American Drew Noyes 14 Years of Service in Thailand for His Majesty King Adulyadej Bhumibol

Drew Noyes presents Wittaya Khunpluem, Chonburi Chairman, a US Embassy satchel on Chairman Khunpluem's Inauguration Day in the provincial capital building of Chonburi. Chairman Khunpluem is the older brother of Pattaya Mayor Ittiphol Khunpluem whom Drew Noyes has been personal friends with for many years.

Local Pattaya resident and Thailand business and law expert Drew Noyes has been vetted and selected as the Master of Ceremonies for many Royal functions for His Majesty King Adulyadej Bhumibol Rama XI, Her Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand and Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Charkri Sirindhorn of Thailand.  

Drew Noyes was the Master of Ceremonies at an extravagant VIP affair for Royals, foreign Ambassadors and Thai High Society for the 80th Birthday Gala Celebration for His Majesty King Adulyadej Bhumibol Rama XI in Bangkok in 2007.

Drew Noyes was the Master of Ceremonies at a magnificent VIP affair for Royals, foreign Ambassadors and Thai High Society for His Majesty King Adulyadej Bhumibol Rama XI's 60th Year Accession as King, and the world's longest reigning monarch in Bangkok in 2008.  

In 2003, Drew Noyes was selected by the Royal Palace and Pattaya City to help host the arrival of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand to Pattaya. 

Drew Noyes works closely with Thai government leaders like Pattaya Mayor Ithiphol Khunplume who says, "The fine charitable and social contributions Drew Noyes has made since 1997 to Thai society while helping foreigners in Thailand is remarkable."

Drew Noyes has Thailand government authorization to operate Thai businesses restricted to other foreigners certified by Treaty between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Thailand. He is an adviser to many foreign investors and Thai governmental officials.

Drew Noyes is on the Legal Board of the American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand. Drew Noyes is the Managing Director of PAPPA Co., Ltd. and heads its Legal Services Division, www.pattayalawyers.com/ oversees Property Management & Development Company Limited and is the only foreign owner of the five owners of Pattaya Times Media Corporation Co., Ltd., (this newspaper's publisher). 

Drew is partners with Ms. Nunthinee Tanner and Mr. Harald Link of B Grimm Group of Companies. They own Mamma Mia Restaurant at Central Festival Pattaya Beach shopping mall on Beach Road in Pattaya and operate Thai Polo Club, Pattaya: Thailand's premier polo club where international teams compete for prestigious championship trophies for charity. To be invited to one of the posh charity polo tournaments at Thai Polo Club, Pattaya, contact drew@pattayalawyers.com. Major events are held in January and February. The Thai Polo Open and Pink Polo are annual events.

Drew also has been serving on the Board of Directors of four other prominent Thai companies. Drew Noyes is one of Thailand's leading experts on foreign investment in businesses and property. He also has many years experience in Thai property acquisition and development. Drew is an expert on Thai Immigration Law, the Board of Investment (BOI), the Thailand Condominium Act and the Foreign Business Act (FBA). Drew also is Thailand’s leading foreign publisher. 

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• Author and publisher of the best-selling book, the Official Thailand Survival Guide, a "How to" guide for foreigners in Thailand
• Publisher of Pattaya Times newspaper, the largest newspaper in Pattaya and the third largest English newspaper in Thailand
• Publisher of Thailand SPICE magazine, Thailand’s leading national entertainment magazine 
• Publisher of the Pattaya Directory, Pattaya’s English business directory
• Publisher of the Official Maps of Pattaya authorized by the Mayor’s office
• Administrator and developer of http://OfficialThailandinfo.com

• Recipient of Her Majesty Queen Regent Sirikit of Thailand's Service Merit medallion award
   Numerous Thai Royal Family awards
 Pattaya City awards
 Thai Navy awards for service
 Thai Army awards for contributions
 Thai Immigration Police awards for helping foreigners
 Many Charitable contribution awards from Red Cross, YWCA, Pattaya schools, Father Ray Foundation

