Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lieutenant W. H. Pollard, 7th Battalion (1st British Columbia), Canadian Infantry, late Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 28 September 1918

1914-15 Star (16609 Sjt W. H. Pollard. 7/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. W. H. Pollard.); Memorial Plaque (Walter Henry Pollard) good very fine (4) £200-£300

Walter Henry Pollard was born in London in February 1879. He served with the Rifle Brigade during the Boer War (entitled to Q.S.A.), and emigrated to Canada where he attested for the 11th Regiment, Irish Fusiliers of Canada. Pollard was serving with the latter at the outbreak of the Great War, and transferred as a Sergeant to the 7th Battalion (1st British Columbia), Canadian Infantry for service on the Western Front. He was commissioned into the same unit, and was killed in action on the Western Front, 28 September 1918.

Lieutenant Pollard was aged 39, and is buried in the Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, France.