Military Provost Staff Corps

Cap Badge of the Military Police Service Corps (King George V)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Poore
Initials:   W.H.
Rank:   Acting Sergeant
Army No.:  T/2206
Notes:   MPSC. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 30/8/15. Formerly A/Sgt. Royal West Kent Regiment, No. 2901. Died War Hospital Woolwich, Army Register of Soldiers' Effects, 1901- 1929. He was born in Cole Hill, Dorset and enlisted in Wimborne. No inscription on gravestone. Information from Dependant's Pension Card: Poore, Walter Harry, No. 2206, MPSC, Sgt, dependant Mr Thomas Poore, 2 Leno Villas, Stapehill, Winbourne, Dorset, Father. Wife Elizabeth Prudence Poore. He is shown as born in Hampreston, Dorset in 1911 Census. Walter Harry Poore.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 6th June 1919
Company: MPSC
Cemetery: HOLT (ST JAMES THE GREAT) CHURCHYARD (DORSET)   UNITED KINGDOM
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