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Born in Midnapur, India, on 22 December 1912, the 2nd son of Julian Cornes, a businessman, and Lilian Amy [Marshall] of Harlow, Essex, Noel was educated at Clifton College, Bristol (1926-1931) and then Corpus where he achieved a 3rd class degree in Modern History in 1934. He then joined the family firm, Cornes & Co, in Japan and in 1935 married Augusta Amelia [Albany]. He enlisted in 1940 and served with the Fleet Air Arm in Hong Kong before he died on active service at Scapa Flow on 8 July 1942 (aged 29).