Matthew Conway Poole
| Capt.; Major Matthew Conway Poole | |||||||||
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| Born | 1841 | ||||||||
| Died | 1885 | ||||||||
| Residence |
Myansung, Pegu [1871] Thayet Mayo, British Burmah [1872] The Elms, Harrow [1879] Sandoway, British Burmah [1881] Kingsley House, Harrow-on-the-Hill, NW [1883] | ||||||||
| Occupation |
armed services police | ||||||||
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Office Notes
House Notes
proposed 1870.12.20
Asst. Commissioner
C.C. in A3, M.C. in lists
1885.03.24 death announced
Notes From Elsewhere
Assistant superintendents of Police ... Lieut. M.C. Poole [Report on the Administration of the Province of British Burmah for the year 1864-65, and 65-66]
Lt.-Col. Matthew Conway (Matthew Conway) Poole Born 1 Jan 1841 in Madras, India; Husband of Azélie Frances (Thompson) Poole — married 21 Nov 1866 in Dublin, Ireland; Father of Matthew Cobb Conway Poole, William Thomas Conway (Poole) Conway-Poole, Ivan Maxwell Conway Poole, Annie St Clair Poole and Azélie Kathleen D C Poole; Died 28 Feb 1885 in Kingsley House, Harrow on the Hill, London, England
[lot advertised in The Saleroom]: Large Family Archive to the Conway Poole’s, a Military Family with Strong Links to India. Predominantly the items relate to Brig Ivan Maxwell Conway Poole (b. 23/02/1878, d. 24/12/1963), his daughter Hazel Teresa St Clair Conway Poole (by deed poll to Goodbody) (b. 05/06/1905, d. 1998), and some items to the son, Col Robert George Conway Poole, CBE (b. 09/01/1902, d. 11/11/1964) and IMCP’s grandfather Col Thomas Henry Somerset Conway (b. 22/05/1779, d. 14/05/1837). Large quantity of loose (some pinned) extensive diary notes by IMCP (some in envelopes sent home), pencil on gridded paper covering WWI: France 1915, Jan 1915 ‘today I took supply waggons to the troops in the trenches’, Feb 1915 ‘a German biplane passed overhead this morning, a British one chasing’, ‘marked the 15th anniversary of my wedding day acting as pall-bearer at the funeral of one of our officers’, ‘a party of 185 prisoners was marched in…the officer looked very glum…they were all of the 76th Regiment’, 09/05/15 ‘woken up this morning at 4.35 am by a terrific cannonade’, ‘I sleep under a tarpaulin’, ‘the 15 Lancers are just outside my bivouac’ (at Neuve Chapelle), ‘I’m afraid our attack was a failure’, ‘working on a tramway line by which rations…are sent up. The tramway has wooden rails to deaden the sound’, 11/10/1915 ‘We have been carrying on a heavy & continuous bombardment the last 3 days – chiefly on the Hohenzollern Redoubt’, 19/11/1915 ‘Handed over command of the company & bade farewell to all the men, who gave me a great send off.’, sailed for middle East Nov 1915, stopping at Alexandria 29/11/1915, 11/12/1915 ‘astride the mouth of the Shat-al-arab’, arrived Basrah 12/12/1915. Mesopotamia 1916: picks up 15/01/1916 and immediately writes about Turkish forces on their front, 23/02/1916 ‘My birthday today – several parcels arrived yesterday’, 18/03/1916 ‘A new aeroplane of the enemy’s – a biplane – was over again…dropped two bombs in a camp ¾ mile away’, 30/04/1916 ‘Kut surrendered yesterday’, 10/06/1916 ‘sat down in a trench a little way off with another fellow. The next shell hit the ??? and there was a ??? explosion that nearly blew one over. Mules bolted…’, 14/06/1916 ‘we are now digging funk-holes outside our tents’, 14/08/1916 ‘We brought down a Fokker a couple of days ago’, 31/12/1916 ‘Disembarked Bombay today.’ Mesopotamia 1917: 22/01/1917 ‘This is an amphibious sort of warfare – transports by river supplementing the land forces.’ Wonderful caricature sketch of two old men in the Home Guard (the Brig being one?) entitled “The Second Front”, dated 1942, approx. A3 size; Record of Services Officers, Indian Services for I M Conway Poole, from cadet at Sandhurst 1896/97 to retirement 1932, includes War Services WWI; Various photographs of Brig I M Conway Poole: in Edwardian dress, in cavalry dress signed and dated 1901(7), mess dress with awards (DSO & WWI medals) signed and dated Jan ‘21; group photo of officers in India (rank of Captain); Single photo of Robert G C Poole (son) in KOYLI uniform; Photo of Wilfred Owen in officer’s mess dress, signed ??? Willie; Collection of material relating to Col Thomas Henry Somerset Conway (b. 22/05/1779, d. 14/05/1837), Adj-Gen of the Army - framed portrait (13” x 17”) black and white sketch wearing Companion of Bath and Army of India Medal, small booklet ‘General Summary of the services of Colnl. Thomas Henry Somerset Conway, dated 1846; Large circular (c.24” diameter) WWI ‘roll call’ handwritten on velum (possibly a drum skin) of “B” Company, unit unspecified. Approx. 250 names with service number, rank, surname and initials listed by platoon, signal section, etc; Also present are many typical family items: various contemporaneous genealogical tables (Poole, Conway, Thompson and Cobbe families) and birth/death clippings and a selection of birth, death and marriage certificates from 1866 to 1963 inc. the Brigadier’s death cert; personal letters, many from suitors to HTG from the 1930s; considerable quantity of financial documents and correspondence including: The Howie Gold Mines, Sumatra Gold Mines, Lautaro Nitrate Company, for IMCP & HTG; various invites, etc. for official functions attended by IMCP and HTG in India during the 1930s; British passports to IMCP (1938 & 1947) with Turkish visa and HTG (1923); wills and related documentation for IMCP and HTG; Fascinating petition for compensation for HTG following a car accident in 1929 in which HTG was thrown from the motor car of her suitor Capt Douglas Richard St John Shannon. She received severe injuries and was claiming for medical costs; Ministry of Aircraft Production pass, 1943, to Mrs H Goodbody; photographs and personal effects such as leather wallet; a surveyor’s report on 59 West St, Faversham, July 1958, IMCP & HTG’s final home; a quantity of letters from Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, 1980s airmails from Mauritius, Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean and 1960s from Africa as Bishop, to Mrs H Goodbody (He was a major beneficiary in her will); Handwritten letter summarising the career of Hazel’s brother, Robert G C ‘Bob’ Poole CBE, served with the KOYLI, during WWII in Burma, was Chief Recruiting Officer, Southern Command; ADC to HM Queen 1953, retired 1955; Probate of the Will of Lt-Col Matthew Conway Poole dated 16th March 1885, written on vellum, together with attached Affidavit confirming date of death, 28th February 1885, and estate valuation of £598-10-7. Viewing highly recommended.
Publications
External Publications
Ballads of Burma (anecdotal and analytical)