The Kenneth Petrie Collection, Part 2

A Great War 1916 ‘French theatre’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant A. Noble, 1/19th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (St. Pancras) Military Medal, G.V.R. (1915 Cpl A. Noble. 1/19. Lond: R.); 1914-15 Star (1915, Pte. A. Noble, 19-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1915 Sjt. A. Noble. 19-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Albert Noble) with small drill holes at 6 and 12 o’clock, with Imperial Service Badge, good very fine (5) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 16 November 1916. Albert Henry Francis Noble was born in Holborn, London in October 1892. He served during the Great War with the 1/19th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (St. Pancras) in the French theatre of war from 10 March 1915. Noble advanced to Sergeant, and was killed in action on the Western Front, 2 October 1916. On the latter date the Battalion were serving as part of the 141st Brigade, 47th (2nd London) Division on the Somme, ‘Attack on Eaucourt l’Abbaye (1/10) - leading waves held up by machine gun fire in front of German trenches and waited in shell holes for arrival of tanks. Later advanced through village to Le Barque Road. Relieved midnight (4/10) and to the Quadrangle.’ (British Battalions on the Somme, by R. Westlake refers). Sergeant Noble is buried in Warlencourt Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Sold with photographic images of recipient in uniform.