Stanisław Wycech (27 June 1902 – 12 January 2008) was, at age 105, the last Polish veteran of

the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. At the time of his death, he was, at age 105, the youngest living veteran of the war. Wycech was underage when he enlisted in the Polish Military Organisation in 1917 aged only 15 and participated in the disarming of German troops on 10 November 1918. He did not participate in the Greater Poland Uprising due to contracting

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, but was also a veteran of the Polish-Soviet War. He fought during World War II and he took part in the

Warsaw Uprising The Warsaw Uprising ( pl, powstanie warszawskie; german: Warschauer Aufstand) was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. It occ ...

. He resided in

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until his death at age 105.

References

Obituary

"Last Polish WWI veteran, 105, remembers his teenage soldiering", Agence France Presse

Serwis Informacyjny Urzędu Miasta i Gminy w Radzyminie

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1902 births 2008 deaths People from Węgrów County Polish Military Organisation members Polish centenarians Men centenarians Child soldiers in World War I {{Poland-mil-stub

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