56425 Major Charles Anthony Hay Mackintosh NOBLE, MC, MiD, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

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    Personal Number: 56425
    Rank: Colonel
    Name: Charles Anthony Hay Mackintosh NOBLE, MC, MiD
    Unit: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders


    London Gazette : 3 September 1940
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34936/supplement/5329/data.pdf
    The undermentioned Lts. to be Capts.: —
    1st Sept. 1940: —
    Camerons.
    C. A. H. M. Noble (56425).

    London Gazette : 30 December 1941
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/page/7349/data.pdf
    The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of distinguished services in the Middle East (including Egypt, East Africa, The Western Desert, The Sudan, Greece, Crete, Syria and Tobruk) during the period February, 1941, to July, 1941:—
    Capt. (temp. Maj.) C. A. H. M. Noble (56425).

    London Gazette : 23 September 1943
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36180/supplement/4221/data.pdf
    The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Sicily: —
    The Military Cross.
    Captain (temporary Major) Charles Anthony Hay Mackintosh Noble (56425), The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.

    London Gazette : 20 March 1956
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40734/supplement/1662/data.pdf
    Camerons.
    REGULAR ARMY.
    Lt.-Col. C. A. H. M. NOBLE, M.C. (56425), from Employed List (1) to be Lt.-Col., 24th Dec. 1955, retaining his present seniority.

    London Gazette : 25 March 1960
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41991/supplement/2194/data.pdf
    REGULAR ARMY
    Lt.-Col. C. A. H. M. NOBLE, M.C. (56425), from Camerons, to be Col., 19th Feb. 1960.

    London Gazette : 3 September 1963
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/43096/supplement/7355/data.pdf
    REGULAR ARMY
    Col. C. A. H. M. NOBLE, M.C. (56425) late Inf., retires on retired pay, 1st Sept. 1963.
     
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    See also:
    • Private Papers of Colonel C A H M Noble MC
    • Microfilm copy of a ms diary in two volumes (60pp and 58pp) covering his military service, July 1939 - June 1944, including as Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (11th Indian Infantry Brigade, 4th Indian Division) during the campaign in the Western Desert, June - December 1940, including the Battle of Sidi Barrani, then as GSO3 (Ops) at Divisional HQ during the Eritrean Campaign, January - March 1941, and in Operation Battleaxe, June 1941, followed by a period at Staff College, Haifa, August - December 1941, and as G3 MTI GHQ, MEF, January - May 1942, and as G2 (Ops) HQ Troops Sudan, May 1942 - March 1943, at which time he was posted to the 5th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (152nd Infantry Brigade, 51st Highland Division) which he commanded from July 1943, in action in Tunisia, April - May 1943, and in Sicily, July - August 1943, returning home November 1943 to train for the invasion of France.
    • Colonel C A H M Noble MC MA | The National Archives
    • Ms. diary in two volumes (60pp and 58pp) of his military service, July 1939-June 1944, including service as Adjutant of 2nd Battalion, The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders (11th Indian Infantry Brigade, 4th Indian Division) during the campaign, in the Western Desert, June-December 1940, including the Battle of Sidi Barrazi, then as GSOIII(Ops) at Divisional HQ during the Eritrean Campaign, January-March 1941, and in Operation Battleaxe, June 1941, followed by a period at Staff College, Haifa, August-December 1941, and as GIII MTI GHQ, MEF, January-May 1942, and as GII(Ops) HQ Tps Sudan, May 1942-March 1943, at which time he was posted to 5th Battalion, The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders, (152nd Infantry Brigade, 51st Highland Division) which he commanded from July 1943, in action in Tunisia, April-May 1943, and in Sicily, July-August 1943, returning home November 1943 to train for the invasion of France. 1939-1944
    • Online Collection | National Army Museum, London
    • Sound cassette: oral history interview with Col Charles Anthony Noble, 2nd Bn The Cameron Highlanders, relating to his Army service in India and Egypt, 1939-1941; associated with the Battle of Sidi Barrani, World War Two, North Africa (1940-1943) and the Battle of Keren, World War Two, East Africa (1940-1941).
     

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