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Private WILLIAM ROBERT POOLE

Service Number: 919400
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 August 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

V. A. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Francis James Poole and Elsie Jane Poole, of Little Hinton, Wiltshire.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET ARE THE MEMORIES THAT NEVER FADE OF THE ONE WE LOVED BUT COULD NOT SAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 603
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