31 August 2010

11408411 Pte Noble W Raper, 5th Bn, Sherwood Foresters

11408411 Pte Noble Wrathall Raper of the 5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, died on the 31st August 1944. He was a Bradford man, born and bred, the son of George and Sarah Alice Raper of Bradford, Yorkshire. Noble was 22 years old when he died. He is buried in Montecchio War Cemetery in Italy.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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