Name
George Reuben Ridgeway Noble
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
George Noble was listed in the Absent Voter Records for Abbots Langley in Autumn 1918, Spring 1919, and Autumn 1919. He was initially identified from the Absent Voter Records and was not recorded elsewhere in the Abbots Langley Parish records. In the Absent Voter Records George was listed serving in the Royal Navy with HMS “Sandhurst”. His address was given at 26 Marlin Square, Abbots Langley.
The UK Royal Navy Registers of Seamen’s Services noted that George was born at West Hartlepool, Durham on 9th January 1893. He was baptised at Stranton, Durham on 5th February 1893, and his parents were listed as Charles and Helena Noble.
George joined the Royal Navy on 17th February 1909 and was posted to HMS “Ganges”, a shore base near Harwich. At the start of the Great War George served aboard HMS “Duke of Edinburgh”, a cruiser stationed in the Mediterranean. The ship participated in the pursuit of the German battlecruiser SMS “Goeben” and light cruiser SMS “Breslau”. However both ships reached Ottoman (Turkish) waters, and HMS “Duke of Edinburgh” was sent to the Red Sea in mid-August 1914 to protect convoys arriving from India. In December 1914 the ship was transferred to the Grand Fleet in Home Waters, and participated (unscathed) in the Battle of Jutland in May 1916. However by that time George had been posted to other vessels.
George spent periods at various shore establishments and served aboard a series of Depot Ships before being posted to HMS “Sandhurst” on 15th December 1916. HMS “Sandhurst” was a Destroyer Depot Ship servicing the Coastal Convoys. He remained with HMS “Sandhurst” until 30th April 1919 when he joined HMS “Blake”, another Destroyer Depot Ship. After spells with HMS ”Apollo” and HMS “Woolwich”, both Depot Ships, he was demobilised on 14th May 1920.
George’s association with Abbots Langley has not been traced however his address was given at 26 Marlin Square, Abbots Langley in the Absent Voter Records.
George Noble survived the War.
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
