Editing Lost Generation (section)

===In later life===
In the West, the Lost Generation tended to reach the end of their working lives around the 1950s and 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Gendall |first1=Murray |last2=Siegall |first2=Jacob |date=July 1992 |title=Trends in retirement age by sex, 1950 to 2005 |url=https://stats.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1992/07/art3full.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608194525/https://stats.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1992/07/art3full.pdf |archive-date=8 June 2021 |access-date=8 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=7 September 2017 |title=Workers retiring earlier than in 1950 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-41187863 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608194523/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-41187863 |archive-date=8 June 2021 |access-date=8 June 2021 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> For those members of the cohort who had fought in World War I, their military service frequently was viewed as a defining moment in their lives even many years later. Retirement notices of this era often included information on a man's service in the First World War.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=The First World War generation – later lives |url=https://www.natwestgroupremembers.com/banking-in-wartime/aftermath-and-legacy/the-first-world-war-generation-later-lives.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608194524/https://www.natwestgroupremembers.com/banking-in-wartime/aftermath-and-legacy/the-first-world-war-generation-later-lives.html |archive-date=8 June 2021 |access-date=8 June 2021 |website=www.natwestgroupremembers.com |language=en}}</ref>

Though there were slight differences between individual countries and from one year to the next, the average life expectancy in the developed world during the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s was typically around seventy years old.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Life expectancy in the USA, 1900–98 |url=https://u.demog.berkeley.edu/~andrew/1918/figure2.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621094001/https://u.demog.berkeley.edu/~andrew/1918/figure2.html |archive-date=21 June 2021 |access-date=12 June 2021 |website=u.demog.berkeley.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=United Kingdom: life expectancy 1765–2020 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1040159/life-expectancy-united-kingdom-all-time/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422081220/https://www.statista.com/statistics/1040159/life-expectancy-united-kingdom-all-time/ |archive-date=22 April 2021 |access-date=12 June 2021 |website=Statista |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=France Life Expectancy 1950–2021 |url=https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/FRA/france/life-expectancy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719164139/https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/FRA/france/life-expectancy |archive-date=19 July 2021 |access-date=12 June 2021 |website=www.macrotrends.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Germany: life expectancy 1875–2020 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041098/life-expectancy-germany-all-time/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514221213/https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041098/life-expectancy-germany-all-time/ |archive-date=14 May 2020 |access-date=12 June 2021 |website=Statista |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=25 November 2013 |title=Ninety years of change in life expectancy |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-624-x/2014001/article/14009-eng.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121120644/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-624-x/2014001/article/14009-eng.htm |archive-date=21 January 2021 |access-date=12 June 2021 |website=www150.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> However, some members of the Lost Generation outlived the norm by several decades. [[Nabi Tajima]], the last surviving person known to have been born in the 19th century, died in 2018.<ref name="slate">{{Cite web |last=Politi |first=Daniel |date=2018-04-22 |title=The Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies in Japan at 117 |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/the-last-known-person-born-in-the-19th-century-died-in-japan.html |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=Slate Magazine |language=en |archive-date=28 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228073207/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/the-last-known-person-born-in-the-19th-century-died-in-japan.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The final remaining veteran to have served in World War I in any capacity was [[Florence Green]], who died in 2012, while [[Claude Choules]], the last veteran to have been involved in combat, had died the previous year. However, these individuals were born in 1902 and 1901 respectively, putting them outside the usual birth years for the Lost Generation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blackmore |first=David |date=7 February 2012 |title=Norfolk First World War Veteran Dies |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norfolk_first_world_war_veteran_dies_aged_110_1_1201358 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003211923/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norfolk_first_world_war_veteran_dies_aged_110_1_1201358 |archive-date=3 October 2016 |access-date=7 February 2012 |publisher=EDP24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Carman |first=Gerry |date=6 May 2011 |title=Last man who served in two world wars dies, 110 |url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/last-man-who-served-in-two-world-wars-dies-110-20110505-1ea59.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508223439/http://www.theage.com.au/national/last-man-who-served-in-two-world-wars-dies-110-20110505-1ea59.html |archive-date=8 May 2011 |access-date=6 May 2011 |publisher=[[The Age]]}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=8 April 2021 |title=Time use of millennials v. non-millennials |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2019/12/652_280714.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309022058/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2019/12/652_280714.html |archive-date=9 March 2021 |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref>