Born at Oldham, 20 September 1878, the fourth child and second son of Edward Richards Noall, waste merchant, and Jane Stevens Paynter, his wife. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and afterwards entered Owens College, where he acted as prosector in anatomy. Coming to London he took courses at the London and Guy's Hospitals, served as house surgeon at the East London Hospital for Children at Shadwell, and was assistant house surgeon at the Sheffield Royal Hospital. He was for a time in general practice at Didsbury, Manchester, until on 13 October 1913 he was appointed a member of the honorary medical staff of the York County Hospital, a post he resigned in 1927. During this period he was consulting surgeon to the Lloyd Hospital, Bridlington, and to the Brooke Dispensary and Cottage Hospital at Selby. During the war he was gazetted temporary captain, RAMC on 25 March 1915 and resigned his commission in 1917. He settled at Worcester Park, Surrey, but was hampered by a duodenal ulcer from gaining much practice. He married Ethel Gertrude Carr on 30 March 1917. She survived him with two sons and a daughter. He died on 14 September 1936 at 1 Lynwood Drive, Worcester Park, Surrey. Publications: Perforated duodenal ulcer treated by suture and gastro-enterostomy. *Brit med J* 1909, 1, 1287. The treatment of neglected cases of club-foot. *Ibid* 1921, 2, 1109. Hernia of the bladder. *Practitioner*, 1910, 84, 842.