Album of photographs, newspaper clippings and memorabilia of Noble's early life and WWI

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Album of photographs
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

The items in the album are chronologically arranged.

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Page 1. Faded photograph of D. H. holding his bicycle, Beckenham – 1900.

Page 2. Portrait of Grandma Estcourt – Bruges 1904.

Page 3. Faded photograph of a stone fountain dated 1905.

Page 4. Four people in a family portrait, Finchley, June 1908.

Page 5. Faded photograph of DN’s first motorcycle – Rex 1904 (taken 1909) Age 16.

Page 6. Two photographs: Middlesex M.C.C. 1912 and D.N. in a motorcycle and sidecar with passenger, Highgate Hill.

Page 7. Inscribed: D.N. on Rover motor bike, Coventry, January 1912. Photograph missing.

Page 8. Loose photograph of D.N. in opened top touring car. Photograph of a line-up of motorcycles and side cars, titled London – Edinburgh Trials, 1913.

Page 9. A newspaper cutting and a photograph of D.N. instructing a postman in driving the Rover motor-bicycle adopted by the Coventry postal authorities, March 1912.

Page 10. Professional quality photograph of a line-up of motor cyclists attending the MCC Team Trials in Chipping Norton, June 1913.

Page 11. Page titled: Rover Works, Coventry, D.N. and C.T. Newsome, February 1913, photograph missing.

Page 12. Newspaper cutting of D.N. in Paris before start of Paris -Nice Trials, February 1914. The monument pictured is a Parisian landmark commemorating the introduction of balloons in warfare in the Franco-German war of 1870.

Page 13. Newspaper cutting from The Motor Cycle of the Rover Sidecar Outfit dated March 1913.

Page 14. Newspaper cutting from The Motor Cycle of the Secrets of Tune dated April 1913 written by Messrs. C.T. Newsome and D.H. Noble.

Page 14. Photograph of Stanley Glekston and W.B.N. on their motorcycle combinations, February 1914.

Page 15. Page titled: Birmingham M.C.C. Trial, October 1913, D.N. and Rex Mundy on Williamson machine, photograph missing.

Loose photograph of two ladies wearing hats posing in an opened toped car. Dated June 1920.

Page 16. Newspaper cutting of a motor cycle trial London to Exeter run from the Hereford Times, January 1914.

Page 17. D.N. riding a motorcycle, photograph titled ‘On Rosedale Chimney, 1920.

Page 18. Scenic photograph of motor cycle and sheep shearing titled ‘Irish End-to-End Trial. July 1913.

Page 19. D.N. and C.T. Newsome riding a motorbike and sidecar in Firham, March 1914.

Page 20 and 21. Magazine cuttings of D.N. and his motorcycle combination at Warwick Castle, June 1914, and Guy’s Cliffe, June 1914.

Page 22. Newspaper cutting: 3,000 miles on a 7-9 hp. Indian by Lieut. D.H. Noble. April 1917.

Page 23. Newspaper cutting: ‘Après la Guerre. A phantasy of the future as evolved from a hospital cot’ by D.H.N. April 1917.

Page 24. Newspaper cutting; ‘Military motorcyclists in the making. How they are trained for military purposes. July 1918.

Page 25. Newspaper cutting: ‘With an M.T. Workshop at the Front’ by the Lieutenant in charge. Dated March 1917.

Page 26. Three photographs of W.B.N. 1915.

Page 27. Newspaper cutting: ‘Interesting experiences from the Front’ Mr. D.H. Noble astride a motor cycle receives his Second Lieutenant’s commission. February 1915.

Page 28. Discharge certificate No. 67702 dated January 1915. Royal Army Service Corps.

Page 29. Leaflet: The Kinimatograph and Lantern Weekly, a paper printed at the Front. December 1915.

Page 30. Various photographs of D.H.N. performing military service in France during 1914-15.

Page 31. Photographs of Motor Transport at Aldershot, September 1914 and Argues, France, October 1915.

Page 32. Two portrait photographs of D.H.N. in uniform

Page 33. Two concert programmes number 6 and 7 held in December 1915, somewhere in France.

Pages 34, 35 & 36. The 11th ,12th and 16th concert programmes held in January and February 1916.

Page 37. Magazine photograph of The No. 4 G.H.Q. Ammunition. Park Concert Party. Lieutenant Noble in uniform.

Page 38 & 39. The No. 4. G.H.Q. Ammunition Park. Athletic Club Bulletin. Vol. 1 No. 2 and No. 3. 1915.

Page 40. The No. 4. G.H.Q. Ammunition Park. Athletic Club Bulletin. Vol. 1 No. 5. 1915. Photograph of 3 B Section No. 4 G.H.Q. Ammunition Park “Somewhere in France”.

Page 41. Photograph of No. 2. Section No. 4 G.H.Q. Ammunition Park “Somewhere in France”.

Pages 42 to 56. Copies of the publication “The Bulletin” 1915 & 16.

Page 57. Photograph of motorcycles at Lands’ End in 1920.

Page 58. Photograph at Hatfield – conclusion of R.B. Clarks’ run on rim of Spring frame Coulson motorcycle, in March 1921.

Page 59. Newspaper cutting and wedding invitation to the wedding of Mr. Dudley H. Noble and his bride Miss Lilian (Pat) Dunham 1st August 1920.

Page 60. Cutting from “Motor Cycling” August 11th 1920 announcing the marriage of Mr. Dudley Noble.

Page 61. Selection of photographs of Pat Noble from 1917 to 1919.

Page 62. A family portrait: Miss Evans at Datchet 1919. Faded photograph of a motorcycle and sidecar at Bournemouth, 1917.

Page 63. Photograph of a saloon car, possibly a Rover, stuck in the mud along a tree lined road, November 1927.

Page 64. Selection of three family photographs dated from 1925 and 1928.

Page 65. A photograph of the new family home ‘The Nook’ Warwick 1924.

A single page leaflet from the managers of the No. 4 G.H.Q. Ammunition Park Sorts Club. “Bulletin” wishes all their readers a successful New Year and a Speedy Termination of the War, New Year’s Day, 1916.

Selection of ten magazine cuttings “Hints and Tips” from The Motor Cycle 1923 and 1924.

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Identifier:
MS/0456/1
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