BORN READING 1890. HIS FULL NAME WAS SYDNEY ERNEST RAY POOLE, OF 4, EDWARDS TERRACE, MASSEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE WORKED FOR THE HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY. RESIDING IN HULL AT 5, BEECH GROVE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 9TH YORK & LANCASTER REGIMENT. WOUNDED AT GALLIPOLI AND INVALIDED HOME. HE RETURNED TO THE FRONT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/10/1916, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED AT THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAILY, ON 08/12/1916 *
HIS MOTHER LIVED ON ANLABY COMMON, HULL. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ANLABY WW1 MEMORIAL, ST PETER’S CHURCHYARD, WILSON STREET, ANLABY.
HE IS ALSO COMMEMORATED AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL.
JAMES HENRY RAY POOLE WHO SERVED IN THE MERCHANT NAVY, LIVED AT THIS SAME 1918 VOTERS ADDRESS.
