World War I

World War I, Death Plaque (Owen Conway Poole); together with an accumulation of mostly base metal coinage and currency. Varied state. (qty)

Lance Corporal Owen Poole, 16th Bn. Welsh Regiment, was killed on 7 July, 1916, and is buried in the Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz. The attack on Mametz Wood during the second week of the Battle of the Somme in July 1916 was one of the most famous involving Welsh soldiers.