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Kingsley Gower Poole

In memory of:

Private Kingsley Gower Poole

October 8, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

2379354

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

16th Bn.

Additional Information

Son of the Rev. Montague Gower Poole and Hannah Poole, of 403, First St. East, Cornwall, Ontario. Native of Aultsville, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 486 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

VII. H. 6.

Location:

The cemetery is located 10 kilometres south of Kassel and 2 kilometres from the main road from Kassel to Marburg. Approach Kassel on the A49 motorway leaving at junction Kassel Niederzwehren, which forms the Frankfurter Strasse. The first right hand turning leads into the Dittershauser Strasse. Continue on this road which becomes a narrow road at the bend. Follow the bend to the right, where the cemetery is clearly signposted, which leads to a small crossroads. Turn left at the crossroads where Niederzwehren Cemetery becomes visible from the roadside. The Commonwealth plots now form a separate cemetery lying beside the Russian cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Kingsley Gowan Poole– Pte Kingsley Gowan Poole, died in German POW camp, October 8, 1918.

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    Photo of Kingsley Gowan Poole – Pte Kingsley Gowan Poole, died in German POW camp, October 8, 1918.
  • Photo of Kinglsey Poole– Source: Canada's Heroes in the Great World War / Cornwall, Alexandria, Vankleek Hill, Hawkesbury and Intermediate Points. Edited by Noah J. Gareau. Memorial Edition / Volume I. War Publications Limited, Ottawa, Ontario, 1921. Details included in this book may not have been verified at the time of publication.

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    Photo of Kinglsey Poole
    Photo of Kinglsey Poole – Source: Canada's Heroes in the Great World War / Cornwall, Alexandria, Vankleek Hill, Hawkesbury and Intermediate Points. Edited by Noah J. Gareau. Memorial Edition / Volume I. War Publications Limited, Ottawa, Ontario, 1921. Details included in this book may not have been verified at the time of publication.

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