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Thomas Norton
Royal Navy HMS Irresistible
My Grandad, Thomas Norton, served in the Navy during World War 1, he was sunk twice in the same day. Grandad was on the Irresistible which was sunk in the Dardanells on the 18th March 1915 he was rescued and taken onboard the Ocean which was also sunk later the same day. How unlucky can one be or in his case how lucky was he to survive both wars.
He served on the HMS Hunter during the Second World War and was sunk on the 10th April 1940. He was then taken prisoner and taken to Sweeden, there he signed papers to say that he would not take up arms against the Germans again. He did this knowing that due to his age he would not be called up again to fight.
Pte. William Norton
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Ashington
William Norton was discharged as Inefficient
Cpt. John Norwood VC
British Army 5th Dragoon Guards
(d.8th Sep 1914)
Captain John Norwood served with the 5th Dragoon Guards and was killed in action on the 8th September 1914, aged 38. He is buried in Sablonnières New Communal Cemetery in France.
He was the son of Mr. & Mrs. John Norwood and husband of Lilian
An extract taken from the London Gazette dated 27th July 1900 records the following: "John Norwood, Lieut. 5th Dragoon Guards. Date of Act of Bravery 30th Oct. 1899. On the 30th Oct. 1899, this officer went out from Ladysmith in charge of a small patrol of the 5th Dragoon Guards. They came under heavy fire from the enemy, who were posted on a ridge in great force. The patrol, which had arrived within about 600 yards of the ridge, then retired a full speed. One man dropped, and Second Lieut. Norwood galloped back about 300 yards through heavy fire, dismounted, and picking up the fallen trooper, carried him out of fire on his back, at the same time leading his horse with one hand. The enemy kept up an incessant fire during the whole time that Second Lieut. Norwood was carrying the man until he was quite out of range"
Pte. Walter Charles Notscheid
British Army 4th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Islington
(d.1st Jul 1916)
My Great grandfather was born Karl August Notscheid in 1877 in London of German parents. He enlisted during Dec 1915 under the name Walter Notscheid after being goaded into proving his Englishness by a relative.
He was killed in action at Fricourt on the 1st of July 1916 whilst serving in the 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. He is buried in the Gordon Dump Cemetery, at Ovillers La Boisselle.
A German relative was serving in the German Artillery on the Somme at the same time and survived the war.
Pte. Frank Nott
British Army 4th Btn Worcester Regiment
from:Birmingham
(d.4th June 1915)
Frank Nott was my great uncle, he was killed during the 3rd battle for Krithia on 4th June 1915. This year, whilst doing some political campaigning near where I lived with my mother and father in Bridgend, I was given a Bronze death plaque with Frank Nott's name inscribed on it. Apparently a neighbour found it whilst working in his garden which backed on to the garden of my old home. How much of a coincidence is this? After watching the 100 year anniversary ceremony on television that morning, then being given the 'Death Plaque' the same afternoon is truly amazing.
Sgt. George Noulton
British Army 23rd Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Lambeth, London
(d.27th Sep 1918)
My great uncle George Noulton was a pre war soldier. He joined the Rifle Brigade, serial number was 6008. I do not know when he joined. I wrote to the Rifle Brigade to ask for his service record but was told it was possibly destroyed in the bombing during the second world war. I do know he was a corporal at sometime. He was transferred to the Lancashire Fusiliers with a new serial number 61241 and was promoted to sergeant. I believe he was wounded. His record says he returned to the trenches and was killed in action on the twenty seventh of September 1918 and is buried at Trois Arbres Cemetery in France.
Sgt. George Noulton
British Army Lancashire Fusiliers
(d.27th Sep 1918 )
George Noulton was born in Lambeth, London around 1884, son of James and Annie (Wheeler). Husband of Emily Eliza (Page) at the time of WW1 lived in Battersea, London
My great uncle George Noulton, enlisted before the first world war in the rifle brigade. His serial number was 6008. I have tried to get his service record but was told it was possibly destroyed in the bombing of the second world war. I have found that he was a corporal. It seems for some reason he was transferred to the Lancashire fusiliers, Service No. 61241 at some time, where he was promoted to Sergeant. I believe he was wounded at some time. His record says he returned to the trenches and was killed in action on twenty seventh of September 1918 and is buried at Trois Arbes Cemetery, Steenwerck, France.
Sgt. George Noulton
British Army 23rd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Lambeth
(d.27th Sep 1918)
My great uncle George Noulton was a pre-war soldier enlisting in the Rifle Brigade where he became a corporal. I believe he was wounded and hospitalized. After treatment he was transferred to the Lancashire fusiliers with the rank of sergeant he served in the 23rd Battalion and was killed in action on the twenty seventh of September 1918.