• Member of the Siam Society under Royal Patronage
• Member of Eastern Mass Media Association and awarded “The Best of All Media” award in 2009 for the Pattaya Times newspaper
• Loving father of eight wonderful children whom he loves with all of his heart 

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Education and Certifications of Drew Noyes

Bachelor's Degree in Journalism, University of Tennessee
US Securities and Exchange Commission licensed stock broker Series 7
US Securities and Exchange Commission licensed stock brokerage manager Series 24
US Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodities Futures Trading Commission licensed commodities broker Series 3
US Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodities Futures Trading Commission licensed commodities broker Introducing Broker
Real Estate Broker's license and Compliance Officer State of North Carolina
Executive Safety Officer Certification from Thai Ministry
Certification for Pistol Training issued by the Royal Thai Immigration Police
Certification for passing skydiving training Royal Thai Army, Division 21, Queen Sirikit’s Guard
Certification of completion of "Understanding the Intent of the Foreign Business Act 2542 (1999)" Seminar as a guest of the Minister or Finance

Leadership Roles of Drew Noyes

•Founding Chairman Carolina Beach Central Business District Redevelopment Committee 1994-96
•Founding Chairman Pattaya Expats Club 2001
•Founding Chairman Pattaya City Expats Club 2003
•Founding President Optimist International Club of Thailand 2008
•Foreign Adviser to the Chairman Thailand Law Enforcement Investigation Organization 2009
•Managing Director P.A.P.P.A. Company Limited
•Managing Director of Property Management & Development Company Limited
•Managing Director Pattaya Times Media Corporation Company Limited

See also http://www.bkkok.com/news/american_drew_noyes_14_years.html

Current Scope of Duties of Drew Noyes

Managing Director - Pattaya Times Media Corporation Co., Ltd.
Publisher of Thailand’s third largest English newspaper the Pattaya Times. There are only three broadsheet English language newspapers in Thailand: Bangkok Post, The Nation and the Pattaya Times.
There are eight English language tabloid publications printed in Pattaya, Hua Hin, Phuket and Chiang Mai.
But the Pattaya Times is the only large, standard newspaper form printed outside of Bangkok.

Managing Director - Property Management & Development Company Limited
Assisting developers with housing estates, condominium and hotel development in Pattaya, Na Jomtien and the Eastern Seaboard.

Managing Director – P.A.P.P.A. Co., Ltd. Legal and Visa Services Division
Civil and Commercial Law: foreign ownership of property, mortgages, leases, purchase and sale agreements, Last Will and Testament, Contract Resolution, Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs certifications, Embassy certifications, translations, notary service, land office representation, establishing new Thai company limited, obtaining licenses for business, entertainment, publishing, copyright, driving,
Immigration Law Visas to Stay in Thailand- Retirement Visa, Long-stay Visa, Business Visa, Married to a Thai Visa, Education Visa, Dependent Children Visa, Tourist Visa, Visa Extensions, Work Permits, Visas to other countries for Thais and all nationalities
Family Law Marriage in Thailand, Divorce in Thailand, Prenuptial Agreement, Child Custody
Criminal Law Filing law suits, court representation, bail bond, filing police reports

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Arrested or Jailed in Thailand Bailing Procedures | Drew Noyes ...
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How Foreigners Can Buy Land in Thailand | Drew Noyes - JDSupra
24 Jan 2011 ... Buying land in Thailand. Foreigners can buy land in Thailand as a mortgage holder. On the title deed...
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Thailand Visas, Entry Visas, Visas to Stay in Thailand for 90 days or 1 year ...
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Managing Director – P.A.P.P.A. Co., Ltd. Publishing Division
Creator, copyright holder and publisher of the Official Thailand Survival Guide, the best-selling book in Thailand about Thailand. www.officialthailandinfo.com
Creator, copyright holder and publisher of Thailand SPICE! Magazine, the leading national magazine for men since 1998.
www.spice-magazine.com
Creator, copyright holder and publisher of the Official Maps of Pattaya
Creator, copyright holder and publisher of the Pattaya Directory, the only English telephone book of Pattaya

