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Captain G W A Alexander

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Lieutenant H E Van der Noot

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  • Arnham said:
    Mentioned in the book: The Irish Guards In The Great War - Volume I - The First Battalion - 1918 - Arras To The Armistice by Rudyard Kipling. www.poetspoetry.com/stories/rudyard-kipling/the-irish-gua...
  • David - Edinburgh said:
    He was MID in the LG 11/12/1917 pg 10226 : www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30434/supplements/13226
  • Gary Donaldson said:
    Could he be the Captain (Temporary Major) Harold Edward Van Der Noot (43671), Irish Guards, listed in the Supplement to the London Gazette of 2nd June 1943? There is a Harold Edward Van der Noot (Irish Guards) listed amongst the Special Reserve Officers commissioned from Officer Cadet Units as 2nd Lieutenants on 28th November 1916 (London Gazette 11609 of 28 Nov 1916). His Commission is converted from Special Reserve to Regular as a Lieutenant with effect 29 Oct 1921, with Seniority backdated to 25 nov 1920 (London Gazette page 8611 of 28 Oct 1921), suggesting that he served on in the Irish Guards after 1919?//
  • chris (archie) allan said:
    The son of Reverend Edgar Van der Noot, Priest in Ordinary to Her Majesty and Rector of Barley in the 1890s had a son, Maj Gilbert Edgar Francis Van der Noot of the Irish Guards, of Oak Cottage, Hartley Witney, co. Hampshire (d. 1981) He married Hon Barbara Mary Cockayne, only daughter. of Rt Hon Sir Algernon West, Baron Cullen of Ashbourne. There must be a connection
  • Gary Donaldson said:
    Major Harold Edward Van der Noot's son, Colonel Christopher Harold Van Der Noot MBE (Late GORDONS), now a retired officer, himself twice Mentioned in Despatches (1973 and 1980), has kindly offered to provide some details of his father's service (in the New Year 2012).

Captain J E Osborne

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  • Historydevotee said:
    These could be him: London Gazette Supplement 25 May 1917 has this for Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry - Osborne, Temp. Maj. (actg. Lt.-Col.) J. E. UK Incoming Passengers List has this: Name: Captain J E Osborne Birth Date: abt 1878 Age: 30 Port of Departure:Quebec, Canada Arrival Date:28 Aug 1908 Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England Ports of Voyage: Quebec Ship Name:Empress of Ireland Shipping Line: Canadian Pacific Steamship Line Official Number: 123972 Also Mrs Osborne - wife - 26 British Phone Books has: Name:Major J E Osborne Address:44 Connaught St W.2. Exchange:PADdngtn City/Town:Paddington Directory Title:London Surnames A - Z Sep Publication Year:1928 Directory County:London
  • Gary Donaldson said:
    John Edwards Osborne appears to have originally been awarded his Commission after passing the Competitive Examination of March 1906 while a Militia & Yeomanry Candidate in the 6th Battalion (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex Regiment [LG 27915 of 22 May 1906]. He was Commisioned into the Ox & Bucks LI. So it was that Temp Lt Osborne Ox & Bucks LI was promoted to Temp Capt on 22 Oct 1914 in the 6th Battalion Ox & Bucks Light Infantry. Temporary Major J E Osborne was promoted to Acting Lieutenant Colonel on 9 Nov 1916 while Commanding Officer of a battalion (presumably 6th Ox & Bucks LI) [LG 29936 of 9 Feb 1917] and reverted to Temp Major on 25 Apr 1917 on relinquishing that command [LG 30170 dated 6 Jul 1917]. On 18 Sep 1917 the London Gazette shows Temp Major J E Osborne attached (possibly to the Staff) from a Service Battalion as a Major with seniority from 19 Nov 1915. He was awarded a Mention in Despatches as a Temporary Major on 25 May 1917, [Awards Vol 30093 page 5158]. He survived the war and as a Temporary Major he relinquished his Commission on 18 Oct 1919, retaining the rank of Major.//
  • Trench-Foote said:
    Major John Edwards Osborne, possibly originally from Somerset, later of The Old Manse, Rescobie, Forfar, Angus, Scotland? Had one son, Major Gerald Michael Osborne MC TD - he of Balmadies, Guthrie, Angus, Forfar, Scotland, (married June Mary Carnegie-Arbuthnott, b. 24 Jul 20, m. 2 Apr 41).
  • Denise Jackson said:
    Died 24 Sep 1938 at Wald Sanitorium, Davos Platz, Switzerland. Now known as Wald Hotel. www.myswitzerland.com/en/waldhotel-davos.html Of 10 West Cliff Gardens, Folkestone. Widow Agnes Telford Osborne. She died 18 Sep 1956 in Hove. Probate granted to Annie McQuiston Fleming, a widow. Estate valued at £11927. 12s 10d.
  • Will Adam said:
    He came from Bristol and was part of the family of the solicitor's firm Osborne Clarke. The Mrs Osborne who survived him was his second wife, whom he married after WWI. (Family information).

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