Noyes, John Curtis
John was born at Esher, Surrey in the 2nd quarter 1894, the only child of Robert and Alicia (nee Leman) Noyes of London.
John enlisted at London in June 1916. He was initially a Private with the Hertfordshire Regiment, Regimental Number 7222 but transferred to the Somerset Light Infantry, Regimental Number 27028. He served in the Western European Theatre of War, France and Flanders and was killed in action on 16 September 1916.
John was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.
He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial France, pier and face 2, on the St Mary’s Church Ashwell Roll of Honour, the Ashwell War Memorial and the Clare College Cambridge Roll of Honour.
On the 1911 census he is a pupil at Haileybury College in Hertford. He enrolled at Clare College, Cambridge in 1912, and is listed on the Clare College WWI Memorial Board.
John’s father, Simon, was a solicitor, and the 1901 census shows his mother as an artist sculptress.
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