BORN HORNSEA, 1894. SON OF JANE MARLOW (GINNY) POOLEY ( 1873-1960), OF 34, SOUTHGATE, HORNSEA. EMPLOYED AS A GROCER’S VANMAN (1911 CENSUS) AND AT THE HORNSEA STEAM LAUNDRY.
HE MARRIED CECILIA AGNES SUTTON (1895-1915) AT ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, HORNSEA, ON 14/11/1915. THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, CECELIA AGNES (BORN 7/2/1916). LIVED AT 1 FERN AVENUE, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL AND THEN 23, ABERDEEN STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS).
DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 10 INCHES TALL, 147 LBS WEIGHT, 37-39 INCH CHEST. HE WORKED AS A MILL HAND, AT THE BRITISH OIL AND CAKE MILLS, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL, PRESSING GUN COTTON FOR THE ADMIRALTY, BEFORE JOINING THE WAR.
HE ENLISTED ON 01/12/1915 AFTER HIS WIFE’S DEATH. CALLED UP ON 23/06/1916. HE TRAINED AT WITHERNSEA. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 29/12/1916. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSIRE REGIMENT (3RD HULL PALS – “SPORTSMEN” BATTALION). CAPTURED AT OPPY WOOD, ON 3RD MAY 1917, HE DIED FROM “SPANISH FLU”, AGED 24, ON THE TROOPSHIP, “SS LA COUR”, DURING THE WAY HOME FROM GERMANY.
HE LEFT HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER, CECELIA AGNES, IN THE CARE OF HIS UNMARRIED MOTHER.
HE ALSO LEFT BROTHER, FRANK AND SISTERS, LAURA CUSSONS, IN CANADA, AND DORIS POOLEY.
HE HAD SERVED FOR IN THE ARMY FOR 3 YEARS AND 21 DAYS AND IS BURIED AT COPENHAGEN WESTERN CEMETERY, DENMARK.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 10/01/1919.*
