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Richard Pollard

In memory of:

Private Richard Pollard

July 9, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

775549

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

87th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

April 4, 1886

Son of William and E. A. Pollard, of Tredinnick, Duloe, Cornwall, England.

Commemorated on Page 310 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. E. 10.

Location:

Noeux-les-Mines is a town 6 kilometres south of Bethune on the main road to Arras. The Communal Cemetery is on the northern side of the town, on the south-east side of the road to Labourse.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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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.

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    Group Photo
    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.

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    Photo of Richard Pollard
    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.

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    Family Memorial
    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.

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