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Military service
Service number:
775549
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
87th Bn.
Birth:
April 4, 1886
Death:
July 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. E. 10.
Additional information
Son of William and E. A. Pollard, of Tredinnick, Duloe, Cornwall, England.
Digital gallery of Private Richard Pollard
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Group Photo
Pte. Richard Pollard is shown seated on the bottom left in this group portrait. Source: William Perkins Bull. "From Brock to Currie: the military development and exploits of Canadians in general and of the men of Peel in particular, 1791 to 1930." Toronto 1935, pg. 400. -
Photo of Richard Pollard
Caption (pg. 377): Soldiers of Peel Who Lost Their Lives During the Great War. Author - William Perkins Bull. "From Brock to Currie: the military development and exploits of Canadians in general and of the men of Peel in particular, 1791 to 1930." Toronto, 1935. -
Family Memorial
Gravestone in Duloe Churchyard, Cornwall.. “William Pollard..Who Died Sept 8th 1915 aged 70 years.. Thy Will be Done..Also of.. Richard Pollard..Died of Wounds in France..July 9th 1917..Aged 30 Years.. He Cometh Forth Like A..Flower and is Cut Down.. Also of.. Elizabeth Ann..Wife of the Above..Died March 6th 1924..Aged 78 Years.. Peace Perfect Peace...” Photographed Autumn 1995 and submitted Feb 2013 by Stuart Tamblin, Northampton.
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Pollard
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Pollard
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Pollard
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Commemorated on:
Page 310 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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