Basic Details
Surname
Poole
Forenames
William
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
17551
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 295 Lincoln Road.

(N.B. The Roll is known to include numerous errors, including: misspelt names and inaccurate date/place of death, service number/ rank/ military unit etc; several casualties were mistakenly listed on it twice [i.e. under their true name and also the alias under which they served]; several other men were listed on it due to the mistaken belief they had died, whereas they had actually survived).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
7th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Germany
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not stated
Town of burial
Not stated on memorial
Cemetery
Not stated
Year of death
1918
Month of death
July
Day of death
31
Manner of death as stated
Died of wounds in Germany as a prisoner of war; wounded in the Battle of the Somme
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds