Biography of Tom Cecil Noel 1897-1918

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Maternal Family Tree: Diana Anne Whitaker

In 1897 [his father] Gerard Cecil Noel of Cottesmore (age 33) and [his mother] Madeline Edith Clifton (age 29) were married. They were first cousin once removed.

On 12 Dec 1897 Tom Cecil Noel was born to Gerard Cecil Noel of Cottesmore (age 33) and Madeline Edith Clifton (age 30) at Ashwell, Rutlandshire. He was educated at Eton College [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.

The London Gazette 29007. The undermentioned to be Second Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 16th December, 1914, unless otherwise stated:-

John Armstrong Pratt, 3rd Battalion, Liverpool Regiment.

William Lionel Stevens, 4th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment.

Edmond Arthur Winch, 4th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment.

Thomas Eric Boswell Young, 3rd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment.

Agborouorh Hugh Townshend, 3rd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Dated 11th November, 1914.

Tom Cecil Noel (age 17), 3rd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Dated 12th December, 1914.

John Robson Ashcroft, 4th Battalion, Scottish Rifles.

George Leslie Treleaven, 3rd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.

Sidney Frederick Johnson, 3rd Battalion, Border Regiment.

Philip Coates Walker, 3rd Battalion, Dorset Regiment.

Curwen Vaughan Rawlinson, 3rd Battalion, Dorset Regiment.

The London Gazette 29284. 03 Sep 1915. The undermentioned Second Lieutenants (on probation) are confirmed in their rank:-

The Royal West Surrey Regiment.

Alan Ralph Keep.

Deane Mann.

The Leicestershire Regiment.

Jervoise Graham Tayler.

The Royal Irish Regiment.

Richard Frederick Myles Spring.

The Lancashire Fusiliers.

Frederick Robert Roscoe Woodward.

The Royal Scots Fusiliers.

Victor William Mercier.

The King's Own Scottish Borderers.

Thomas Elliot Thorburn Brown.

Tom Cecil Noel (age 17).

The Scottish Rifles.

James Deans.

Thomas Nesbitt Me Arthur.

William Fairlie Lambert.

The East Lancashire Regiment.

Richard Norman Keyser.

Philip Emlyn Friend.

The Middlesex Regiment.

William James Burt.

Jack Victor King.

Basil Potier Jones.

Sidney Batho Castle.

George Russell Money

On 29 Sep 1917 Tom Cecil Noel (age 19) was awarded Military Cross.

The London Gazette 30466. 09 Jan 1918. Lt. Tom Cecil Noel (age 20), K.O.S.B., Spec. Res. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Previous to laying a forming-up tape for his battalion he reconnoitred the ground under exceptionally difficult circumstances, under heavy hostile fire. Later, he successfully and accurately laid the tape, and throughout the action of the following day led his men with the utmost ability and contempt of danger, setting a splendid example to all.

Before 26 Mar 1918 Tom Cecil Noel (age 20) gained his first aerial victory on 19 January, driving down an Albatros D.V out of control south-west of Roeselare, with pilot Captain N. V. Harrison.

On 26 Mar 1918 Tom Cecil Noel (age 20) was officially appointed a flying officer (observer), with seniority from 4 January,[9] and the next day gained his second victory, destroying another D.V west of Cappy, with pilot Lieutenant R. G. Bennett.

After 26 Mar 1918 Tom Cecil Noel (age 20) was paired with Captain Dennis Latimer, with whom he gained his remaining 22 victories, with one in April, 13 in May, and four each in June and July.

On 22 Aug 1918 Tom Cecil Noel (age 20) was killed in action at Westrosebeke. Noel was flying with Latimer when they were shot down by Leutnant Willi Nebgen of Jasta 7. Noel was killed and Latimer was captured. He was awarded a Bar to his Military Cross.

After 22 Aug 1918. Church of St Peter and St Paul, Exton, Rutlandshire [Map]. Monument to Tom Cecil Noel (deceased).

The London Gazette 30901. 13 Sep 1918. Lt. Tom Cecil Noel (deceased), M.C.. K.O.S.B., Spec. Res., attd. R.A.F. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. In four days he and his pilot destroyed seven enemy machines and drove down three out of control. His courage and skill are of the first order, and of inestimable value to his squadron. (M.C. gazetted 26th September, 1917.)

In Oct 1924 Tom Cecil Noel was buried at Westrozebeke, West Flanders by the Germans. He was reburied at Perth China Wall Cemetery, Ypres when the cemeteries we consolidated after the war.

Royal Ancestors of Tom Cecil Noel 1897-1918

Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 18 Grand Son of Philip "Bold" III King France

Ancestors of Tom Cecil Noel 1897-1918

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anne Hamilton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gerard Edwardes of Welham Grove 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Edwards

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gerard Edwardes aka Noel 2nd Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 4th Earl Gainsborough 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Noel 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Chapman Countess Gainsborough

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Middleton of Bo'ness

Great x 3 Grandfather: Admiral Charles Middleton 1st Baron Barham

Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Dundas

Great x 2 Grandmother: Diana Middleton 2nd Baroness Barham

GrandFather: Gerard Noel 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Hammett

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Hammett aka Hamlyn 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Hamlyn-Williams 2nd Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Williams of Edwinsford in Llandeilo

Great x 3 Grandmother: Arabella Williams

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Singleton

Great x 1 Grandmother: Arabella Hamlyn-Williams

Great x 3 Grandfather: Abraham Whitaker

Great x 2 Grandmother: Diana Anne Whitaker

Father: Gerard Cecil Noel of Cottesmore 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Lowther

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Lowther 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Lowther 1st Earl Lonsdale

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Cecil Lowther 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fane 8th Earl of Westmoreland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Swymmer Countess Westmoreland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Augusta Fane Countess Lonsdale 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Montagu Bertie 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Augusta Bertie 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Piers

GrandMother: Augusta Mary Lowther 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Sherard 2nd Earl Harborough 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Sherard 4th Earl Harborough 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pedley Countess Harborough

Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Sherard 5th Earl Harborough 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Lucy Eleanor Sherard 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Tom Cecil Noel 16 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Joseph Clifton of Lytham Hall

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Talbot Clifton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Hatty Treves

GrandFather: Thomas Henry Clifton 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Lowther 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Lowther 1st Earl Lonsdale

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Cecil Lowther 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Augusta Fane Countess Lonsdale 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Augusta Bertie 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Cecily Lowther 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sherard 4th Earl Harborough 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Sherard 5th Earl Harborough 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucy Eleanor Sherard 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Mother: Madeline Edith Clifton 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Stair Agnew 6th Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Andrew Agnew

Great x 2 Grandfather: Andrew Agnew 7th Baronet

Great x 1 Grandfather: Andrew Agnew 8th Baronet

GrandMother: Madeline Diana Elizabeth Agnew 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerard Edwardes of Welham Grove 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gerard Edwardes aka Noel 2nd Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Noel 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Admiral Charles Middleton 1st Baron Barham

Great x 3 Grandmother: Diana Middleton 2nd Baroness Barham

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Arabella Louisa Noel 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Hammett aka Hamlyn 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Hamlyn-Williams 2nd Baronet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Arabella Williams

Great x 2 Grandmother: Arabella Hamlyn-Williams

Great x 4 Grandfather: Abraham Whitaker

Great x 3 Grandmother: Diana Anne Whitaker