Awards Bestowed Upon Drew Noyes

Royal Honors
Master of Ceremonies for the first official visit of Thailand’s Crown Princess Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn to Pattaya City in 2003
http://www.pattayamail.com/538/news.shtml 

Master of Ceremonies for the 80th Birthday Celebration of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX, the King of Thailand in 2007
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/sunday/20070318/index.php?news=sunday_30029484.html

Master of Ceremonies for the 60th Anniversary Celebration Ascension to the Throne of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX, the King of Thailand in 2006

Awarded the prestigious Her Majesty Queen Regent Sirikit Service Merit Award in 2004

Thai Government Awards and Associations

Numerous awards, medals and plaques from the Thailand Immigration Police, the Royal Thai Army, the Royal Thai Navy, Pattaya City, Eastern Mass Media Association, the YWCA, the Red Cross, and many charitable associations for contributions.

Drew Noyes is one of the select members of the elite Siam Society in Bangkok Under Royal Patronage by PATRON: His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, VICE-PATRONS: Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn and Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. 

Drew Noyes is the Foreign Adviser and a lifetime member of the Law Enforcement Investigation Organization of Thailand

Drew Noyes is an Honorary Member of the Italian Association of Thailand 

Drew Noyes is an Adviser and on the Board of the Thailand Table Tennis Association

Drew Noyes is and Adviser and on the Board of SOS Rice Association of Thailand

Drew Walter Noyes, Sr. PR Efforts Help Thailand

Bird Flu Scare of 2004
In 2004 during the Avian Flu outbreak in Asia the international press reported Thailand had numerous outbreaks of the chicken flu and inbound international tourist canceled their vacations to Thailand by the tens of thousands. The governor of Chonburi, Governor Piset, called on Drew Noyes then Managing Director of P.A.P.P.A. (Pattaya Advertising, Promotion & Publishing Alliance) Co., Ltd. for help. They organized a media event and invited all the major international press who came to watch Drew Noyes and 57 foreigners from 14 different countries attend a banquet with the governor, other Provincial governors and Thai government officials from all over Thailand. The meal consisted of six different chicken dishes. Everyone had second helpings of the delicious Thai cuisine. Drew Noyes was interviewed as the then leader of the Pattaya City Expats Club and told the world that “Bird Flu” comes from mishandling dead chickens and unless you plan to go upcountry and kill chickens and handle them then you have nothing to worry about and you should come to the Land of Smiles: Thailand. The video aired worldwide and international tourism numbers increased dramatically thanks to the fair-handed international press and the efforts of Governor Piset, Drew Noyes and all of those in attendance.

Water Shortage Scare of 2005
When the Chinese government halted tourism to Thailand in 2005 due to a Hong Kong TV exposé report on dirty water in two hotels in Pattaya Drew Noyes was summoned by government officials to “put out this fire.” Within 17 hours Drew Noyes and his crew from PAPPA Co., Ltd. shot and edited a wide screen, DVD and had it on a Thai government airplane to the Hong Kong TV station. The five minute video showed interviews with Chinese guests staying at the hotels in question and clean water flowing from hotel bathroom sinks. The Chinese hotel guests in Pattaya contradicted the negative report and said that the water shortage was a five-hour fluke and water was plentiful and clean in the hotels now. The Chinese government immediately lifted the travel ban to Thailand.

Recently, an article in Thailand's Pattaya Today newspaper named Drew Noyes "A True American Entrepreneur." Drew Noyes is the editor of a rival newspaper, the Pattaya Times, the largest newspaper in Pattaya.

Drew Noyes is Dedicated to Charity Work in Thailand

Drew Noyes worked with Barry Sullivan of Siam Pacific Engineering and Danne of Scandinavian Homes and Swedtech in cooperation with Pattaya Mayor Ittipol Kunplume to raise more than one million baht for local school children at the Chateau Dale Charity Music Festival in 2009.

