Something random: earliest born person you ever met

My Grandad, was born in 1896, I'm 53, so he was a older dad, ( 40 when my dad was born) he'd be 125 now, he probably wouldn't look in the best of health though

 

My partners Nan & Grandad, they're 93 and 95, still going strong and they're also in the Chronicle for being married for so long and just had their 75th wedding anniversary: https://www.barnsleychronicle.com/article/18802/couple-toast-75th-anniversary

 

My grandfather was born 1893 died 1968, and although he lived with us upto his death when I was 8 don't remember too much about him other than he worked on the railway all his working life. I remember finding a soldiers tin hat in shed and when I asked about it didn't get much of an answer.
My dad died in November last and when I got some of his stuff there was a box with some bits in including a gold watch for 40 years service with lner.
There were also some 1st war medals.
When I did a short free search turns out he was originally a collier then joined up to the royal engineers where he was a driver. I never thought he would have been able to drive. But a driver looked after and worked with horses.
I passed this information to my neighbour who's mate looks into this stuff. My grandad and his brother joined up together and had consecutive army numbers. I think leaving a pit job at that time to go to war would have been quite difficult as mining was a reserved occupation, so I've read.
Wish I'd been told more when I found the tin hat, I would have loved to have talked to him about it. Like many others returning he possibly wouldn't have spoken of it.
I've recently read a book called 'forgotten voices of the great war'. Lots of short accounts from those involved (both sides). Incredibly horrific. I've watched remembrance days all my life and never new he'd been involved.
Still waiting for the details of where they fought/ served.