Arthur Frederick Poole

Died

28 November 1920

Age

Rank

Temporary Constable

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

One of sixteen RIC officers killed when their patrol was ambushed by terrorists near Macroom, County Cork.

Roll of Honour Citation

One of sixteen RIC officers killed when their patrol was ambushed by terrorists near Macroom, County Cork.

Circumstances

Killed when on mobile patrol and ambushed by the IRA at Kilmichael, Co. Cork.

Killed alongside a District Inspector and fourteen Temporary Cadets when their auxiliary division mobile patrol was ambushed by a large terrorist unit at Dus a’ Bharraigh, in the townland of Shanacashel, Kilmichael Parish, near Macroom, County Cork. Temporary Cadet Cecil James Guthrie who escaped the incident, was caught and shot two days later.