Noel Money

Noel Ernest Money, (17 March 1867 – 30 May 1941) was a brigadier-general in the British Army during the First World War. Born in Canada but then educated and residing in England, Money first served in a militia infantry battalion. Then transferred to a regular infantry battalion, before resigning and joining the Shropshire Yeomanry. He served in the Second Boer War and the First World War, being invested as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George and the Distinguished Service Order and bar, for a second award. In later life he returned to Canada becoming a hotelier and golf course owner. He was also the President of his local board of trade. Noel Ernest Money was born in Montreal Canada on 17 March 1867. The eldest son of Captain Albert William Money of the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment. The family moved to Weybridge, in England and Money was educated at Radley College, and Christ Church, Oxford University. In May 1886 he became a militia officer in the 3rd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. In November 1888, as a regular army officer, he transferred to the Royal Irish Fusiliers, with the rank of second-lieutenant. Then in October 1891, the then Lieutenant Money resigned his regular commission. However, on 29 December 1899, he joined the yeomanry as a second-lieutenant in the Shropshire Yeomanry, and was thus able to volunteer for service in the Second Boer War. The following year he was seconded for service with the Imperial Yeomanry, serving in the 13th (Shropshire) company of the 5th Battalion, where he was appointed a Lieutenant on 3 February 1900. The company left Liverpool the same day, and arrived in Cape Town the following month. In South Africa he fought in the Transvaal and Cape Colony, in the battles at Venterskroon (7 and 9 August); the action at Lindley (1 July) and Rhenoster River. He also served with the South African Constabulary. During the war he was slightly wounded, and was promoted to temporary rank of captain on 20 October 1900, mentioned in dispatches, and invested as a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.