Canadian Army Veterinary Corps
Bernard Routh POOLE
Captain
Died 3 May 1917 · Aged 47
His story
Captain Bernard Routh Poole was born on 23 September 1869 in Peshawar, India. The 1891 Canadian Census shows him living in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, and by 1911, he was living in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Bernard Poole joined the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps on 5 January 1915, and was attached to the 5th Railway troops. The Railway troops were involved in the construction and maintenance of railways of all gauges within easy reach of the Front Line.
Captain Poole was killed in action on 3 May 1917 when the billets of the 5th Railway Troops were shelled near Arras.
Captain Poole is buried in Faubourg-d’Amiens Cemetery in Arras, France.
Photographs and documents
Before the war
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Date of Birth
- 23 September 1869
- Place of Birth
- Peshawar, India
Military service
- Last Rank
- Captain
- Regiment/Service
- Canadian Army Veterinary Corps
- Secondary Regiment
- 5th Canadian Railway Troops
- First Theatre of War
- France 18 May 1915
Medals and commemoration
- Name on RCVS Honour Board
- No
- Name In Officers who died in Great War
- No
- Medals and Awards
- British War Medal 1914-1918; Victory Medal
Death and burial
- Date of Death
- 3 May 1917
- Age at Death
- 47
- Place of Death
- Arras, France
- Cause of Death
- Killed by enemy shelling
- Cemetery
- Faubourg-d'Amien Cemetery
- Location
- Arras, France
- Grave Reference
- IV.E.29
- Commonwealth War Grave
- Yes - CWGC Headstone
- Emblem or Badge on Headstone
- Canadian Maple Leaf
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Find a Grave memorial
- War diary recording death of Captain Poole — reproduced document
- Record of Captain Poole's death — reproduced document
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Bernard Routh Poole”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/bernard_routh_poole/.
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