Lance Corporal Joseph Pool – parade through Dumfries on Friday 17th Sept 2010
Written by author on September 17, 2010
The remains of Lance Corporal Joseph Pool will be taken through the centre of Dumfries on Friday 17 September 2010.
Lance Corporal Pool of the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, was killed in Afghanistan on 5 September.
The hearse carrying Lance Corporal Pool will arrive at Burns Statue at 3pm. It will then travel a route along Dumfries High Street to Shakespeare Street, along the Whitesands, up Buccleuch Street. The hearse will pause outside the Municipal Chambers on Buccleuch Street, where it will be met by Lance Corporal Pool’s parents, Roderick and Stella Pool.
The hearse will then return to Pagan’s funeral directors on Annan Road, Dumfries.
Joe Pool grew up in Dumfries and attended Maxwelltown High School from August 1995 to December 1999. Head teacher Terry Pierce said, “We were extremely saddened to hear of the death of Lance Corporal Joe Pool while he was on active service in Afghanistan. He is remembered by staff at Maxwelltown High School as a friendly, diligent student with a sense of humour. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this sad and difficult time.”
Lance Corporal Joe Pool’s funeral will take place in Greenock, where his fiancée, Lynsey Houston, and sons, Lee (7) and Jamie (2), live.
