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Pte. Walter George Pollock
Australian Imperial Force 39th Btn.
from:Miners Rest
(d.8th June 1917)
Walter George Pollock was my great uncle. He was one of twin brothers born in Miners Rest near Ballarat in 1888. Walter attended Miners Rest Primary School. He was working as a labourer in New South Wales at the outbreak of the war and returned to Ballarat to enlist.
He was in the 39th Battalion and killed in action on the 8th June 1917 during the early phase of the Battle of Messines. He has no known grave and his name is listed on the Menin Gate at Ypres, Belgium. Unfortunately I do not have a photograph of Walter.
Pte. Duncan "Angus" Polson
British Army 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
from:Inverness
(d.31st Mar 1918)
Duncan Polson was killed in action on 28th March 1918 at Arras. He was exactly 31 years old. He was my great grandfather.
Rfmn. James Polston
British Army 18th (London Irish Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:London
(d.8th Dec 1916)
James Polston served with the 18th (London Irish Rifles) Battalion , London Regiment during WW1 and was killed in action on the 8th December 1916. He is buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm)in Belgium. He was the son of James and Elizabeth Polston of Lauriston Road, Hackney, London.
Rfmn. James Polston
British Army 18th (London Irish Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Bethnal Green London
(d.8th Dec 1916)
James Polston, eldest son of James and Elizabeth Polston of Bethnal Green, was killed in action on 8th December 1916, aged 31. He is commemorated at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground.
Pte. Alfred Pond
British Army 8th Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:Norwich
(d.6th November 1915)
My great uncle, Alfred Pond, joined Kitchener's Second New Army in September 1914 aged just 19 years and weighing only 8 stone with a height of 5ft 4". He was killed in action in little over a year later - not much of a life for a young lad. So sad!
My uncle wrote home regularly to his sister (my grandmother) then Kate Pond (or Kitty to her friends). She later married another Alfred and became Kitty Barker. She had a market stall on Norwich Market until the time of her death in 1973.
Pte. Ernest Pond
British Army 10th Battalion, B company Sherwood Foresters
from:Gringley on the Hill
Ernest Pond first saw action on the Ypres Salient at the Bluff, 10th Battalion lost nearly a third of its number on 15th Feb on the Bluff due to German mines. Ernest was wounded on the attack on Quadrangle Support trench on 2nd of July 1916, sent back to England to recouperate, later joining the 5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. He was gassed at Passchendaele in Oct 1917 and sent back to UK where he again recouped. We have a picture of him in hospital blues at Thorseby Hall dated 1st of January 1918. He survived the war and died of lung complications in the 40s
Pte. Frederick Pond
British Army 2/15th Btn. and 3rd Btn. London Regiment and Rifle Brigade
from:Bethnal Green
Frederick Pond (my paternal grandfather) served with 2/15th Btn London Rgt. (Prince Of Wales Own Civil Service Rifles) from June 1916 to October 1919 when he transfers to The Rifle Brigade. Frederick saw action as part of 179th Infantry Brigade of 60th (London) Division.
He took part in the Third Battle of Gaza, and the battles of Beersheba and Jerusalem in 1917 and in 1918 with attack on Shunet Nimrin and Es Salt and battles of Megiddo, Sharon and Nahr el Faliq.
Fred survived the war although was wounded and later moved to Epping Green in Essex
Rflmn. Robert Pond
British Army 2nd Btn., B Coy. King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:Lancaster
(d.9th May 1915)
Rflmn. Richard Ponder
British Army 8th Battation Kings Royal Rifle Corps
(d.21st March 1918)
Capt. Arthur Hugh Brabazon Talbot Ponsonby
British Army Hampshire Regiment
Major. Reginald George John Ponsonby
British Army 10th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:South Queensferry
(d.27th Sep 1915)
William Henry Pont
British Army 18th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Chesterfield
Bill Pont served with the 14th and 18th Northumberland Fusiliers.
Sgt. William Thomas Ponter
British Army 1st Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Glasgow
Sgt. Henry Pontin DCM.
British Army 13th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:31st January 1919
Pte. William Clarence Pook
British Army 52nd Battalion Manchester Regiment
from:Southport
William Pook served with the 52nd Manchester Regiment.
