Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Book887; educ. All Saints' School, Strichen; went to New Zealand, 7 May, 1906; volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, after the outbreak of war, 17 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main body in Oct.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and died on board H.M.S. Royal George, 12 May following, of wounds received in action at Cape Helles on the 8th; _unm._ [Illustration: =Charles C. Noble.=] =NOBLE, CORNELIUS=, Private, No. 1856, 5th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), yst. _s._ of John Noble, of 310, Church Street, Walker, co. Northumberland, by his wife. Alice; _b._ Walker, 7 June, 1895; educ. West Walker Council Schools; joined the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers, 1 June, 1913; volunteered for Imperial service, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 20 April, 1915, and was killed in action 24 May, 1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 24 May, 1915. Buried, Boulogne; _unm._ [Illustration: =Cornelius Noble.=] =NOBLE, GEORGE=, Private, No. 6507, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., _s._ of Thomas Noble, of 25, Sigismund Street, Blackwall; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 26 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action. =NOBLE, GEORGE=, Driver, No. 8125, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action 28 Oct. 1914; _m._ =NOBLE, JACK EDWARD=, Private, No. 15184, 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt., _s._ of George Noble, of High Wycombe, Bucks; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 21 March, 1915. =NOBLE, ROBERT=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 4521), 171089, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =NOBLE, THOMAS=, of Aberdeen, lost when the mine-sweeping trawler No. 61 (Crathie, of Aberdeen) was sunk by a mine, Aug. 1914. =NOEL, HERBERT BISHOP=, C.E.R.A., 2nd Class (Pensioner), 269614, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =NOLAN, MYLES PATRICK=, Private, No. 2754, 2nd Battn. 8th Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late William Nolan, of Fulham, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Michael (and Mary) Murphy, of Dublin; _b._ Fulham, S.W., 3 June, 1897; educ. Council School there; was an Assistant Engineer, P.O. Telegraph; joined the 10th Middlesex Territorials in June, 1912; volunteered for foreign service, Aug. 1914; was transferred to the 2/8th Middlesex, and was drafted to Gibraltar, Sept. 1914, returning to England, Feb. 1915; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Rye, France, 21 Oct. 1915, being shot by a sniper; _unm._ Letters from his officers speak of him as a good soldier and a general favourite. =NOOTT, MERVYN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. The Buffs (East Kent Regt.), yst. _s._ of William Mathias Noott, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., L.S.A., and his wife, Louisa (Upton Lodge, St. Peter's, Thanet), eldest dau. of the late Sir Alfred Hickman, 1st Bart., M.P.; _b._ Kensington Park Road, London, 19 May, 1890; educ. Mr. Edminson's, Tan-y-bryn, Llandudno, and Fauconberg School, Beccles; joined the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn. The Buffs as 2nd Lieut. 15 March, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 20 Jan. 1913; passed into the Regulars as 2nd Lieut., 1st Buffs, 24 May, 1913; left for France, 16 Sept. 1914; and was killed in action at Radinghem Wood, near Lille, 20 Oct. following; _unm._ Capt. R. Bright wrote: "Your son was killed in action on the 20th. He was gallantly leading his men under heavy fire, and every one who was near him cannot speak too highly of his conduct. I cannot tell you how sorry I am to lose him, and how I feel for you in your loss. But he died gallantly and knew nothing of being hit, being killed instantaneously. He was a good soldier and thoroughly popular with both officers and men, and we can ill afford to lose him." Major (Brig.-Gen.) E. H. Finch-Hatton, D.S.O., wrote: "There is one thing that I can bear witness to, and that is a more noble and more chivalrous boy has never fallen on the field of battle. His enthusiasm and his sense of duty and chivalry were quite out of the ordinary. He was more like a knight of old, and it is such as he who have made the glory of the British Army to be what it is to-day--the wonder and the admiration of the world." And L.-Corpl. Kisby wrote: "The platoon would have followed him anywhere. Yes, every man was devoted to him. He won this by his many acts of kindness and cheerfulness, and, above all, they had a great respect for him as a brave man, for undoubtedly he knew no fear." He had taken a flying certificate and hoped to join the Royal Flying Corps. [Illustration: =Mervyn Noott.=] =NORLEY, SIDNEY HENRY=, Acting Chief Stoker, 195527, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =NORMAN, ALBERT EDMUND=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve) Battn. East Surrey Regt., attd. Army Cyclist Corps, yst. _s._ of the late Henry Alexander Norman, of Croydon, by his wife, Annie, dau. of (--) Roberts; _b._ Croydon, 7 April, 1875; educ. Whitgift Middle School, Croydon; was in a Bank; received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in 1st Vol. Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt. 7 Jan. 1905; gazetted Lieut., 3rd East Surreys, 11 Sept. 1914; attd. Army Cyclist Corps, 1 Dec. following; promoted Capt. 24 March, 1915, and went to France 27 March, and died in hospital at Merville, 11 May, 1915, of wounds received in the advance against the Aubers Ridge on the 9th. Buried at Merville. The N.C.Os. and men of his company erected a stone to his memory. A comrade wrote: "He very much distinguished himself in offering to take a despatch message under heavy fire. He was successful in getting it through, but was wounded on returning to Headquarters." He was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 30 Nov. 1915 [London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1916]. He _m._ at Croydon, 5 Jan. 1905, Linda Burnell, dau. of the late William Bust Turner, of Croydon, Surrey; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Albert Edmund Norman.=] =NORMAN, EDWARD=, A.B., 226971, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =NORMAN, ERRINGTON HOUNSOME=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9676), S.S. 2428, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =NORMAN, ROBERT=, Private, No. 2200, A Coy., 4th Battn. Suffolk Regt., _s._ of Robert Norman, Sailor; _b._ Ipswich, 18 Oct. 1882; educ. St. Clement's School, Ipswich; was a Labourer at Paul's Barley Factory, Ipswich; volunteered and enlisted in Sept. 1914; went to France, 6 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915. Capt. S. L. Brown wrote: "Your husband was a soldier from head to foot, and an Englishman, and the example he set to the younger men was grand--I shall never have a better man to go with me anywhere. It may, perhaps, be a little comfort to you to know that his death was instantaneous: a soldier's death without pain." He _m._ at St. Helen's Church, Ipswich, 25 Dec. 1906, Alice Maud (50, Rosebery Road, Ipswich), dau. of George (and Ellen) Prebble, of Ipswich, and had three children: Robert Willia |