[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Eric

Yesterday, while I was snooping around the sites dealing with men from the Accrington area who served in the war, I came accross a list of those who were POWs. Reading through the list, esp. the names of those who came from Clayton, I came upon the name of someone I actually knew: Pte. T. Noble of 44 Rishton Rd. I grew up living with my grandad at 46 Rishton Rd. I often spent time at Tom's home with my grandad, who was a good friend of Tom and his wife. Other than imposing on Retlaw's time and patience, I don't know how to find out more about Tom. However, I do remember that he lived at 42 Rishton Rd., not 44

Thomas Noble.
Pte. 12476. 1st East Lancs
lived at 44 Rishton Rd, Clayton
Attended P-O-W. Welcome Home Ceremony on Monday Jan 1st 1919.
The East Lancs records show Thomas was discharged from the 7th Battn to Army Reserve Sect B 16-3-1919.
As the 7th was disbanded in Feb 1918, Thomas must have been captured before that date.
Retlaw.