Allegiance United Kingdom Died 20 December 1936 | Years of service 1889-19141914-1920 Rank Major-general | |
Born 3 August 1869 ( 1869-08-03 ) Commands held British North Russia Expeditionary Force Battles/wars Tirah CampaignSecond Boer WarSomaliland CampaignFirst World WarNorth Russia Intervention Awards Order of the British Empire, Order of the Bath Battles and wars Tirah Campaign, Second Boer War, Somaliland Campaign, World War I, North Russia Intervention | ||
Major-General Sir Frederick Cuthbert Poole, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO, DL (3 August 1869 – 20 December 1936) was a British Army officer of the First World War and a Conservative parliamentary candidate.
Career
Poole attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in February 1889. He was promoted to lieutenant on 15 February 1892, and served in the Tirah Campaign in India from 1897 to 1898. Promotion to captain followed on 14 June 1899. Poole served in the Second Boer War in South Africa, was mentioned in despatches (including the final despatch by Lord Kitchener dated 23 June 1902), and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). From 1903 to 1904 he was with the Somaliland Field Force and participated in the Somaliland Campaign. He then saw action in Northern Nigeria in 1904 and was promoted 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 in 1917. That same year he was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, and was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1918. He served as General Officer Commanding, North Russia Expeditionary Force between 1918 and 1919, and was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire 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 Legion of Honour (Officer) in 1916, the Russian Imperial Order of Saint Stanislaus (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 Bodmin by-election, 1922, but was defeated by Isaac Foot. He stood again for the seat in the 1922 and 1923 general elections, but was defeated by the incumbent on both occasions. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for Cornwall.