Delfino Borroni

Delfino Borroni, who has died aged 110 and was the last Italian survivor of the First World War, was called up into the army, aged 18, in January 1917, and enrolled as an infantryman in the bicycle section of the 6th Bersaglieri.

Never knew infantry regiments had bicycle sections! Poor fellas must have been a bit vulnerable against, say, tanks.