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Hello Ruud,
your English is excellent, thank you for getting in touch
with me. The attached Obituary is all I have of pictures of
Harry, I have been trying to find his wife and any children
they may have had but no luck yet. I am actually only
related to him through marriage to his nephew, but somehow
feel very drawn to him, I will be visiting Brunssum from
Canada hopefully in 2010 . Please keep in touch and thank
you for your interest and your care of our loved ones in
Holland . Very many best wishes Julia Noble
Search for
family of D-Day hero
Mike
Glendinning
23/ 6/2006
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CANADIAN national is hoping that the Advertiser's readers
can help her return a precious keepsake to her Manchester
based relatives. Julia Noble, who lives in Edmonton,
recently found a Manchester newspaper obituary about her
uncle, who was killed in France during the D-Day invasion in
1944. Private Harry Noble had joined the army in 1940 and
served in the Royal Artillery before being transferred to
the Somerset Light Infantry, the section with which he was a
member during the landings. After his death, he was buried
in the Brunssum War Cemetery in Holland, and the company's
padre wrote to Harry's widow, telling her that her husband "hated
the beastliness of war, but never shrank from his duty."
Julia also has a Bible that belonged to Harry along with a
few more articles on him that she would like to return them
to his family, who she believes lived in the east Manchester
area. She has found out from the Commonwealth War Graves
Commission that Harry's parents were named Albert and
Georgina and they lived in Clayton. She said: "No one knows
what became of Harry's wife Irene, or if she had any
children, so I am trying to reconnect the family and make a
visit to the grave in Holland. I'd like to return the Bible
to his widow because it would be very precious to her, as he
carried it with him when he went to war." If you can help
Julia to return a war hero's belongings to his family,
please contact her at RR 2 Kingman, Alberta, T0B-2M0, Canada
or by emailing her at
jtnoble@can.rogers.com
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