The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal G R Poile

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Photograph by Iain Shaw.

Inscription - "FOR HIS HOME HE FOUGHT  FOR HIS COUNTRY HE DIED  BUY NOT IN VAIN

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Lance Corporal George Ralph "Tipper" POILE, 203298, (TF/2664), 2nd/4th  Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Egypt, 4th November 1917, age 22.

Son of Charles Henry and Rhoda Elizabeth Poile, of 26, St. Vincent's Road, Dartford, Kent.

1911 Census - 26 Dulwich Street, Dartford, Kent -

Charles Henry Poile, head, age 44, married, cement labourer, worker, born Ticehurst, Sussex; Rhoda Elizabeth Poile, wife, age 40, married 23 years, 8 children, 7 still alive, born Paddock Wood, Kent; Harry Poile, son, age 20, single, Fireman on Locomotive, worker, born Stone, Kent; George Henry Ralph Poile, son, age 16, single, cement labourer, worker, born Marden, Kent; Nellie Amelia Poile, daughter, age 13, school, born Stone, Kent; Dondonald Robert John Poile, son, age 10, school, born Stone, Kent; Lilian Rose Poile, daughter, age 8, born Stone, Kent; Ada Florence Poile, daughter, age 5, born Dartford, Kent.

Charles Henry Poile, junior, head, age 22, married, cement labourer, worker, born Yalding, Kent; Francis Elizabeth Poile, wife, age 24, married 1 year, 1 child, borb Edenbridge, Kent; Dorcas? Frances Poile, daughter, age 1 month, born Dartford, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent.  Resided Dartford, Kent.

9th August 1915, posted Balkans Theatre of War.

Buried at Beersheba War Cemetery, B. 28., Israel.