Eric Poole

Eric Poole

Eric Skeffington Poole (January 20, 1885 in Nova Scotia – December 10, 1916), was a Second Lieutenant in the West Yorkshires, was one of only three British officers executed during the First World War.

After a stay in hospital, suffering from shell-shock, he was subsequently convicted of desertion and shot at Poperinghe on 10 December 1916.

Poole arrived in England in 1905.

External links

* [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/people/poole.htm Service record of an executed officer: Eric Skeffington Poole]
* fr Soldat fusillé pour l'exemple


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