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255791 Cpl. Noelle Charles William Greenaway British Army 9th Btn. Royal Fusiliers from:Muswell Hill (d.4th Aug 1916) Leslie Worrall died on the Somme on 4th of August 1916. He was a young man originally from Highgate in London, the only child of of widower Charles Stephen Worrall from 5 Muswell Hill. (Charles was a talented goldsmith, a casket he was commissioned to make to celebrate the enlargement of the Victoria & Albert Museum, can be seen in that museum). Leslie started his working life in the City of London, and joined up with the Royal Fusiliers (Bankers) and is memorialised in the South Western Bank's Memorial Books now kept safe by Barclays Bank in the City. Leslie is my great Uncle via his father Charles, whose second marriage was to my maternal grandmother, Katie Cooke, after WW1. The Cooke family were of Hornsey & Muswell Hill, and my other great Uncle was Katie's younger brother Rifleman Frederic Arthur Cooke of the 1/5th London Regiment (initially Middlesex Regt) who died on the Somme on 9th September 1916. They died roughly one month apart, two young men from the same neighbourhood, and they are commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. I hope to find a photo of Leslie. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put the first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**