Gershom Browne
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Gershom Browne was the last known Guyana
First World War veteran, he served in the 1st British West Indies Regiment and fought on the Western Front
during the war. He died on the 6 December 2000; at death he was the last Guyana veteran of the First World War.
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
First World War veteran, he served in the 1st British West Indies Regiment and fought on the Western Front
Western Front (World War I)
Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the Battle of the Marne...
during the war. He died on the 6 December 2000; at death he was the last Guyana veteran of the First World War.
See also
- List of veterans of World War I who died in 2000
- List of last surviving World War I veterans by country