Drew Noyes worked with Mayor Niran Watsanasasatorn of Pattaya and the Pattaya City government on the “Save the South” campaign he organized which contributed millions of Thai baht to victims of the tsunami which devastated Phuket and other southern destinations in Thailand. 

Drew Noyes has made many contributions to Thai charities through his work with Thai government officials and civic leaders as an organizer and Master of Ceremonies over more that 50 fund-raising events including three major events for the Diplomatic Spouses of Bangkok made up of the wives from of the Ambassadors, Counselor Generals and diplomats.

Drew Noyes was the Master of Ceremonies in 2007 for such auspicious charity events as the 80th Birthday Celebration for His Majesty the King of Thailand and the Commemoration of the 60th Year Celebration of His Majesty the King’s Ascension to the Throne. Both events were attended by foreign Ambassadors and diplomats to Thailand, Thailand’s High Society and members of the Thai Royal Family. Drew Noyes is thoroughly vetted and has high security clearance as he has been cleared to meet with members of the Thai Royal Family, American and Australian Ambassador's in their residences in Bangkok. 

In November, 2003, Drew Noyes was selected to help host the first official visit to Pattaya by Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, also loving known as “Prethep”. At a ceremony attended by leading Thai government and military officials, as more than 20,000 onlookers crowed the streets to get a glimpse of the beloved Princess, HRH and her military students were introduced by Host Drew Noyes to retired American military men who in the late 1960’s and early 70’s built all of Thailand’s microwave towers for television reception and transmission, built the Friendship Highway from Korat through Bangkok and past Pattaya to Sattahip and built new schools and hospitals throughout Thailand. This meeting was to showcase what a strategic United States of America ally and friend Thailand has been for hundreds of years and to educate HRH’s cadets on the Cold War Era. 

Drew Noyes Starts and Manages a New Newspaper: Now Pattaya Times is #1 in Pattaya

Pattaya Times newspaper was launched in December, 2008 and quickly moved to the forefront of the media industry by receiving a major award from the Eastern Mass Media Association after being voted the Best of ALL Media at promoting Pattaya and the Region. The prestigious award was presented by the Senator representing the 11 Eastern Provinces of Thailand. 

The Pattaya Times is the largest English language newspaper in Thailand outside of Bangkok and is distributed in more than 350 locations in Pattaya, Chonburi, the Eastern Seaboard, Bangkok, Hua Hin and Chiang Mai.

As Pattaya's only English full-sized, broadsheet newspaper the Pattaya Times has caught the attention of leading advertisers in Bangkok and Pattaya. The Pattaya Times is now the third largest English language newspaper in Thailand and the largest newspaper in Thailand outside of Bangkok.

In just six months the Pattaya Times newspaper became the largest English language newspaper in Pattaya and the 11 surrounding provinces in Thailand. 

Demand for the newspaper stems from its focus on "News You Can Use." The Pattaya Times is not a tabloid full of dead bodies, crime reports and complaints. Rather, the Pattaya Times is genuine journalism focusing on the positive aspects of life, fun activities, business, tourist attractions, entertainment, sports, nightlife and news from Pattaya, all around Thailand and internationally which you only find in the Pattaya Times.

Pattaya Times readers learn about local activities, festivals and events, local sports (lots of golf, polo and water sports) and updates on sports in their home countries and lots of information about local arts and entertainment available in Pattaya and nearby Bangkok.

The Pattaya Times focuses on entertainment, business, sports, events, attractions and useful information on rules, laws and regulations governing foreigners lives in Thailand. 

The Pattaya Times success also comes from its thorough business and real estate section coupled with local and national news from an international, expatriate perspective. The Pattaya Times was a contributor to the Associated Press during the ASEAN Conference and subsequent Red Shirt protest and other important stories in the region like the Lance Shaw gold investment scam uncovered.

Drew Noyes: An Overview

Drew Noyes is one of Thailand's leading, non-governmental experts on foreign investments. American Drew Noyes is the Managing Director of several established Thai companies investing in Thailand and helping foreigners with legal issues like Last Will & Testaments, prenuptial agreements, contracts, and securing property assets, investments, property purchases. Drew Noyes has also helped many prominent Thai companies in their marketing and sales efforts to reach the vibrant foreign market in Thailand. 

