Leroy Benjamin Poole

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772787

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Wounded:

Yes

Date of death:

October 6th, 1918

Cemetery:

Bucquoy Road Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - III.D.24.

Commemorated at:

Cainsville Methodist Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Northumberland

Birth city:

Brighton, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

Cainsville, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Cainsville, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Railway man

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds (Gunshot wounds, shoulder) at No. 22 Casualty Clearing Station.

BX October 11, 1918

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Poole, 9 Elgin Street, this morning received official notice that their son, Pte. Leroy Benjamin Poole, who went overseas with the 215th, was dangerously wounded on October 4.

BX May 13, 1916

Cainsville Boys Were Honored

There was an interesting ceremony on the Market Square yesterday afternoon when Lieut.-Col. Cutcliffe on behalf of the village of Cainsville made a presentation to each of the Cainsville boys in his battalion. The village remembered the boys who had signed up by giving them each a wrist watch. The boys who were present were Leroy and George Poole, George Van Fleet, Harry Corrin, William Angus, all of the 125th and Lloyd Norrie of the 215th. Frank Stewart, who went with the 54th Battery, had previously been remembered in a similar way.