Pte. Henry James Noulton
Royal Marine Light Infantry Chatham Division
from:Lambeth
Henry Noulton was born on 18th April 1898. He enlisted on 22nd June 1915, and on completion of his training was posted to a cruiser squadron. His ship was engaged on special patrol duties off the coast of Russia. In October 1918 the vessel on which he was serving whilst conveying wounded across the Irish Sea was torpedoed. After several hours in the water he fortunately was rescued.
He was demobilised in February 1920, and holds the General Service and Victory Medals.
Pte. Henry Noulton
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Lambeth
Henry Noulton volunteered in June 1915 and during the war worked as a Driver. Later that same year he was drafted overseas. During his service in France he took part in many engagements including those on the Somme, and at the Battle of Arras in April and May of 1917 and also at the Battle of Cambrai in November and December that year. He then fought during the retreat and advance of 1918.
He was demobilised in February 1920, and holds the General and Service and Victory Medals. After the war he lived at 5 Arden Street, Battersea Park.
Dvr. Henry Noulton
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Lambeth
Henry Noulton volunteered in June 1915 and later in the same year was drafted overseas. During his service in France he took part in many engagements including those on the Somme and at Arras and Cambrai and during the retreat and advance of 1918.
He was demobilised in February 1920 and holds the General and Service and Victory Medals.
Pte. Henry Noulton
Royal Marines Light Infantry
from:5 Arden Street, Battersea Park, London
Henry Noulton volunteered in June 1915, and on completion of his training was posted to a cruiser squadron. His ship was engaged on special patrol duties off the coast of Russia. In October 1918 the vessel on which he was serving, whilst conveying wounded across the Irish Sea, was torpedoed but after several hours in the water he fortunately was rescued. He was demobilised in Febuary 1920 and holds the General Service and Victory Medals.
SPO. Samuel Noulton
Royal Navy HMS Chatham
from:Lambeth
Samuel Noulton volunteered at the outbreak of the war, and initially served on HMS Arun on transport duties. Later he was transferred to HMS Chatham, convoying vessels between Norway and the North of Ireland. The ship was in action in the Battle of Jutland, and was mined off Felixstowe. He took part in all engagements in the North Sea, and was demobilised in November 1919.
PO. Samuel Noulton
Royal Navy HMS Chatham
from:Lambeth
Samuel Noulton volunteered at the outbreak of war, and served in HMS ARUN on transport duties. Later he was transferred to HMS Chatham convoying vessels between Norway and the North of Ireland. His ship was in action in the Battle of Jutland, and was mined off Felixstowe. He took part in all engagements in the North Sea and was demobilised in November 1919.
Private Prospero "Charlie" Novembrino
British Army Manchester Regiment
from:43 Taylor St. Hume, Manchester
My Grandfather was an Italian migrant from Genoa. he ran away to sea when he was 12 years old and sailed to New York as a Cabin Boy on a huge Steamer, Eventually he attended San Remo Cooking Academy. His profession in England was Chef and he worked at the Grand Hotel in Manchester. He Married Alice Maude Carroll of Hume, Manchester. His nickname was Charlie because he looked like Charlie Chaplin. He was 3 years younger than Alice Maude and was a lodger in her Mother's House. Te local parish priest placed him in that house because Alice was of an Age to marry. Alice died in 1951 at the age of 64. She was 28 and Grandad was 25 when they wed. He enlisted in the Manchester Regiment and served in France in 1915? He was shot in the groin and was operated on in a field hospital by a captured german surgeon. When he recovered from his wound he was seconded to cook for the Officers. He eventually came home in 1919. Charlie returned from the war and had a Daughter to his adored wife Alice who was my mother Sheila Novembino. He always walked with a limp and sported a walking cane. He always told us when rain was coming because his war wound used to cause him pain.
Signaller. S. Novinski
Army 20th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte Harry George Noyce
British Army 15th Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:Southampton
(d.30th Jun 1918)
Grandfather, Harry Noyce was never talked about by my mother. I only found out about him through my niece who is trying to build a family tree. I visited his grave site in Belgium where he is buried in a joint grave with another. I would appreciate it if anyone can give me any information.
Capt Talbot Ronald Arthur Herbert Noyes
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Crichel, Dorset
(d.11th Jul 1916)
Noyes, Talbot Ronald, Arthur, Herbert. Captain, Killed in action on 11th July 1916. Aged 30 years.
