Harry Noble

DRIVER HARRY NOBLE
d. 29th January 1942 AGED 24

Harry was born in on 27th July 1917. Harry's families were both local to the Village. His parents George and Annie Maria Cook were both living at Benns when they married in 1900. His father's family were farmers and Harry's grandparents lived in various houses around Luddenden during their married life, including Yellow Birch and Shepherd House.

Harry's father George was a painter and decorator, the family lived at Green Royd, Midgley for a while and Cleveley Gardens in Mytholmroyd. When his father died in 1936 and the family moved to 4 Riding Head Lane.

Harry worked as a Grocery Assistant at the Co-op in Halifax. He was engaged to Maud Eastwood (of Mytholmroyd).

In 1940, he enlisted as a Driver in the Royal Army Service Corps. This was the Logistics part of the British Army and dealt with the supply of food, water, fuel, clothing, stationary in fact anything and everything the Army needed to keep fighting. They recruited tradesman, butchers, bakers and office clerks to help keep the war efforts moving.

We do not know a lot about Harry’s time in the Army as the WW2 Service Records have not yet been released. He was killed in Action in Libya on 29th January 1942 aged 24.

He is buried at the Benghazi War Cemetery and is remembered here on the Luddenden War Memorial and also at the Wainsgate Methodist Chapel in Hebden Bridge.

References:
Civil Birth Registration, 1917/Q3/9a/262
1921 Census, RG15/493/1/12/108
1939 England and Wales Voters Register, Halifax CB/496/KEAE/Schedule no.12

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