ww1

[angie26]

Can anyone tell me who was the youngest casualty of World War 1

[Chessman]

This interested me, for personal reason, so I looked it up, it was a youg man not quite fourteen, (said he was eighteen), from Waterford City, he was killed on the fields of Flanders, which is a bit poetic, I think, as Poppy day is approaching.

Hope this helps.

[jno]

well, babies died...

[Grunty]

Casualties do not all die. My father, for example, was slightly injured at the age of two. He was rescued by a German prisoner of war, which really confused him when he was later taught that all Germans were bad.

[Chessman]

jno, thats very true, and can't be disputed, but i'm assuming angie26 meant combatants, no doubt she'll clarify.

[Octavius]

See here:

JohnCondon

[angie26]

Thanks Octavius, that was what I was after.

[Octavius]

Of course, he was the youngest British casualty, there were many other nations involved.