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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 946

Four: Private B. W. Poole, The Buffs, who died in June 1946 having endured years as a prisoner of war

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6284765. Pte. B. Poole. The Buffs.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (4)

Basil Worsley Poole was born on 5 March 1910 at Ramsgate, Kent and enlisted in The Buffs on 17 February 1931. He served in 'C' Company, 2nd Battalion that joined the 1st Battalion in India 1937 and Palestine, being discharged on 5 July 1939. Re-joining in August 1939, Poole served in Egypt from 9 January 1941 and was taken a prisoner of war on 15 December, spending the remainder of the war in Italy. Returned home to his wife at Victoria Street, Whitstable, he was discharged in September but died as a result of lung abscesses and a perforated ulcer at Epsom Hospital. Poole is buried in the Espom Cemetery; sold together with copied research including a photograph of the recipient.

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£140

Starting price
£70