mysie Posted 8 May , 2016 Share Posted 8 May , 2016 Hi my husband took a photograph of what he thought was a WW1 Family headstone. The headstone read as follows .Alexander Noble RNR died in Portland Hospital 1st Jan 1919 aged 26 years. The headstone is in St Philips Episcopal Churchyard Catterline,near Stonehaven.When my husband went on to CWGC site he cant find this man. There are Alexander Nobles but none that fit this man, can anyone help us, thanks in advance. Mary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 8 May , 2016 Share Posted 8 May , 2016 Quite possibly if he is on a family headstone CWGC are not responsible for it. It sounds like the family brought him to Stonehaven for a private burial. Is it possible to check if he is actually buried there? Some families had other members added to headstones although they may been buried elsewhere. More of a 'in memorium of..' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 8 May , 2016 Share Posted 8 May , 2016 I'd say this is your lad - http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/326408/NOBLE,%20A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysie Posted 8 May , 2016 Author Share Posted 8 May , 2016 Gee that was quick so he is on the CWGC site then. But he is buried in Allenvale in Aberdeen and not in the Churchyard at Catterline. Thanks so very much IPT. Mary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 8 May , 2016 Share Posted 8 May , 2016 First name(s) Alexander Last name Noble Birth year 1892 Birth day 1 Birth month Jan Birth town Catterline Birth county Kincardine Death year 1919 Death date 01/01/1919 Service number 1476.T.S. (Po) Rating Trimmer Service R.N.R. Ship/unit Hm Trawler William Bond Cause of death Died from disease. Cemetery Allenvale Cemetery Aberdeen. Location of grave North/W/76. Relatives notified Wife:- C. 58 Menzie Road, Torry, Aberdeen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 8 May , 2016 Share Posted 8 May , 2016 Sounds like it could be an 'in memorium of' as opposed to an actual burial. Seems his wife was in Aberdeen but his closest family were still in Catterline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 8 May , 2016 Share Posted 8 May , 2016 The Aberdeen Journal says that he died of pneumonia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysie Posted 8 May , 2016 Author Share Posted 8 May , 2016 Thanks so very much, i think as you say his wife has buried him in Allenvale which today is only 10 minutes from Menzies Road where they appear to have lived ,his mum must have as you say put him on Fathers headstone in Catterline as a memorium . Thanks to you both. Need to visit Allenvale next time we are up in Aberdeen to see if we can find him. Mary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 8 May , 2016 Share Posted 8 May , 2016 Did it say where he died? If it Portland in Dorset his wife would have had to pay for the body to taken to Aberdeen. Take a look at the photo and see if words like 'in loving memory' or similar are on the headstone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 9 May , 2016 Share Posted 9 May , 2016 There is a picture of the Catterline stone here: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=54881789&PIpi=85264387 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 9 May , 2016 Share Posted 9 May , 2016 His father, also Alexander was lost overboard from a drifter which was fishing out of Peterhead in 1907. Roger M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 9 May , 2016 Share Posted 9 May , 2016 Thanks so very much, i think as you say his wife has buried him in Allenvale which today is only 10 minutes from Menzies Road where they appear to have lived ,his mum must have as you say put him on Fathers headstone in Catterline as a memorium . Thanks to you both. Need to visit Allenvale next time we are up in Aberdeen to see if we can find him. Mary. In those days Menzies Road was a common address for trawling fishing families. Roger M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysie Posted 9 May , 2016 Author Share Posted 9 May , 2016 Yes Roger my husband was born one street up on Walker road across from where the Prison used to be,we both know Menzies Road well.The funny thing was we were looking for Catterline Burial Ground which contains 1 ww1 Grave and ended up finding this man ,the stone does not say he is buried there, but does not say that he is not there either so my husband took the photo just incase. But trying to find him in the Massive Allenvale Cemetery will be a lot harder than finding him Yesterday.lol Mary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysie Posted 9 May , 2016 Author Share Posted 9 May , 2016 Hi Johnboy ,we never knew his wife would have had to pay to take his body from Portland Hospital back to Aberdeen, if we have read his Grave details correct it looks like a Private Headstone in Allenvale Cemetery as well ,so it must have cost her a large amount of money as every Headstone in that cemetery is made of Granite.Turns out to be a CWGC Headstone next to the Boundary wall of the old Aberdeen to Ballater railway line. Mary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysie Posted 9 May , 2016 Author Share Posted 9 May , 2016 We noticed on the Cwgc page address is Given as 30 Menzies Road but on ICT post down as 58 Menzies Road, not a lot of difference as the houses are 4 floors high . Could be possibe Catherines parents may have stayed in one of the houses, as my husband knows two families of Brodies who were still living in Menzies road in the 1970s Mary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KF Kelly Posted 21 July , 2021 Share Posted 21 July , 2021 This is my first post for a number of years but having re discovered my log-in details I thought I I would browse around again. By chance I came upon this discussion concerning Alexander Noble. I saw his memorial a week or so ago. Using the what3words app it can be found at gone.plays.spin I hope the attached photo is clear enough. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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