ALFRED MALCOLM NOBLE

Born: 1889, Coggeshall, Essex.

Died: 28th January 1917; age 28; KiA after four weeks in France.

Residence: 27, Upland Road, Ipswich.

Occupation: Carpenter & Joiner.

Enlistment Location: Ipswich.

Rank: Private; Service Number: 44244

Regiment: South Wales Borderers, 2nd Battalion.

Formerly 170149, Royal Engineers.

Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.

Grave Reference:

II.M.18.

Australian Imperial Forces Burial Ground,

Flers,

Somme,

France.

Relatives Notified & Address: Husband of Alice Mary Noble, of 27, Upland Road, Ipswich; and only son of Selina Noble and the late John Noble, of 234, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, and brother of Mrs. Lena May Manning, of 35, Orford Street, Ipswich.

Brother-in-law of ABRAHAM GILBERT.

CENSUS

1891   14, Hervey Street, Ipswich.

Alfred was 2 years old and living with his parents & sister.

John Noble, 32, an Iron Man – Ransomes, born Walsham le Willows, Suffolk..

Selina Noble (nee Evans), 30, born Coggeshall, Essex.

Lena Mary Noble, 1, born Ipswich.

1901   234, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.

Alfred was 11 years old and living with his parents & sisters.

John, 40, a Tailor – own account.

Selina, 38.

Lena, 10.

Dorothy Gladys Noble, 1, born Ipswich.

1911   234, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich.

Alfred was 22 years old, a carpenter & Joiner. He was living with his parents & sisters.

John, 52, a Tailor Bespoke Maker – own account.

Selina, 50.

Lena, 21, a Tailoress – at home.

Dorothy, 11.

On the 7^th November 1914, at St. Helen’s Church, Ipswich, 26 year old Alfred, a carpenter, of 234, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, married 26 year old Alice Mary Gilbert, born September 1888, Ipswich – daughter of George Gilbert, a mason and Mary Ann Gilbert (nee Hacon), of 118 Alan Road, Ipswich.

Alice and Alfred had two sons:

Leonard Arthur John Noble, born August 1915, Ipswich and baptised on the 31^st October 1915, at St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich.

Audrey Malcolm Noble, born September 1917, Ipswich and baptised on the 14^th October 1917, at St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich – family home at 27, Upland Road, Ipswich. Audrey died on the 3^rd January 1919, at her home, 27, Upland Road, Ipswich, aged 15 months, and was buried in Section X, Ipswich Old Cemetery.

Alice Mary Gilbert’s brother, ABRAHAM GILBERT, lost his life during the South African Boer War. Abraham was ranked a Private for The Rifle Brigade when he succumbed to his wounds on the 23^rd February 1900, at St. Pieters Hill, Ladysmith. Abraham was 19 years of age. He is commemorated on the East Suffolk Boer War memorial at Christchurch Park, Ipswich.

Alfred’s father, John Noble, died on the 15th January 1917 at his residence at 234, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, and was buried on the 22^nd January in Section X.22.15 at Ipswich Old Cemetery.

Alfred’s mother, Selina Noble, died on the 12^th  May 1917 at her home, 234, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich and was buried in Section X. 22. 15 with her husband, John Noble.

Probate to Alice Mary Noble – widow.

Soldiers’ Effects to Alice Mary Noble – widow.

Alfred is also remembered on the war memorial at St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich.

South Wales Borderers, 2nd Battalion