William Poole

William Poole was born in 1893 at Hucknall and was the son of Thomas and Mary Poole of Grove Tavern, 12 Queen's Bridge Road, Mansfield. William was their only son. In the 1911 census Thomas and Mary Anne Poole, at 83 Portland Road, West Bridgford, Thomas died in 1915. William's sister, Marjorie, was still living at the Grove Tavern at the time of her brother's death.

He attended Queen Elizabeth School from 2 May 1906 to December 1908. Clerk

Private William Poole, served with the 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, he died of wounds at the 20th Field Ambulance in Mesopotamia on 23rd February 1917. He is buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

Nottingham Evening Post obituary (abridged) 6 March 1917: 'Poole. died of wounds February 23rd 1917, Private Billy Poole, 2nd Leicesters, only son of Mary and also the late Thomas Poole, Grove Tavern, Queen's Walk. Brother of Marjorie Poole (Grove Tavern).' Nottingham Evening Post - 6th March 1917 :- “POOLE. – Died of wounds, February 23rd, 1917, Private Billy Poole, Leicesters, the only son of Mary and the late Thomas Poole, Grove Tavern, Queen's Walk. “POOLE. – Died of wounds, February 23rd, 1917, Private Billy Poole, the loved and only brother of Marjorie Poole, Grove Tavern, Queen's Walk. “POOLE. – Died of wounds, February 23rd, 1917, Private Billy Poole, Leicesters. Too dearly loved to be forgotten. – Ethel. “POOLE. – Died of wounds, February 23rd, 1917, Private Billy Poole, Leicesters. Fondly remembered. – Edie. “POOLE. – Killed in action, February 23rd, Private (Billy) Poole, 2nd Leicesters. – His loving friend M. H. Rickard.” Nottingham Evening Post 22nd February 1918 :- “POOLE. – In loving memory of Pte. Billy Poole, killed in action, February 22nd [sic], 1917. Fondly remembered – Ethel.” Nottingham Evening Post 24th February 1919 “POOLE. – In loving memory of Pte. Billy Poole, Leicester Regt., died of wounds February 23rd, 1917, buried at Falahigel Cemetery, Mesopotamia. – Not forgotten by his loving sister Marjorie, 12 Queen's Bridge-road. “POOLE. – In loving memory of Pte. Billy Poole, Leicester Regt., died of wounds February 23rd, 1917. Fondly remembered. – Ethel.” Above newspaper notices are courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918