Edward Noel (Indian Army officer), Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edward Noel (Indian Army officer)

British army officer, diplomat and spy

Date of Birth: 14-Apr-1886

Date of Death: 10-Dec-1974

Profession: military personnel, spy

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Edward Noel (Indian Army officer)

  • Lieutenant-Colonel Edward William Charles Noel (14 April 1886 – 10 December 1974) was a British officer, diplomat and spy. The grandson of Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough his father was the Earl's second son.
  • He was the elder brother of Captain Noel an English mountaineer and filmmaker best known for his film of the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition alongside George Mallory and Andrew Irvine.
  • He was educated at The Oratory School, Birmingham and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
  • Commissioned initially in the Royal Garrison Artillery, he transferred to the Indian Army in 1908.He cycled from England to India twice, in 1909 and 1910.In 1915, he was appointed Vice-Consul to Ahwaz in Persia and Consul for Kerman and Persian Baluchistan in 1929.
  • While carrying despatches for Dunsterforce, Noel was held hostage by the Jangalis in 1919.
  • He became a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1918 New Year Honours and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1919.

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