Evered Poole

William Henry Evered Poole CB CBE DSO LOM
General Poole with Field Marshal Jan Smuts: 24 June 1944
Nickname(s)	Evered
Born	(1902-10-08)8 October 1902 Caledon, Cape Colony
Died	9 March 1969(1969-03-09) (aged 66) Bellville, Cape Province
Allegiance	South Africa
Service/branch	South African Army
Years of service	1920–1951
Rank	Major General
Commands held	Deputy Chief of the General Staff 6th SA Armoured Division 2nd SA Infantry Brigade Commandant of the SA Military College Special Service Battalion
Battles/wars	El Alamein Monte Cassino
Awards	CB CBE DSO Commander of the US Legion of Merit Commander of the French Légion d'honneur Croix de Guerre avec Palme
Spouse(s)	Elsie Irene van Boescoten (1927-); Maureen Naish-Gray (1951-1969)
Other work	Diplomat

Major General William Henry Evered Poole CB, CBE, DSO, LOM, Commander of the French Légion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre avec Palme, Mentioned in Despatches, was a South African soldier before and during World War II and afterwards a diplomat.

In October 1901, Major William John Evered Poole, previously of the 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps[1] married Miss Constance van Breda, a member of one of the best-known Cape Colony families. William Henry Evered Poole was born in Caledon, Cape Colony on 8 October 1902. As the first-born son, he was given Evered as his last name in accordance with age-old Poole tradition.

He attended an Anglican, private, boys' school, St Andrew's College in Grahamstown from 1911–1917 and the Diocesan College, informally known as “Bishops”, Rondebosch in 1918.

In 1920, while a public servant, he joined the 9th Infantry Regiment (Cape Peninsula Rifles) of the Active Citizen Force as a private.