Anthony Pollard

Major-General Anthony John Griffin Pollard CB CBE DL (born 8 April 1937) is a former British Army officer.

Anthony Pollard
Born8 April 1937
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands held1st Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment
British Forces, Belize
School of Infantry
British military mission to Uganda
South West District
Battles/warsCyprus Emergency
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
Northern Ireland
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Military career

Educated at Oakham School and Jesus College, Cambridge, Pollard was commissioned into the Royal Leicestershire Regiment in 1956.[1] As a junior officer he saw action during the Cyprus Emergency and the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation.[1] He became commanding officer of 1st Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment in 1977 in which role he was deployed to Northern Ireland during the Troubles.[1] He went on to be commander of British Forces, Belize in 1983, commandant of the School of Infantry in 1984 and commander of the British military mission to Uganda in 1985.[1] After that he became Director-General of Training and Doctrine (Army) in 1987 and General Officer Commanding South West District in 1990 before retiring in 1992.[2]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1992 Birthday Honours.[3]

He is married to Marie-Luise; they have four sons.[1]

References

  1. Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
  2. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  3. "No. 52952". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1992. p. 2.
Military offices
Preceded by
Tony Jeapes
General Officer Commanding South West District
19901992
Succeeded by
District abolished
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