Drew Noyes has other companies that publish official maps, telephone directories and the new Pattaya Times newspaper in English for foreigners. 

Since 1998, Drew Noyes has been establishing his branch of the Noyes family tree firmly in Thailand with a growing family of the Noyes lineage. Thailand is now his family home where he lives with his wife and children.

Thailand Business Background of Drew Noyes:

DREW WALTER NOYES
Drew Noyes is also a foreign business adviser to Thai government officials, prominent Thais and helps international investors from Asia, Europe, the UK and the USA in their real estate developments, factory set-ups, business implementation and sorting through bureaucratic, government red tape and regulations unfamiliar to most business people.

Through the Treaty of Amity and approval from the Thailand Department of Business Development Drew Noyes is the recipient of special government authorization to operate Thai businesses restricted to other foreigners. Drew Noyes has publishing, promotion, legal services, real estate sales, a leading travel agency and other businesses in Thailand. 

However, most of all, Drew Noyes is a family man and a leader in civic responsibility and charity in Thailand. After establishing a base in Bangkok, Drew Noyes looked to Pattaya in order to raise the quality of life and image of Pattaya through innovative ideas helping transform Pattaya from a single-man's oasis to a family and outdoor recreation destination.

For more than 12 years Drew Noyes has provided valuable assistance to fellow-foreigners and Thais utilizing his existing, strategic relationships with influential Thai partners and his wealth of knowledge about cutting through red tape and overcoming obstacles in order to achieve excellent results in Thailand.

Savvy investors interested in purchasing or developing Thai property, exporting Thai products, inbound tour and travel packages to Thailand and business opportunities or relocation help in Thailand regularly enlist the services of Drew Noyes, and his companies through his managers and staff. 

History Of Drew Noyes in Thailand

In December, 1997, following a Royal Proclamation, Drew Walter Noyes, Sr. and other American financial experts went to Thailand to see if they could help by offering advice on how Thailand could get out of the Asian Financial Crisis and receive IMF funding. 

Drew's uncle had worked on a United Nation’s World Peace project with a high-ranking member of the Thai Royal Family in New York and recommended Drew to go. Drew's father who graduated from Harvard University a few years ahead of Thailand’s beloved King (born in Cambridge, Massachusetts) agreed. So Drew went to Thailand for the first time. 

Drew fell in love with the majestic beauty of the people, the exotic culture and the diversity, tolerance and kindness in Thailand and decided to make Thailand his home. He stayed in Bangkok to establish a business under the Treaty of Amity between Thailand and the USA. 

That year Drew became enchanted in Thai language, culture and the Thai society. The loving way Thais take care of children and the elderly touched his heart. Drew married a warm-hearted Thai lady. Now, after ten years in Thailand he is a loving father and is rewarded with many dear friends.

As a recognized business expert, Drew Noyes has been invited to numerous Thai government seminars on the Foreign Business Act (FBA), the Condominium Act as Revised in 2008 and Thai visa, civil and commercial law symposiums as they apply to foreigners in Thailand. Drew works in the capital of Bangkok and at his offices in Pattaya, the most popular beach destination in all of Asia.

In 1998, Drew Noyes and his Thai partners began operating what became the largest American-managed advertising, promotion and publishing companies in Thailand, Pattaya Advertising, Promotion and Publishing Alliance. In 2000 they expanded and incorporated P.A.P.P.A. Co., Ltd. 

PAPPA Co., Ltd. was the exclusive, official souvenir merchandiser for the Bangkok International Film Festival, Thailand's largest, annual International event. 

PAPPA Co., Ltd. is the publisher and exclusive distributor of many publications making Drew Noyes the largest foreign publisher in Thailand. They print the reference book the Official Thailand Survival Guide, the Official Maps of Pattaya, the Pattaya Business Telephone Book and Thailand’s leading entertainment magazine for men since 1998, Thailand Spice.

