Leslie Hubert Poole
British Army East Kent Regiment
from:Gillingham Kent
My Father, Leslie Poole served in the British Army in World War II. I am almost sure he was in the East Kent Buffs but I do not know which Battalion unfortunately.I do know, however, that he was in France, Belgium, where he boarded with a family in or very near Haacht. (I remember their surname but will not put it here for privacy reasons.) He was in Bali, Italy at the end of the War as I have a photograph that he had taken there and he wrote on the back of this photograph "Bali, 1945".
I know he was a driver. I remember him telling my siblings and I that he drove an officer around and this officer ordered him to drive right through the Black Forest. My Father was, of course, terrified but had no choice! He also told us that he had to often go ahead of the Battalion on a motorbike.
I also remember my Dad telling us that after he had met my Mother (who was a Leading Wren) when they were both stationed in Gt. Yarmouth, he was sent to France and remembers standing on the deck of the ship feeling extremely sorry for himself and wishing he was at home and with my Mother.
I would love to hear other people's memories of this time. I only wish I had had the interest that I have now when my Dad and his contemporaries were still alive.