Buried in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, in grave I. B. 27.
Son of the Rev. Frederick Robert Halsey Herbert Noyes, then Rector of Crichel, Dorset, and of Emily Mary Noyes. Born at Crichel.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte. Ernest Noyland
British Army 8th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
(d.26th September 1917)
L.Tel. Charles O. Roland Nugent
Royal Navy HMS Duke
from:Aldershot, Hants.
(d.15th December 1918)
Leading Telegraphist Nugent was the Son of Mr. and Mrs. Nugent, of 13, Western Rd., Aldershot, Hants.
He was 20 when he died and is buried in the Famagusta Military Cemetery in Cyprus, Grave 14.
Pte. Edward Nugent
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Leigh, Lancashire
(d.29th Sept 1918)
Cpl. Francis Joseph Nugent
British Army 7th (City of London) Battalion London Regiment
from:Aotearoa, New Zealand
(d.2nd Dec 1917)
Our great uncle Frank Nugent was the eldest of the six children of Francis Nugent and Mary Nugent (nee Herst) of Maraekakao, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. The couple were recent immigrants from County Tyrone and Clare respectively. The Nugent family were involved in a huge sheep station owned by Donald McLean. They ran a store with boarding and carting facilities, while also administering the post office. Frank must have been a handy chap to have around - with lots of Kiwi number 8 wire ingenuity having grown up in colonial New Zealand, he was a trained carpenter/joiner. Strangely Frank did not join a Kiwi unit but paid for his own passage and sailed from Wellington for England on the "Rotorua" when he was 27. He disembarked on the 20th of May 1915 and immediately enlisted at Aldgate with the Shiny Sevenths.
From his point we have know knowledge of his doings as my Nugent family have no letters, photographs, or even medals. My grandmother and her sisters were so distressed with Frank's death - such loss and pain for the family. The family plot names Francis Joseph Nugent 'Killed in Action in France' and that is all of the information that they ever possessed. I've scoured Planke's history of the Shiny Sevenths desperate for any scraps of information, as he's there with the Sevenths from the late May 1915 until the mess at Cambrai when he dies 2nd of December 1917.
Pte. George Nugent
British Army 22nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. George Nugent
British Army 22nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Sgt. Frederick Walter Nunn
British Army 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers
from:Tottenham
(d.13th Aug 1915)
I was brought up in the same house that had been occupied by my grand parents and their family of 4 sons and a daughter. One of them was my father Percy Nunn who was a Sgt in the Royal Fusiliers in the 1914-18 war. His three brothers, Ernest a private in the AIF, Albert a Corporal in the Grenadier Guards, and Frederick Nunn, a Sgt. in the South Wales Borderers were all killed in the Gallipoli Campaign. Frederick is listed in a book "Fastest to Canada" the story of how the ship HMT Royal Edward became the first troop ship to be torpedoed in the Aegean Sea. It had on board 53 men of the South Wales Borderers and it is told in our family history that Fred saved four men before drowning himself. The ship had 1600 on board and 600 were lost at sea. It was ironic that my father was also at Avonmouth Docks on the same morning as brother Fred, but they did not meet and boarded separate ships. That was on 29th July and The Royal Edward was struck on the 13th August 1915.
Dvr. John Price Nunn
British Army 2nd East Lancs Royal Field Artillery
from:Manchester
Wednesday 14th March 1917 – journey from England to the battlefront. This story begins with us about to start our journey in France. As a driver I was looking after the horses. These were put 8 in each horsebox. Jimmy Maguire and myself were in charge of one of these horse boxes. The horses themselves were remounts which implied that their training had been hurried and that many of them were still inclined to be fractious. From the minute they were entrained until the train began to move these horses were quarrelsome with each other, attempting to bite each other, stamping their fore and hind feet, and generally in a very unsettled state. Within 10 minutes of starting (and this one started with a jerk which seemed to be commonplace during the rest of the journey and therefore did not help towards peaceful occupancy of the horse boxes). Two horses became loose (it is my belief now that these two had not been adequately tethered – neither Maguire or myself had tethered them in the first instance since the hooks were almost out of reach for statures such as ours). However since the train was moving and we could call on no one to help use, we tried to get them tethered again. With two of the centre position horses being loose there was increased pandemonium on one side of the box. I though I might help if I got in between these horses to steady them whilst Maguire stood on the bale of hay and endeavored to re-tether them – but these horses began to lean on me so heavily I had visions of being squashed, and the more I pushed them apart the more they retaliated; so we did not manage to re-tether them and conditions became worse every minute – particularly so because now the two horses discovered they could attack the hay and the bag of oats and we could not reposition these in any place where they could not be reached. With these two horses freely moving about it became dangerous for us to stay in the box at all and for a period of about 15 minutes we pushed open the sliding doors sufficiently to enable us to get through and we travelled on the floorboard.
