Lazare Ponticelli

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Lazare Ponticelli (7 December 1897[a] – 12 March 2008) was the last-surviving officially recognized veteran of the First World War from France and the last poilu of its trenches to die.[b] Born in Italy, he moved to France in 1906 and lied about his age to join the French Army in 1914. Italy entered the war in 1915, and subsequently Ponticelli was transferred to the Italian Army when authorities discovered

his true ancestry. After the war, he and his brothers founded the piping and metal work company Ponticelli Frères (Ponticelli Brothers), which produced supplies for the Second World War effort and as of 2009 is still in business.
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