Reginald Clare Poole
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 26420
Parents: Arthur Henry and Lilla (Nee Summerhill) Poole
Marital status: Single
Home address: 1901 and 1911 Census, family lived in Victoria Street, Staple Hill, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Clerk for a Coal Merchant
Date of birth: 1894
Place of birth: Mangotsfield, Bristol
Date of death: 23/07/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Amara War Cemetery, Iraq
Age: 23
Further information:
Reginald was born in 1894 (1st Quarter) in Mangotsfield, Bristol. He had 6 brothers and sisters (although 2 died young) and his mother Lilla died in 1908. The 1911 Census shows his father, Arthur with 4 of his children in residence.
Reginald served with the 7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and died on 23/07/1916 (of Disease, Mesopotamia).
Reginald is commemorated on the Christ Church Downend Memorial and the Staple Hill (Page Park) Memorial.
Reginald is also commemorated on the Staple Hill Methodist Church Memorial.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.