Last known WWI veteran Florence Green dies at 110

London - Florence Green never saw the front line. Her war was spent serving food, not dodging bullets.

But Green, who has died at age 110, was the last known surviving veteran of World War I. She was serving with the Women's Royal Air Force as a waitress at an air base in eastern England when the guns fell silent on Nov. 11, 1918.

Green died Saturday at the Briar House Care Home in King's Lynn, eastern England.

Retired Air Vice-Marshal Peter Dye, director-general of the RAF Museum, said it was fitting that the last survivor of the first global war was someone who had served on the home front.

"It reminds us of the Great War, and all warfare since then has been something that involved everyone. It's a collective experience. ... Sadly, whether you are in New York, in London, or in Kandahar, warfare touches all of our lives," Dye said.

After the war Green stayed in the area, raising three children with her husband, Bob Green.

The war's last known combatant, Royal Navy veteran Claude Choules, died in Australia in May.

- Associated Press