Willie Noble

Private. G/66079. 10th Btn. Royal Fusiliers. Fomerly 77198. 89th T.R. Btn.

Born: 1898 Golcar.

Adopted Son of Thomas and Mary Jane.

Brother of Florence.

Address: 79 Stanley Terrace, Brittania Road, Milnsbridge.

Occupation: Weaver at Ben Hall & Sons, Milnsbridge.

Enlisted:29th December 1916. Embarked for France in May 1917.

Killed in Action: 6th August 1917. Aged 19.

Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Panel 6 & 8.

Willie's parents received unofficial news from one of his chums, that their only son had been killed on Bank Holiday Monday. He was probably involved in the third Battle of Ypres. The letter said that he had been killed instantly by a shell and had suffered no pain.

He was actively involved with St. Michael's Mission Church in Scar Lane and had sung in the choir as a youth. His name appears on the Roll of Honour in St. John's Church, Golcar.

The Menin Gate was chosen as a Memorial Site for those who lost their lives in the Battles of the Ypres Salient because of the hundreds and thousands of men who passed through on their way to the battlefields. It holds the names of 54,397 men who have no known graves.