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Noel Holmes profile Summary
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Noel Galway Holmes
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| Born | 25 December 1891 Galway, Ireland |
| Died | 24 December 1982 (aged 90) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1912–1946 |
| Rank | Major general |
| Service number | 4842 |
| Unit | Royal Irish Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment |
| Commands held | 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment Aldershot District |
| Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
| Awards | KBE CB MC |
Noel Holmes Biography
Noel Holmes was born in Galway, Ireland, on 25 December 1891. He attended and was educated at Bedford School. He joined the Royal Irish Regiment in 1912 and served in India between 1912 and 1914. During the First World War he served in France.
He served in Upper Silesia between 1921 and 1922. In 1922 he joined the East Yorkshire Regiment and, after attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1926 to 1927, served in India between 1933 and 1937.
During the Second World War he was Director of Movements at the War Office, between 1939 and 1943. He attended the conferences of allied war leaders in Casablanca, Washington, D.C., Quebec City, Cairo, Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam.
He was Deputy Quartermaster General at the War Office between 1943 and 1946 and, briefly, General Officer Commanding Aldershot Command from September 1946 to November 1946.
Major General Sir Noel Holmes was invested as a Companion of the Order of the British Empire in 1940, as a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1943, and as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1946.
He married Mary Clifford, daughter of Sir Hugh Clifford, on 19 June 1920 and they had two children. He retired from the British Army in 1946 and died on 24 December 1982.
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