Seven years ago he and a leading Thai lawyer, Piasan Thanook, added a Legal Division to their company, PAPPA Co., Ltd. and have aided hundreds of foreigners in Thailand. They provide Thai company formation, Board of Investment (BOI) qualification, business registration and management services as well as prenuptial agreements, purchase and sale contracts for property, ways to secure foreign investment on real estate by recording mortgages and long term leases. They also specialize in obtaining long-stay visas in Thailand for their foreign clients from around the world. PAPPA Co., Ltd. offers free information on the website:www.officialthailandinfo.com and on www.pattayalawyers.com

In 2006 they added a Tour & Travel Division which holds a coveted license from the Tourism Authority of Thailand to handle inbound tourists, MICE participants and other groups into Thailand. 

In 2003, Drew Noyes was also elected Managing Director of Property Management & Development Company, Ltd. which manages housing and condominium owners' associations and has a unique program to help foreigners buy property legally in Thailand with all the rights of ownership.

In 2008 Drew Noyes was appointed Managing Director of Pattaya Times Media Corporation, Co., Ltd. which works with the publishing and advertising divisions of PAPPA Company Limited on new publications like the Pattaya Times newspaper. 

Top Award in Thailand Bestowed Upon Drew Noyes for Accomplishments

In 2005 Drew Noyes became a ceremonial recipient of the Her Majesty Queen of the Kingdom of Thailand, Queen Sirikit’s Service Merit medallion award at a ceremony on the Army base of the Queen’s Royal Guard. Over the last 10 years he has been distinguished by receiving Thai Royal, military and governmental awards rarely given to foreigners.

Accreditation of Drew Noyes

With FBI clearance, Drew Noyes has an extensive financial and investment background and has been licensed by the United States of America Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) with Series 3, 7, 24 licenses and has worked as a Securities Dealer, Initial Public Offering Dealer, and Commodities Futures & Options Broker and as an Investment Banker. 

He is also a licensed Real Estate Broker with the National Association of Realtors in North Carolina and has helped develop and market many marinas, housing estates and condominium developments around the world.

Drew Noyes holds a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and is the author of the best-selling book, the Official Thailand Survival Guide. He is a registered journalist and the only foreigner as a life-time member of the Eastern Mass Media Association of Thailand. 

Through leadership in many civic organizations Drew Noyes has earned a stellar reputation. Drew Noyes is the Founding President of the Optimist International Club of Thailand, three-term Chairman of the Pattaya City Expats Club and a supportive member of many Thai business and media associations. 

Historical Accomplishments of the Family of Drew Noyes for the Last 1,000 Years

Drew Walter Noyes is of the Noyes Family dating back to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 in England where afterward they colonized in Wiltshire and Hampshire in Southern England. King William I of England gave the "Noyes" name, Noyes Family Coat-of-Arms, Noyes Family Crest and a great deal of land in Wiltshire, England to the Noyes men for their distinguished assistance, remarkable courage and valiant leadership in the decisive Battle of Hastings in conquering England. Referenced in http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.c/qx/noyes-coat-arms.htm

Starting in the 1600's, Noyes descendants from England began settlements in America in Coos County, New Hampshire near the Canadian border, in Boston and Essex, Massachusetts, as well as in New York, New York. 

Noyes Family Tree
The "Noyes" family name, derived from the French lineage of "Noyce", "Noy" and "Noyse," was awarded by Royal Decree of Duke William of Normandy (also known as William ‘the Conqueror’ (1028-87) and William I of England). The King gave the "Noyes" name, Noyes Family Coat-of-Arms and Noyes Family Crest in order to establish the new Noyes Family in England. The new King bestowed a great deal of land in Wiltshire, England to the Noyes men for their distinguished assistance, remarkable courage and valiant leadership at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D. 

