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6194 1st/24th Battalion, London Regiment
Charles Poole was born in Sudbury in 1887, the youngest son of Henry and Eliza Poole. His father was employed as a farm labourer. In 1901 Charles and two siblings were living with their widowed father at Leprosy Cottage, Melford Road, Sudbury. The family later moved in with Albert and Alice Elliston, who were relatives in Melford Road and like his father Charles was employed as a farm labourer.
Charles enlisted in Sudbury to serve with the Suffolk Regiment (formerly 24905) it is not known when he transferred to the London Regiment which formed part of 142nd Brigade, 47th (2nd London) Division.
In the summer of 1916 the battalion saw action during the Battle of the Somme (1 July – 18 November) at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette (15 – 22 September)
Charles was killed in action on the eve of this battle on 14 September 1916. There is no known grave and he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
A Cross of Remembrance was laid at the Thiepval Memorial in April 2006 and April 2009.
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