Pte. Henry James Pool
British Army 1/6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Luton
(d.11th April 1918)
Henry Pool served with the 6th Northumberland Fusiliers.
Pte. Leonard Rossiter Pool
British Army 12th Btn. London Rgt.
from:Dorset
(d.1st July 1916)
Pte. Alexander Henry Poole
British Army 1st/5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:63 Dames Rd., Forest Gate, London
(d.23rd April 1917)
Alexander Poole served with the 5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Charles Alfred Poole
Royal Navy HMS Invincible
from:Battersea, London.
I have a photo of my Grandmother's brother, Charles Alfred Poole, wearing a sailor's uniform with the HMS Invincible Cap. It was taken c 1914 and the family believe he was at the Battle of Jutland in WW1. Does anyone know if there are any crew lists of HMS Invincible?
Boy. Charles Alfred Poole
Royal Navy HMS Invincible
from:7 Montague Terrace, Battersea, London
Cpl. Edward Earnest Poole
British Army C Sqn. 3rd Dragoon Guards
from:Cwmbelan
(d.20th Nov 1914)
Edward Poole was born in Welshpool, Powys, his father was a Sergeant of police and his parents lived in Cwmbelan, a tiny village on the Welshpool Aberystwyth Road, just west of Llanidloes. He loved horses and joined the 3rd Dragoon Guards from the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry in 1909. In 1912 he went to Egypt with the regiment to guard the Suez Canal.
When war was declared the regiment was shipped back to the UK from Alexandria to Liverpool. From there they moved to Ludgershall in Wiltshire and then to Southampton. Taking the RMS Victorian they arrived in Le Havre on the 31st of October 1914 before joining the 3rd Brigade, 6th Division at Ypres on 4th of November 1914.
Edward was wounded in the Zillebeke Trenches, South East of Ypres, during the First Battle of Ypres, on 17th of November 1914 and died of his wounds, aged 27, on 20th of November 1914. He is buried in Poperinge Old Military Cemetery, close to some of his colleagues, who we assume died in the same action.
Pte. Frederick Barron Poole
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Rfmn. Harry Poole
British Army 7th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:Sheffield,
(d.9th Dec 1916)
Hary Poole served with the 7th battalion Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards). He was Executed for desertion on 9th December 1916 and is buried in the Cavillon Communal Cemetery, Cavillon, France. Near north-west corner of cemetery. He was the son of Mr. A. Poole of 9 Bernard St., Park, Sheffield
L/Cpl. J. Poole
British Army 5th Btn. South Wales Borderers
from:42, Dartmouth St., Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
(d.7th Jun 1917)
CSM. Leslie Joseph Poole
Australian Imperial Force 7th Battalion
(d.8th May 1915)
Company Sergeant Major Leslie Joseph Poole was Killed in Action on the 8th of May 1915 on Gallipoli.
L/Cpl. Reginald William Poole
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:79 School Road, Tilehurst
(d.25th Sep 1915)
Reginald Poole served with the 8th Royal Berkshires.
Pte. Thomas Henry Poole
British Army 6th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:Redditch
The only story I know about my Uncle Harry Poole's war service is that he was taken as a prisoner of war at Benay near St Quentin on 21st of March 1918 when most of the 6th Battalion was wiped out by a German offensive. He survived to live until the 1970s.
2nd Lt John Edmund Noel Pooley
British Army 9th Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles) London Regiment
from:Crouch End, North London
Pte Thomas Pooley
British Army 1/8th Btn Durham Light Infantry
from:Sunniside, Crook, Co.Durham
(d.26th Apr 1915)
Thomas Pooley's war lasted a mere 6 days. The battalion landed at Boulogne on April 20th, and he was killed on the 26th, at Gravenstafel, during the 2nd battle of Ypres. His name is recorded on The Menin Gate memorial, and also on the Memorial in Tow Law, County Durham, near his home village of Sunniside, Crook. He enlisted at Tow Law (date unknown)and was probably in H Coy. due to the proximity of its base in Hamsteels to both Tow Law and Sunniside.
Pte. Walter Thomas Poore
British Army 17th (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) Battalion London Regiment
from:Forest Gate
My uncle was Walter Poore. He served in the 17th London Regiment and was wounded at the Third Battle of Ypres on the 30th of October 1917 age 19.
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