholic]] priest. See entry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bodanrueckgemeinden.de/fuchs108.htm |title=Pfarrer Konrad Fuchs 108 Jahre alt |publisher=Bodanrückgemeinden |language=German |accessdate=2007-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http
s://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/12/04/db0403.xml |title=Father Konrad Fuchs (obituary) |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date=2006-12-04 |accessdate=2007-01-22}}</ref>
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|[[Klöpper, Hans]]||10 August 1900||10 September 2006 (106)||
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|[[Neumann, Georg]]||28 July 1899||21 June 2006 (106)||Fought on horseback with a Hussars regiment on the Eastern Front.<ref name ="DD" />
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|[[Kenneth Cummins|Cummins, Kenneth Alfred Hugo]]||Midshipman, Royal Navy||3 March 1900||11 December 2006 (106)||Last surviving British naval officer. Also a World War II veteran. See entry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2006/03/10/kenneth_cummins_feature.shtml |title=Wiltshire WW1 survivor celebrates 106th birthday |publisher=BBC |author=John Lyons |date=2006-03-10 |accessdate=2007-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http
s://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=NC4EJID0GXQ4NQFIQMGSFGGAVCBQWIV0?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/12/12/db1201.xml |title= Captain Kenneth Cummins (obituary) |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date=2006-12-12 |accessdate=2007-01-22}}</ref>
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|[[Harry Newcombe|Newcombe, Harry John]]|| Private, 8th Royal Sussex Regiment (Pioneers)||5 August 1900||18 March 2006 (105)||Last known Great War veteran of the Royal Sussex Regiment. Non combat. In training when war ended. Served in Army of Occupation 1918-19. See entry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalsussex.org.uk/RSLHG_Association.htm |title=Mr. Harry Newcombe |publisher=The Royal Sussex Regiment |date=2006-03-29 |accessdate=2007-01-22}}</ref>
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|[[Newman, John James]]||Private, 16th (County of London) London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles)||15 January 1901||2006 (105)||Last known Great War veteran of the London Regiment. Non combat. In training when war ended. Served in Army of Occupation 1918-19.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/17/nvets117.xml]
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|[[Rigby, Andrew]]||Private, 1st Lancashire Fusiliers||2 November 1900||9 June 2006 (105)||Last known Great War veteran of the Lancashire Fusiliers. Enlisted aged 14 and served for 3 months before real age discovered. Later a monk.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worthingtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=474&ArticleID=688301 |title=Happy 103rd! |publisher=Lancing News |date=2003-11-07 |accessdate=2007-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worthingtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=474&ArticleID=1241765 |title=Happy birthday Andrew! |publisher=Lancing News |date=2005-11-03 |accessdate=2007-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54527  |title=Andrew Rigby, An obituary |author=Sue Light |publisher=Great War Forum |date=2006-06-22 |accessdate=2007-01-22}}</ref>
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|[[William Roberts (veteran)|Roberts, William (Bill)]]||Corporal, Royal Flying Corps||29 September 1900||30 April 2006 (105)||Non combat. Served as an aircraft rigger at Farnborough.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/05/05/db0502.xml |title= Leading Aircraftman William Roberts (obituary) |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date=2006-05-05 |accessdate=2007-01-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2163708,00.html |title=William Roberts (obituary) |publisher=Times Online |date=2006-04-30 |accessdate=2007-01-22}}</ref>
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|[[Nicholas Swarbrick|Swarbrick, Nicholas Joseph]]||Telegraphist, Merchant Navy||14 November 1898||2 February 2006 (107)||Last surviving British merchant seaman. See entry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/4690564.stm |title=Great War veteran dies aged (107)|publisher=BBC News |date=2006-02-07 |accessdate=2007-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/08/db0802.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/02/08/ixportal.html |title=Nicholas Swarbrick (obituary) |date=2006-02-08 |accessdate=2007-01-22 |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>
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===United States (16 veterans)===

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== References ==
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