World War II newspaper clipping. This reports that Trooper L. Noseworthy who had earlier been listed as missing in action, had now been found wounded but safe. I understand that he had been in the calvary division and his tank was hit and left on the field of battle. I am not sure how long he was left there before he was found. I have been told that there were ten men in the tank and that he was the lone survivor.
I notice that Granny is referred to here as May. I thought it might be a misprint but I seem to recall seeing this somewhere else. Anyone know if she sometimes went by 'May'?
Lolly wound up being the last of his generation, outliving all of his siblings. Here is his obituary. It has some inaccuracies regarding survivors as it was probably written when he went into hospital and kept on file for many years. Based on this I believe he was admitted some time after 1986, the year that Billy and Roy passed away. He was already in hospital when I went to Montreal in 1990.
August 18, 1999 edition of The Montreal Gazette: "NOSWORTHY, Louis B. Died on August 13, 1999 at the age of eighty-three. Beloved husband of the late Shirley Brown. Dear brother of Donald, Bud, Pat,Yvonne, Myrtle, and the late Roy, Teddy, Bruce, Billy and Peggy. Visitation at Blythe Bernier Funeral Home, 940 Ogilvy Avenue, (Park Extension) on Thursday, August 19 from 6 to 9 p.m. Funeral service in our Chapel on Friday, August 20 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers donations to the Alzheimer's Society would be appreciated."
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