Reginald William Poole
Lance Corporal 14353
8^th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment.

 Division 26
Left side of drive

Reginald William Poole was the  son of William and Anna Poole, of “Tetbury”, 95, Church Road, Tilehurst, Reading.  The 1911 census indicates that William Poole was a Carpenter and Joiner. Reginald was a gardener / nursery man, his sisters worked in the tailoring / dressmaking trades. Anna Poole had given birth to eight children five of whom survived.

Reginaldwas first reported missing and then killed in action on the 25^th September 1915.  This was the first day of the battle of Loos.  Reginald Poole has no known grave and is commemorated along with 20,000 others who have no known grave on the Loos Memorial.   The 8^th Royal Berkshires are named on panels 93 to 95.

In the Reading Cemetery Reginald is remembered on his parent’s grave on a small stone vase. He was 22 when he died.