Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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George Vincent Noakes
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 431
- Rank: Corporal
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Black Watch
- Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
- Place of Death: Iraq
- Age at Death: 35
- Date of Death: 18.06.1917
- Burial Country: Iraq
- Cemetery: Basra War Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: V.T.1.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Newport on Tay
- Address:
- Occupation: Postal Worker
- Mother:
Elizabeth Cecily Noakes
- Father:
John Kirby Noakes
- Siblings:
Henrietta
- Spouse:
Annie Noakes (nee Taylor) Riverside Cottages, Newport, Fife.
- Children:
More about George Vincent Noakes
For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour, but is remembered on the Dundee & District Postal Service Memorial.
George Vincent Noakes 431 Black Watch
NOAKES___Died on service, of dysentery, on 18th June, George Vincent Noakes, Black Watch, second son of the late Mr and Mrs Noakes of Woodend, Newport.
Dundee People’s Journal 21st July 1917
Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information courtesy of Tracy Lee, findagrave.com and Michael Caldwell
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