Robert Meier was, at the age of 109, Germany's oldest living man, a combat-wounded veteran of the First World War and one of Germany's last surviving veterans of that war. Meier became Germany's oldest living man on March 2, 2005, when he was age 107, following the death of 111-year-old Hermann D�rnemann. He held that title for about two years. Germany's oldest living person at the time of his death was 111-year-old Irmgard von Stephani. Meier lived in Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia. He was a rarity in being a survivor of the infantry, having seen combat in France on the Western front. Meier may also have been the last person to have met Kaiser Wilhelm II in person. He was also a Second World War veteran, spending some time as a prisoner of war in the Caucasus. In October 2006, Robert Meier met then 110-year-old Henry Allingham, the oldest living British World War I veteran, in his hometown. France's oldest veteran ever, 111-year-old Maurice Floquet, sent his regards, but could not attend, because he was too frail to travel. Floquet subsequently died on the eve of Armistice Day, November 10, 2006. 

March 10th, 1897 in   /  Died:   Jan 29th, 2007 - at the age of 109, results from a fall