Last Female WW1 Veteran Dies

When Gladys Powers died earlier this month another tie between the First World War and the modern age was cut. Powers, who lived most of her life in Canada but was born in Britain, lied about her age and joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps at 15 during the First World War, before moving to the RAF. She was widely acknowledged as being the last surviving female member of the military from any participating nation. Over 80,000 women joined the British military during the conflict.