Robert Noble was the son of David and Jeannie Noble, of Craigmillar, Edinburgh. He enlisted in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and volunteered for airborne forces.
Corporal Noble successfully completed his glider training and was posted to C Company, 7th (Airborne) Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, and took part in Operation Market Garden (Arnhem).
Cpl Noble was killed in action on 18 September 1944, aged 24, and was given a field burial in the grounds of the work camp near Ginkel Heath, Oosterbeek and was re-interred to Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery on 7 September 1945.
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