William Evans Noble

Montgomery Police Dept. — Montgomery, AL

Accident Veteran

End of Watch May 5, 1976

Age 27

Badge 195

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 27

Incident

Officer William Noble was killed in a motorcycle crash while responding to another vehicle accident. Another vehicle pulled out in front of Officer Noble at the intersection of Wares Ferry Road and Bowling Green Drive, causing a collision. Officer Noble was thrown from the motorcycle and struck a telephone pole. Officer Noble was a U.S. Air Force veteran.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and daughter.

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Added to badge.nw: April 2, 2026
Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Officer Noble served with the Montgomery Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Montgomery community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Montgomery Police Dept.

Location Montgomery, AL

Platform Identity mpd.montgomery.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 5, 1976

Age 27

Badge Number 195

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

William Evans Noble served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Officer William Evans Noble is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In AL, 182 of 643 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.3% of this state's fallen. That is 2.7 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Montgomery Police Dept., 12 of 28 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.

Montgomery Police Dept.

of 28 officers

42.9% Accident

AL — Statewide

182

of 643 officers

28.3% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident