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12 November 2020

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Lot

№ 776

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12 November 2020

Hammer Price:
£140

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (739138 Pte A. Q. Noall.) in case of issue, with damaged card enclosure, good very fine £80-£120

Alfred Quick Noall was born in February 1895, and was the son of Mr and Mrs A. Q. Noall of Chapel Street, St. Ives, Cornwall. His father worked for the Coast Guard at St. Agnes, near Scorrier, Cornwall. Noall attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, 3 May 1916. He served with the 4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (1st Central Ontario Regiment ) in the French theatre of war from April 1917, and was killed in action on the Western Front, 12 September 1917.

Private Noall is buried in the Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension, France. He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in St. Ives Parish Church, and on the War Memorial there.