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VC574 Cecil Reginald Noble
BORN 4 June 1891
DIED 13 March 1915 AGE 23
VC Won 12 March 1915 AGE 23
Place VC Won Neuve Chapelle, France
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Cecil Reginald Noble No. 3697 POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 574 Awards VC
Regiment Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own), 2nd Battalion, C Company
Later Royal Green Jackets
Now 2nd and 4th Battalions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Acting Corporal
Rank End Of Career Acting Corporal
Place Of Birth Malmesbury Park, Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Place Of Death Longuenesse, Pas de Calais, France
Buried/Location Ashes Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, 2 miles south of St Omer, Pas de Calais, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot 1, Row A, Grave 57
Gazetted 28 April 1915
VC Presented 29 November 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his mother, Hannah
Memorials
P Headstone, Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, 2 miles south of St Omer, Pas de Calais, France
P Named on Rifle Brigade Role of Fame Memorial, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire
P Reginald Noble Court, No. 66 Surrey Road, Bournemouth, Dorset
P Noble Close, Wallisdown, Bournemouth, Dorset
Memorial plaque at St Clement's School, Springbourne, Dorset
P Plaque, Capstone Road, Bournemouth, Dorset
P Name on statue, outside Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, War Memorial, Central Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset
By The Way…
He disliked his Christian name, Cecil and enlisted as Reginald Noble
VC Held By
Not known
