Lot Essay
D.S.O. London Gazette 22.12.1916 'For distinguished service in the Field in Mesopotamia'.
Mention in Despatches London Gazette 19.10.1916.
Brigadier Ivan Maxwell Conway Poole, D.S.O., was born in February 1878 and educated at Malvern College. Commissioned into the Indian Staff Corps in January 1898, he was appointed to the 13th Rajputs in the following year and transferred to the Indian Army Staff Corps in July 1901.
Advanced to Captain in January 1907, Poole went on to see active service in France and Belgium between September 1914 and November 1915, and, as a Major and Assistant Director of Transport in the 'Tigris Army Corps', in Mesopotamia between December 1915 and December 1916. Awarded the D.S.O. and Mentioned in Despatches, he was latterly employed in the operations in Aden.
Returning to India, Poole was advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel and witnessed further action in the Third Afghan War and the Waziristan operations of 1921-24, largely being employed as an Assistant Director, Supply and Transport. He finally retired in 1932, having risen to the rank of Brigadier and been appointed an Inspector of the Indian Army Service Corps.
Mention in Despatches London Gazette 19.10.1916.
Brigadier Ivan Maxwell Conway Poole, D.S.O., was born in February 1878 and educated at Malvern College. Commissioned into the Indian Staff Corps in January 1898, he was appointed to the 13th Rajputs in the following year and transferred to the Indian Army Staff Corps in July 1901.
Advanced to Captain in January 1907, Poole went on to see active service in France and Belgium between September 1914 and November 1915, and, as a Major and Assistant Director of Transport in the 'Tigris Army Corps', in Mesopotamia between December 1915 and December 1916. Awarded the D.S.O. and Mentioned in Despatches, he was latterly employed in the operations in Aden.
Returning to India, Poole was advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel and witnessed further action in the Third Afghan War and the Waziristan operations of 1921-24, largely being employed as an Assistant Director, Supply and Transport. He finally retired in 1932, having risen to the rank of Brigadier and been appointed an Inspector of the Indian Army Service Corps.