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Major General Sir Frederick Cuthbert Poole, (3 August 1869 – 20 December 1936) was a British Army officer of the First World War and a Conservative parliamentary candidate.
Following the end of the war, Poole left Cape Town for England on the SS Simla in July 1902. 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 captain from supernumerary captain in September 1906 and then, after being seconded for service as adjutant of a Militia 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 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 1922 Bodmin by-election, 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.
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