Alice Baker (veteran)

Alice Baker (28 July 1898 – 2 March 2006, aged 107) was a British World War I service veteran. She died at the age of 107. She was the last known female British World War I veteran in the UK. Her non-combat service was as a Leading Aircraftswoman in the Royal Flying Corps, as a 'doper' waterproofing aircraft wings.^[1] The last female veteran in the world was Gladys Powers, who died in 2008.

References

• "TOUHIG COMMEMORATES PASSING OF LAST KNOWN FEMALE WW1 SERVICE VETERAN", 9 March 2006, URL accessed 17 September 2007