Major General Sir Frederick Cuthbert Poole, (3 August 1869 – 20 December 1936) was a

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officer of the

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and a

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parliamentary candidate.

Career

Poole attended the

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and was commissioned into the

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in February 1889. He was promoted to

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on 15 February 1892, and served in the Tirah campaign in India from 1897 to 1898. Promotion to

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followed on 14 June 1899. Poole served in the

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in South Africa, for which he left on the SS ''British Prince'' in March 1900. He was attached to the ammunition column of the 8th Division, and was later in command of ''P Section Pom-poms'', and was present at the engagements at Botha′s Pass, the storming of Alleman′s Nek (June 1900), the Battle of Bergendal and operations near

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(August 1900). For his service, he was twice

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(including the final despatch by Lord Kitchener dated 23 June 1902), and was awarded the

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(DSO). Following the end of the war, Poole left

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for England on the SS ''Simla'' in July 1902. From 1903 to 1904 he was with the Somaliland Field Force and participated in the

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. He then saw action in Northern Nigeria in 1904 and was promoted to captain from supernumerary captain in September 1906 and then, after being seconded for service as

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of a

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unit in March 1907, to major in 1909. He retired from the army in 1914. Poole was recalled to service following the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. He became a lieutenant colonel in 1915, and was promoted to temporary major general, dated 26 May 1917. That same year he was made a

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, and was made a

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in 1918. He served as General Officer Commanding, North Russia Expeditionary Force between 1918 and 1919, and was made a

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in 1919. Poole retired as an honorary major general in 1920. Poole was honoured by several foreign governments during his military career, including being made a member of the French

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(Officer) in 1916, the Russian Imperial

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(First Class) and Order of St. Vladimir (Third Class) in 1918, and the Romanian Order of the Crown (Officer) in 1918. He stood as the Conservative candidate in the 1922 Bodmin by-election, but was defeated by

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. He stood again for the seat in the

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and

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general elections, but was defeated by the incumbent on both occasions. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for Cornwall.

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