William Henry Evered Poole CB CBE DSO (1902-1969)

Maj.-Gen. William Henry Evered Poole CB CBE DSO

Born 8 Oct 1902 in Caledon, Cape Colony, South Africa

Son of William John Evered Poole and Constance Henrietta (van Breda) Poole

Brother of Mary Louisa Poole [half], Ellen Francis Poole [half], William Evered Poole [half], John Evered Poole [half], Campbell Evered Poole [half], George Arthur Evered Poole [half], Katie Ethel Poole [half], Charles Butterworth Evered Poole [half] and Eva Travers Evered (Poole) Adams [half]

Husband of Elsie Elsie Irene (van Boeschoten) Poole — married 27 Oct 1927 (to 1951) in St Michael & All Angels Church, Sunnyside, Pretoria, South Africa

Husband of Maureen (Naish-Gray) Poole — married 22 Oct 1951 in Rome Italy

[children unknown]

Died 9 Mar 1969 at age 66 in Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa.

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Maj.-Gen.William Poole was awarded the
Légion d'honneur

Biography

Major General William Henry Evered Poole was a South African soldier before and during World War II and afterwards became a diplomat.
In 1927, he married Elsie Irene van Boeschoten and had one daughter. After the dissolution of the marriage in 1951, he married Maureen Naish-Gray on 22 October 1951. He was at that time 1951 the South African Ambassador to Italy with the title of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
In 1954, General Poole was transferred as Ambassador to the Argentine and Chile, residing in Buenos Aires.
He was twice mentioned in despatches, received the Distinguished Service Order, and was appointed a Companion in The Most Honourable Order of the Bath and a Commander in the Order of the British Empire. He was among the very few South Africans to become a Commander of the US Legion of Merit, and was also a Commander of the French Légion d'honneur and received the Croix de Guerre avec Palme.