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Pollard, Anthony John Griffin - CB CBE DL
Rank : Major General
Army Number : 23163894 and 446685
Unit : Royal 1st Bn, Royal 5th Bn (TA), 4th R Anglian
Biography :
Eductated at Oakham School, Tony Pollard enlisted in The Royal Leicestershire Regiment as Pte 23163894 at Glen Parva Barracks in August 1955, then 2nd Lieutenant 446685 on National Service 25.2.1956. Platoon Commander in 1st R Leicesters in Cyprus; awarded Mention in Despatches (L.G. 7.2.1958). Regular Commission 6.12.1958. RSO 1st R Leicesters Hong Kong and Borneo 1963-64. Adjutant 4/5th R Leicesters (TA) 1964-1965. Adjutant 4th R Anglian, Malta, 1966-68. Student at Staff College Camberley 1968-69. DAA&QMG HQ 7 Armd Bde, Hohne, 1970-72. Coy Comd and Bn 2IC 1st R Anglian, Cyprus, Tidworth, Northern Ireland, 1973-74. DS at Staff College 1975-77. CO 1st R Anglian, Tidworth, Belfast 1977-79 (Mention in Despatches for Northern Ireland (L.G. 15.4.1980)). Col GS HQ 1 (BR) Corps, Bielefeld 1980-82. Promoted Brigadier 30.6.1982. Commander British Forces Belize 1982-84; awarded CBE (L.G. 31.12.1984). Comdt School of Infantry 1984-87 (Commander British Military Mission to Uganda 1985-86). Promoted Major-General 23.1.1986. Deputy Colonel The Royal Anglian Regiment (Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire) 1986-92. Director General Training and Doctrine (Army) 1987-89. Commandant Small Arms School Corps 1987-1992. GOC South West District 1990-92. Colonel Commandant The Queen’s Division 1990-92. Retired from Army on 8.6.1992. Awarded CB (L.G. 12.6.1992). Sometime Hon Treasurer and Member of Council of the Victory Services Club, London. President of The Royal Tigers' Association 1993-2010. Honorary Colonel Suffolk Army Cadet Force 1997-2004; Deputy Lieutenant of Suffolk 1999-date. Chairman of St John Ambulance Suffolk; Officer of Order of St John 2004.
He is the son of Private William Pollard and nephew of Captain Frank Pollard and 2Lt Thomas Pollard of The Leicestershire Regiment, and the father of Major Julian Pollard and of Lieutenant Piers Pollard of The Royal Anglian Regiment. Another of his sons married the daughter of Major C P K Challen of The Royal Leicestershire Regiment.
Date of Birth : 9.4.1937
Place of Birth : Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire
Period of Service : 1955-92
Conflicts : Cyprus Emergency, Borneo Confrontation, Northern Ireland
Places Served : Cyprus, Germany, UK, Hong Kong, Borneo, Malta, Cyprus, Northern Ireland, Belize, Uganda
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