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Surname: POOL
Forename(s): John Henry
Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire
Service No: 12764
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 9th (Service) Battalion
Division: 17th (Northern) Division
Age: 31
Date of Death: 1915-09-29
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. I. 2.
CWGC Cemetery: RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: ILKLEY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
John Henry Pool (born 31 May 1884) was the son of John and Harriet Pool, née Wilkinson. Harriet was born at Liverpool, Lancashire.
1891 Leeds, Yorkshire Census: 4, Union Row - John H. Pool, aged 6 years, born Leeds. [John and his mother, Harriet, a widow, were living with her father, Thomas Wilkinson.]
1911 Middleton, Ben Rhydding, Yorkshire Census: Moor Houses - John Pool, aged 26, born Holbeck, Yorkshire. [John was employed by Hugh Hodgson Ramsden, Farmer.]
John was married to Emily Machin in 1912.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte J. H. Pool, 12764, W. Rid. R. Theatre of War first served in: (1) France. Date of entry therein: 15.7.15. Died 29.9.15.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte John H. Pool, 12764, W. Rid. R. Theatre of War first served in: ( - ). Date of entry therein: ( - ). K. in A. 29.9.15.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte John Henry Pool, 12764, 9 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 29.9.15.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte John Henry Pool, 12764, 9/W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 29.9.15. In action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Emily. £5 1s. 5d. Self & children.
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 17th (Northern) Division
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Entry for the marriage of John Henry Pool to Emily Machin, 1 June 1912
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Ridge Wood Military Cemetery
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22 October 1915
HOW PRIVATE RISHWORTH, OF SILSDEN, WAS WOUNDED
Writing home from a hospital in Boulogne, Private Thomas Dudley Walker, 9th West Riding Regiment, eldest son of Mr. J.W. Walker, Ilkley, relates how Private J.H. Pool, of Ilkley, was killed in France, and himself and other men belonging to Ilkley, Silsden and Bolton Abbey were wounded. He says:– “We went into the trenches on Tuesday night, September 28th. It rained all night. I was on sentry behind the parapet, being relieved after an hour’s duty by Private Pool. At 5 a.m. I was taken away on fatigue until 8 a.m., at which time Private Pool was also taken off duty. Our chaps had been bombing the enemy all night, and they began to drop bombs into our lines. As we were preparing our breakfasts one landed into soft earth ten yards away from us. It wounded one man on the head and another on the leg, put two fires out, and covered us with mud. While we were helping the two men to bandage the wounds, grenades were falling well over our trench, so we again commenced to prepare breakfast.
“I had just given one of the wounded men my bacon, which I had cooked, and Private Pool had given him his own tea and was also giving him some bread, when another grenade dropped into the trench. Private Pool was killed instantaneously, and Private Roberts, from Bolton Abbey, was wounded in six places. His left thumb and one of his fingers were cut off. Private Albert Rishworth, of Silsden, myself and two new lads were also wounded.” Private Rishworth is now in hospital at Lincoln nursing several wounds which he sustained by the hand grenade referred to by Private Walker.
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