The Battle of Hastings was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman Conquest of England. The battle took place on 14 October 1066, between the Norman army of Duke William of Normandy from France, and the English army led by King Harold II. Harold was killed during the battle; traditionally, it is believed he was shot through the eye with an arrow. Although there was further English resistance for some time to come, this battle is seen as the point at which William gained control of England. 

As history repeats itself, 800 years later highly-decorated, US Naval Commander Captain Irving Chester Noyes, father of Drew Walter Noyes, was awarded numerous medals by the US Navy, the governments of France and England for courageous and exemplary command on D-Day while commanding the LST 494's initial and subsequent assaults on "bloody" Omaha Beach during the invasion of Normandy, France. 

The Normandy Invasion was the decisive battle of World War II. When Normandy was secured, the Western European campaign led to the downfall of Nazi Germany. Commander Noyes and his crew - along with millions of Allied Forces (many of whom gave their lives in the many campaigns) - helped stop the German occupation of France leading to the fall of Nazi Germany and the downfall of Adolf Hitler. Commander Noyes was praised by his crew and their families. Amazingly, not a single man was lost from his crew during the five landings of troops, tanks and armaments during the Normandy Invasion, D-Day landings on 6 June 1944. No other ship landed as many times as most of the initial landings had crew fatalities as high as 95%. The D-Day naval forces deployed from bases along the south coast of England not so far from Wiltshire, England where the Noyes family roots began in 1066.

Noyes Family Motto: NUNCIA PACIS OLIVA 
Translates to: "The Messenger of Peace"

Noyes Family Coat of Arms: Blue with three silver crosses crosslet in bend.

Noyes Family Crest: A white dove of peace with an olive branch in its mouth

Relatives of Drew Noyes

Drew Noyes is the son of childhood star Ellen Kirpatrick Johnston who appeared in legendary, US short films "The Little Rascals" and "Our Gang" comedies during the Great Depression - which have survived in syndication as cult icons like Star Trek - and she later authored the internationally-acclaimed novel, Jacob's Ladder, under the name of Kathryn Johnston Noyes. The novel was a best-seller in Poland: Kathryn Johnston Noyes, Drabina Jakubowa, przekład, H. Krzeczkowski, wyd. PIW, Warszawa 1969.

Drew’s father was Harvard alum and “90-day Wonder,” Naval Commander Irving C. Noyes who served in all five theaters of war in World War II and was highly decorated as the Commodore of the D-Day Landing of the Normandy Invasion at Omaha Beach. Lt. Commander Noyes did not lose a single crew member in five landings of troops, tanks and armament during the incredibly dangerous assault from the entrenched German soldiers. Captain Irving Noyes served as captain of the USS Indiana and the Lt. Commander of the LST 494. Later Irving Noyes devoted his life to educating the underprivileged through non-profit tutorial centers. He established, managed and taught at Educational Skills Center, Inc. providing instruction to inner-city youth, rural school children, students preparing for college entrance exams, gifted children and Adult Education programs.

Drew Noyes was very close with his uncle New York, Park Avenue architect Walter Frederick Noyes, Jr. and was with him at his passing. Drew Noyes' grandfathers were Dr. Walter Frederick Noyes, the house physician of the Balsam's Resort in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire and Joseph Johnston, aviator and airplane manufacturer during World War I, and a former associate of billionaire Howard Hughes. Drew is the great-grandson of Civil War General Joseph E. Johnston, whom would have lead the Confederate Army had Robert E. Lee not decided at the last moment to take on the command. Prior to the US Civil War General Johnston was a close friend of General Lee and General Grant as they were educated in military command together.

Drew Noyes is a descendant of Alfred Noyes1880–1958, famous poet most well-known for "The Highwayman." Drew Noyes is also related to John Humphrey Noyes, founder of the Oneida Community, and is very distantly related to famous British stage and screen actor John Barrymore and American actress Drew Barrymore, whose first name they share because it is a family name as well. The Drew family has married many Noyes and Barrymore namesakes. 

Drew Noyes is the brother of Gregory Noyes, Michael Noyes, Christopher "Kit" Noyes, Susanna (Noyes) Cooper and Jacqueline (Noyes) McAbry.

