Canada's last WW1 vet dies

[Lallans]

Might as well tell more of the story here: Mr Babcock had emigrated to the USA and had given up his Canadian citizenship according to the old-time requirements. Especially once we were down to three WWI vets, representatives of the Canadian government visited him a lot and on one occasion formally restored his Canadian citizenship status. According to the coverage here, he was grateful for the attention, but too modest to accept full state honours for his funeral since he had not served in WWI combat.