PARAS Pool, Edward Gordon (Ted)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Pool ​

• FORENAME

Edward Gordon (Ted) ​

• UNIT

7 Bn (B Company) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

288331 ​

• AWARD

Military Cross ​

• PLACE

Normandy 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 18.12.1922 Hampstead,London​

educated Cheltenham College​

former Royal Irish Fusiliers (2Lt)​

Parachute Regiment 1943 ​

elder brother killed flying Spitfires with RAF​

sold family wholesale meat business postwar​

married Diana Veasey mid 1950s (2 children) (dissolved)​

married Elisabeth Frink 1964 (dissolved)​

married briefly for third time​

married Christabel Briggs 1981​

died 1.1.2013​

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