A Canadian Memorial Cross awarded in remembrance of Private B. Poole, 18th (Western Ontario) Battalion, who, having been wounded as a member of the 2nd (Eastern Ontario Regiment) Battalion on 16 September 1917, was killed in action with the 18th on 11 October 1918

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘675504 Pte. B. Poole’, nearly extremely fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Awards to the Canadian Forces.

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Bruce Poole was born in Norwich, Ontario, on 25 August 1896. A Student by occupation, he enlisted into the 168th (Oxford County) Battalion at Norwich in April 1916 and was posted to the 2nd Battalion out in France, in which capacity he was wounded in action on 16 September 1917, taking shrapnel wounds to the right leg during the Second Battle of Ypres. Transferred to the 18th Battalion, he was killed in action on 11 October 1918, and was buried in the Niagara Cemetery, Iwuy; sold with copied service papers.