Now this is annoying as was told not to bother learning the notes on the fretboard. I’ll give it another go.
See above. I guess that I need to go over these again.
The answer is at the bottom of the chord diagram in your post.
It’s definitely worth going over again as covered in Grade 3.
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There is a point with any learnt subject where some of the fundamentals that can be ‘put to one side’ when initially starting out, do then become extremely important later on when further expanding your knowledge / skill set.
For example, getting to grips (no pun intended!) with the open chords - rather than worrying overly about the underlying theory at that early stage - can have you producing some semblance of music purely on their own, which itself is likely to lead to self-encouragement. Which is all good 
However at some point (and I’d say you are probably there now by the questions you are asking on the theory side) you will need to know the note names to develop further and see the relationship between deeper concepts.
I don’t think anyone is saying you need to recite by rote the full fretboard before you can fully understand the theory, but you should at least be trying to make progress with the notes on the thickest 2 strings between frets 1-5. Maybe just start with 4 ‘doted’ notes and then gradually fill in the gaps . Then add in frets 6 & 7 and maybe the ‘D’ string too… After a short while their names will start to stick in memory.
Good luck!
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