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Serjeant JOHN RICHARD POOLE

Service Number: 5435882
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 25 May 1940 and 04 June 1940

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY

II. F. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Francis Joseph and Frances Poole; husband of Margaret Lilian Poole, of Wythall, Worcestershire.
  • Personal Inscription THE WRITING ENDS HERE BUT THE BEAUTY GOES ON AND ON

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Buried or commemorated at

OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1238
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