Raymond Abescat
Born	September 10, 1891(1891-09-10) Paris
Died	August 15, 2001 (aged 109) Rueil-Malmaison

Raymond Abescat (Paris, September 10, 1891 – Rueil-Malmaison, August 15, 2001) was one of the last surviving veterans of the World War I in France, its oldest man and the oldest veteran in France at the time of his death. He died a mere 26 days before his 110th birthday.

[edit] World War I

Abescat joined the military in October 1912 and spent seven years with an infantry regiment. In 1916, he was seriously wounded near Verdun, where fighting cost the lives of 250,000 French and German soldiers.

After the war, Abescat joined a state financing agency where he worked until his retirement in 1957.

[edit] See also

• Veterans of the First World War who died in 2001

[edit] References