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Record #23538
Name :
: Harry Elbon NOBLE (1896 - 1916)
  aka : Private Noble


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 10 Apr 1896

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 27 Oct 1916   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Essex, Billericay
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Somme, Courcelette
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 5 Mar 1907
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

Placement Family
: Goltz
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Barnardo Homes

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Harry Elbon Noble. Listed among those on Barnardo Homes 'Faithful Unto Death' report of the 677 boys who gave their lives in World War One.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Harry Elbon Noble
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1897
Registration District: Billericay
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 4a
Page: 522

1901 English Census records of Elizabeth Noble place her in Bowers Gifford, Essex, England. In residence where her children Harry Elbon (3) and Herbert (1). Also in residence was Visitor, Lillian Alice Hammond (11).

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: NOBLE
Given Name: Harry E
Age: 10
Sex: M
Ship: Dominion
Year of Arrival: 1907
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1907-02-21
Arrival Port: Portland
Arrival Date: 1907-03-05
Party: Barnardo Homes
Destination: Toronto, Ontario
Comments: See also C-4716, T-501 and T-525
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG76 B 1 a
Microfilm: T-514
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

1911 Canadian Census records place Harry Noble as a Barnardo Boy in the household of Henrietta and Albert Goltz of Muskoka, Ontario. Harry states he was born Jun 1896 and he immigrated from England in 1907.

Attestation papers were signed 7 May 1915 in Lindsay, Ontario. Harry Elbon Noble was born in Pitsea, Essex, England on 10 Apr 1896. His Next of Kin was his Aunt, Miss Sia Noble of 8 Upper Marylebone Street, Portland Place, London West, England. 5' 5 1/4" in height with blue eyes and dark brown hair. His religion was listed as Church of England.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers and Circumstances of Casualty state that he was Killed in Action while his Battalion was in their first tour in the trenches north east of Courcelette, Somme, Picardie, France. He took shelter in a dugout and was killed by enemy shell fire. His Next of Kin was Miss Sis Noble, his Aunt, of 28 Upper Marylebone, Portland Place, London, England. He was buried in Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, Somme, Picardie, France. Plot: II. B. 24.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56554731 
ContributorsCreated : 2014-01-17 15:55:41 / From original database

Last Updated : 2014-01-17 16:05:06 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
12589 HEWITSON, Henry J1885ENG, ESS, Billericay Sep 1895 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
10077 LIVINGS, Frank Cecil1907ENG, ESS, Billericay Apr 1924 : Montclare CAN Barnardos  
23538 NOBLE, Harry Elbon1896ENG, ESS, Billericay Mar 1907 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
4856 WAKELING, Frederick 1911ENG, ESS, Billericay Apr 1925 : Montclare CAN Barnardos