 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Poole akapinda Royal Military Academy, Woolwich uye akagadzwa muRoyal Artillery muna February 1889. Akakwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant musi wa15 Kukadzi 1892, uye akashanda muTirah Campaign muIndia kubva muna 1897 kusvika muna 1898. Kukwidziridzwa kuva kaputeni kwakatevera pana 14 June 1899. Poole akashanda muHondo yechipiri yeBoer muSouth Africa, kwaakaenda muSS British Prince muna March 1900. Akabatanidzwa kumutsara wezvombo zve8th Division, uye akazoita mutungamiri we P Chikamu Pom-poms, uye akanga aripo pamisangano yeBothas Pass, kutambudzwa kweAllemans Nek June 1900, Hondo yeBergendaluye kushanda pedyo neLydenburg August 1900. Nokuda kwebasa rake, akambotaurwa kaviri mumashoko kusanganisira tsamba yekupedzisira naIshe Kitchener ya23 June 1902, uye akapiwa Distinguished Service Order DSO. Pashure pokuguma kwehondo, Poole akasiya Cape Town achienda kuEngland paSS Simla muna July 1902. Kubva muna 1903 kusvika muna 1904 aive neSomaliland Field Force uye akapinda muSomaliland Campaign. Ipapo akaona chiito muNorthern Nigeria muna 1904 uye akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru muna 1909. Akasiya basa rechiuto muna 1914. 