Drew Noyes is the father of Blake Drew Noyes, Carrie Noyes, Kathryn Noyes, Walter Frederick Noyes, III, Michelle Noyes, James Irving Noyes, Kit Noyes and Drew Walter Noyes, Jr.

On another branch of the Noyes Family tree is this account:
One of William the Conqueror's commanders was William Des Noyers who settled in the county of Norfolk where he had large possessions. This information is contained in William the Conqueror's "Domesday Book" which was compiled around 1086...but in Thierry's History of the Norman Conquest Des Noyers was stated to have been one of the Barons of the Conqueror. 

Rev. William Noyes is the father of our heroes. Now, while the time from 1086 to the time of Rev. William Noyes does not y~eld any regular genealogy, there is scarcely room for doubt that the family came down for 500 years in a narrow region of Norfolk. 
The French reading of the name means "William of the Walnut Trees". 

Some of the lands referred to as holdings of William Des Noyers who was given the name Noyes by Royal Proclamation were formerly the property of Bishop Stigand, who had taking a prominent part at the coronation of William the Conqueror, but was later deposed from his office and dispossessed of his lands, which (were then allotted to Normans...and, we assume, to our William "of the Walnut Trees". 

Stigand was Archbishop of Canterbury and held much property which he was accused of having obtained illegally. 

The crest of the coat of arms is a dove with an olive branch in its mouth. 
"There were no Scripture names in England when William the Conqueror took possession; even in Normandy they had appeared but a generation or two before then...from the advent of William the the names of the Normans began to prevail: he brought in Bible names, saint names, and his own Teutonic names...the Noyeses have been quite partial to apostolic names in the past, as their frequency in this volume shows, as is the rule in many Christian countries..." 


NOYES FAMILY COAT OF ARMS-----Azure three crosses crosslet in bend argent 
NOYES FAMILY CREST----A falcon proper 
NOYES FAMILY MOTTO---NUNCIA PACIS OLIVA translated into English as "The olive, the messenger of peace"

The name of NOYES is derived from the residence of its first bearers at the town of Noye or Noyers, in Normandy, and was probably taken into England at the time of the Norman Conquest under William the Conqueror, in 1066, in the form of de Noye. It is found on ancient English and early American records in the variants of Noyers, Noiers, Noies, Noers, Noese, Noice, Noye, Noy, Noys, Noyce, Noyse, Noise, Noyes and others, of which the last is the most generally used spelling in America today. 

It is sometimes stated that the family of Noyes is descended from three brothers, who followed William the Conqueror in the conquest of England and settled in the Counties of Wilts, Hants, and Cornwall. At later dates the family, which belonged, for the most part, to the landed gentry and yeomanry of Great Britain, and also to be found in the Counties of Sussex and Southampton. 

One historian asserts, however, that William des Noyers, the progenitor of the family in England, and accompanied William the Norman and settled in Norfolk County, whence the family spread to County Suffolk and other parts of England. There is evidently some confusion here in the location of the Norman ancestors of the Noyes family, for most records agree that the direct line of descent was to the Reverend William Noyes, yeoman, of Wiltshire, England in the early sixteenth century. 

The coat of arms of the ancient and honorable English family of Noyes is most generally described as follow (Burke, General Armory, 1884): 
Arms----"Azure, three crosses crosslet, in bend 
argent." 
Crest----"Ona chapeau gules, turned up ermine, a 
white dove, holding in the beak an olive branch 
proper." 
Motto----"Nuncia pacis oliva." 

From Roots Research Bureau, Ltd. 225 Broadway, suite 3111, New York, NY 10007 Manuscript Number 1950 
Copyright 1984 Roots Research Bureau, Ltd. 

Now if you have made it this far, we are direct decedents of the immigrant Nicholas Noyes.

Professional History

Drew Noyes in 2006 with close friends Member of Parliament Chanyute, Police Chief Somsak, Deputy Mayor Ronakit and Pattaya Mayor Niran.