BORN HULL 1899. ONLY SON OF FRANCIS WILLIAM POOLE AND HARRIET EMMA ELLIOTT (1869-1909), OF VICTORIA AVENUE, WILLERBY, 96, CHILTERN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS), AND 27, CECIL STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS STEP MOTHER WAS SARAH ANN POOL. SON OF A CARRIAGE PAINTER. HE HAD TWO SISTERS.
HE WORKED A LOCOMOTIVE CLEANER, FOR THE NOTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 114 LBS WEIGHT, 33-35 INCH CHEST, FAIR PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT,
HE ENLISTED ON 19/04/1917. TRAINED AT WITHERNSEA. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 14/07/1917. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 30/12/1917, AGED 18. COMMEMORATED ON THE CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
COMMEMORATED AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
