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Noel Edmund Forbes (1894 - 1915)

Lt. Noel Edmund Forbes
Born in Taltal, Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chilemap
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Died at age 20 in Francemap
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2nd Lt Noel Forbes served in the British Army in World War I
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Unit(s): Royal Field Artillery
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Biography

Noel Edmund Forbes was born on 25 Dec 1894 in Taltal, Antofagasta, Chile to Edmund Batten Forbes and Charlotte Christina Agnes (Wauchope) Forbes.[1]

In April 1914, he sailed with his father to Vigo, Spain and from there to Buenos Aries, Argentina.[2] [3]

He was a 2nd Lt in the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery.[4]

Noel died of wounds on 12 May 1915 in France and was buried at Bethune Town Cemetery in Bethune, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

Sources

  1. ↑ Chile, Civil Registration, 1885-1903 for Noel Forbes, 25 dic 1894 w/ Eduardo Forbes y Charlotte Cid de Forbes (Ancestry.com [on-line database]).
  2. ↑ UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 for Noel Edmund Forbes & Edmund Batten Forbes aboard the OROPESA (Ancestry.com [on-line database]).
  3. ↑ UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 for Noel Forbes & Edmund Forbes aboard the ARLANZA (Ancestry.com [on-line database]).
  4. ↑ UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 for Noel Edmund Forbes (Ancestry.com [on-line database]).

See also:

  • 1911 England Census for Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Student at Cheltenham College.
  • Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 January 2019), memorial page for Lieut Noel Edmund Forbes (25 Dec 1894–12 May 1915), Find A Grave Memorial no. 56165130, citing Bethune Town Cemetery, Bethune, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France ; Maintained by CWGC/ABMC (contributor 6) .
  • UK, University of London Student Records, 1836-1945: Roll of War Service for Noël Edmund Forbes, City & Guilds Colleges, (Ancestry.com [on-line database]).
  • UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 for N E Forbes (Ancestry.com [on-line database]).
  • The National Archives: 2nd Lieutenant Noel Edmund FORBES. The Royal Field Artillery.




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