John Harold Noble
John Harold Noble was listed on the 1911 Census as a farm labourer.
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John Harold Noble was the son of John Noble a nurseryman gardener and Emma Noble née Marriott of Girton village.
John Noble senior was born in 1867 at Girton, near Newark his wife Emma in 1872 at Nottingham. They were married in 1891 in the Newark registration district. They went on to have 7 children who were all born and raised in Girton. They were, George E born 1895, John Harold (1896), Albert (1898), Horace (1900), Rose Emily (1902), Frederick Arthur (1907) and Gladys May (1910). The first one to leave home was George who in 1911 was working as a horseman in Nottingham.
According to the 1911 Census, the family was living at Girton village. 44 year old John, a nurseryman, was living with his 39 year old wife Emma and their children, John Harold (15) a farm labourer, Albert (13)a scholar, Horace (11) a scholar, Rose Emily (11) Frederick Arthur (6) and Gladys May (10 months old).
John Harold Noble enlisted at Lincoln whilst living at Normanton. He is buried at Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France.
Additional information and research Peter Gillings
Matthew Marshall , who submitted Noble's headstone photograph, notes
'John H Noble was a cousin of my great grandfather, so is a distant relative (my 1st cousin three times removed).
My great grandfather - John Edward Noble, Pte 35909, RAMC - was also from Nottinghamshire and was killed in 1917, but he's not in your database as he was residing in Derbyshire at the outbreak of WW1.
Another of my great grandfather's cousins - Cecil Noble, Pte 39784, Leicestershire Regt - was also killed. He has no known grave, but is commemorated on a CWGC panel in France. NB
All three were born in Girton, Nottinghamshire and are all buried in the same small region in France.'
NB. Cecil Noble enlisted from Stapleford, Nottinghamshire and is commemorated elsewhere on this website. David Nunn
John Harold Noble's CWGC headstone
Photo: Courtesy of Matthew Marshall
John Harold Noble's place of burial. Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France.
Photo: Courtesy of Matthew Marshall
Commemorative cross placed by Matthew Marshall at Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France.
Photo: Courtesy of Matthew Marshall