POOLE, Arthur
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
48RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
CH/X 101159
Born:
Wednesday, May 15, 1918
Birthplace:
Coventry, Warwickshire
Died :
Tuesday, June 6, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
26
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Corporal Arthur Poole died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Arthur and Gertrude Poole from Coventry; husband of Joyce Edna Poole, of Acock's Green, Birmingham.
Extract from the Coventry Evening Telegraph
"Cpl. Poole joined the Royal Marines in 1940 and took part in the Sicilian and Italian landings. He was previously employed by Morris Motors Ltd., Coventry, and attended Barkers Butts School. He was an active member of the Demon Cycle Club, Coventry."
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/135.
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/135.
[Image] Coventry Evening Telegraph 22 June 1944.
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