Philip Mayne (22 November 1899 – 9 April 2007) is thought to have been the last surviving British officer of the First World War. He is also thought to have been the oldest surviving member of Christ's Hospital, of the University of Cambridge Engineering Department, of King's College, Cambridge and indeed of the whole University of Cambridge. Mayne attributed his longevity to a healthy lifestyle claiming that "I have never had too much to drink and have always cycled, swum and gardened". He died peacefully in his sleep in Richmond, North Yorkshire on 9 April 2007, aged 107.