All of a sudden the train stopped and immediately I went up the side of the train to inform Corporal Farrer who was with others in an ordinary compartment. He was playing cards with his mates and ignored our appeal. Before I had any further chance to think, let alone call on someone else for help, the train started again and I managed to scramble back, and along with Maguire stayed by the open door for safety. Some time elapsed before the train stopped again and because of conditions inside the box we were getting most anxious. One of my horses had been cut on the forehead by the point of the hook on the ceiling and had a cut about 4 or 5 inches long which was bleeding.
As soon as the train stopped I dropped off and ran as fast as I could to the front end of the train where the officers were. Hurriedly I informed Capt. Lodge of the position and he turned to Leut. MacDonald to go and investigate. MacDonald came down the lines on the opposite side of the train to me – in fact there was no lines on his side and he was walking on the other side of some signal communication wires which were about 18 foot above the ground. In order to be there when he arrived I ran back fast but had not reached the box when the train started again, and I had to scramble on and travel in another box leaving Maguire to hold the fort until another stop. MacDonald who was in riding breeches and pullover only and had no hat, and probably no money, didn't manage to get on the train and it was 4 days before I saw him again! Maguire who also had been off the train when it had started moving again had scrambled on the next box with me.
Thus until the train stopped again which was sometime later, our horses had the box to themselves and as soon as the train stopped Maguire and I went to look at our horses to see what was the position. For a moment we were stunned by the sight we saw. The horses were all jumbled up, some facing forward, some backward, there was a frightful row going on between them. They were rearing up and kicking each other, and the floor of the space we were supposed to occupy was in a terrible mess – most of the hay was loose and strewn about, the contents of the bag of oats lay all over the floor, mixed with horse manure. Our enamel drinking cups and billy cans were flattened and other personal equipment fouled with manure.
Some quick action was essential so I again ran up the lines to inform Capt. Lodge once again. Naturally his first comment was an enquiry as to where Lt MacDonald was and he nearly exploded when I said I did not know! He followed this information by getting out of his compartment on the other side of the train just as MacDonald did and I ran back faster than ever to be there when he arrived and with some apprehension as to whether he would encounter the same fate as MacDonald. However the train stopped long enough this time for him to reach the unfortunate horses and by the time he got there Maguire had braved the infernal confusion and had opened the sliding door on his side of the box. Capt Lodge was not a big man, in fact he was about our own size so that in standing on the track and looking in the box only his face showed on the other side. He gave one look at the bedlam and uttered a curse which sounded like “bloody hell!†and then put us both under arrest, after which he sought out Corp Farrier to go and attempt to sort out the confused state in the box. For the rest of the journey, which lasted 20 hours, we travelled under guard in a compartment of the train. We had no food or drink during the whole journey. We arrived at Thiennes 5pm on Thursday 15th of March 1917.
Pte. Joseph Nunn
British Army 1/7th Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:Whittlesford, Cambs
Private Joseph Nunn. 39908 1/7th Hants Reg. was one of those men. We are doing a project to commemorate WW1 in our village, Whittlesford in Cambridgeshire. We aim to find out about the men who went from the village, thought to be about 118 in a village of approx. 720 people. We are working on finding out more about him.
39908 Private Joseph Nunn served with the 1st/7th Battalion Hampshire Regiment during WW1. There follows a record of the Battalions movements as part of 128th (Hampshire) Brigade in the 43rd (Wessex) Division. The Division was sent to India under peacetime conditions but remained ready for active service. His battalion moved to Aden in January 1918. His medal card merely records the award of the British War and Victory Medals with no details of any unusual events.
Pte. Louis Nunn
British Army 10th Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Doncaster
I have a postcard to my grandmother from her brother informing her of contact details: Private L Nunn, D company, 10th battalion, 14 platoon, Yorkshire Light Infantry, British Expeditionary Force, France. He immigrated to Canada after the war to farm very successfully.
Pte. Walter Francis Nunn
British Army 6th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry
from:Reading, Berkshire
Walter Nunn served with 6th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. He was awarded the Victory and British War medals.
Pte. Claude Joseph Patrick Nunney VC DCM MM
Canadian Expeditionary Force 38th (Ottawa) Canadian Infantry Btn.
from:Canada
(d.18 September 1918)
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