LEST WE FORGET 261 NOBLE, Andrew WWI Andrew was born in New Pitsligo, Scotland on March 29, 1886. He was a 29-year-old farmer from Conquest when he enlisted in Saskatoon on July 24, 1915. He was granted ‘harvest leave’ from August to September after he signed up with the 65th Battalion. He identified his next of kin as his mother Mary Noble of Pitsligo; however, his pay was sent to Florence Laddell in Saskatoon. Andrew sailed for England on January 18, 1916 aboard the SS Empress of Britain. In France, he was hospitalized in Calais for a gunshot wound to his right leg in April 1917 at Vimy Ridge. The London Gazette reported that he was awarded the Military Medal on July 9, 1917 for “conspicuous gallantry” in the field. He was a ‘company runner,’ who braved enemy shell and machine gun fire to deliver important messages to his commander. It is reported that after he was wounded, he continued for twelve hours before reporting his own injury. The battle was fierce, with all but one officer and twelve men being casualties in trench warfare near Souchez. After being discharged from hospital on May 28, he rejoined his unit. Andrew Noble was killed in action at Méharicourt on August 9, 1918 during the Battle of Amiens which saw British, Australian and Canadian troops advance 20 kilometres to retake land from the German army and seize the initiative in the final weeks of World War I. He is buried at the small Hillside Cemetery southeast of Amiens alongside 97 of his countrymen. NORDSTROM, Clarence Arthur “Cully” WWII Cully was born in Canwood, Saskatchewan, on June 9, 1918. He was one of the first to sign up with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, Ammunition Park attached to the 3rd Infantry Brigade, Seventh Corps, serving in Aldershot, England, in 1940. By 1941, he had seen a fair amount of the country driving a convoy truck. The makeshift accommodation combined with cold and wet weather resulted in Cully contracting a serious sinus condition. Surgery resulted in complications and infection, and ultimately he was discharged and in rehabilitation. He passed away in 1993.
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