Cecil Reginald Noble
Acting Corporal, Rifle Brigade
- Register No.
- 932 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Acting Corporal all Corporals →
- Unit
- Rifle Brigade (register: Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)) all Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) VCs →
- Date of action
- 12 March 1915 on this day → all of 1915 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 20th April 1915 on this day → all of 1915 →
- Born
- the 4th June 1891 at Bournemouth, Hampshire
- Memorial / grave
- at Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery France and on the Rifle Brigade Memorial in Winchester Cathedral
Digest of citation
When the advance of the Battalion was held up by barbed-wire entanglements and heavy machine-gun fire on 12th March 1915 at Neuve Chapelle, France, Corporal Noble and Company Sergeant-Major DANIELS (reg No. 301) rushed to the fore and successfully cut away through the entanglements. They were both wounded and Corporal Noble died of his injuries the following day
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
NOBLE, Cecil Reginald. (reg No. 932).
Acting Corporal. Rifle Brigade * London Gazetted on 20th April 1915.
Born on the 4th June 1891 at Bournemouth, Hampshire.
Died of his wounds on 13th March 1915 at Longuenesse, France.
Memorial on grave at Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery France and on the Rifle Brigade Memorial in Winchester Cathedral.
Digest of Citation reads:. When the advance of the Battalion was held up by barbed-wire entanglements and heavy machine-gun fire on 12th March 1915 at Neuve Chapelle, France, Corporal Noble and Company Sergeant-Major DANIELS (reg No. 301) rushed to the fore and successfully cut away through the entanglements. They were both wounded and Corporal Noble died of his injuries the following day.
Died of his wounds on 13th March 1915 at Longuenesse, France.
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