Robert Pollok (British Army officer)
Major-General Robert Valentine Pollok CB CBE DSO (1884–1979) was an Irish-born British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District.
Robert Pollok | |
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Born | 1884 Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland |
Died | 1979 (aged 94–95) |
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Years of service | 1903–1941 |
Rank | Major-General |
Unit | 15th The King's Hussars Irish Guards |
Commands held | 1st Battalion, Irish Guards 1st Guards Brigade Senior Officers' School, Sheerness Northern Ireland District 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order |
Military career
Pollok was commissioned into the 15th Hussars in 1903.[1] He was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor of United Provinces in India in 1908 and Aide-de-Camp to the Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Australia in 1913.[1]
He served in World War I with the Australian Forces in Gallipoli and then transferred to the Irish Guards in 1916.[1] He became Commanding Officer of 1st Bn Irish Guards in 1917.[1]
After the War he attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1920–1921, was appointed Brigade Major for the 1st Guards Brigade at Aldershot Command and then, in 1926, he was re-appointed Commanding Officer of 1st Bn Irish Guards.[1] He was made Commander of the 1st Guards Brigade at Aldershot Command in 1931 and Commandant of the Senior Officer School at Sheerness in 1935.[1]
He was appointed General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District in 1938[2] and GOC 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division in July 1940.[1] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in July 1940[3] and retired in 1941.[1]
References
- "Pollok, Robert". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- "Pollok, Robert Valentine". Generals.dk. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- "No. 34893". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 July 1940. p. 4244.
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Preceded by Wilfrid Lindsell |
Commandant of the Senior Officers' School, Sheerness 1933−1935 |
Succeeded by Roderic Petre |
Preceded by James Cooke-Collis |
GOC British Army in Northern Ireland 1938–1940 |
Succeeded by Hubert Huddleston |
Preceded by Arthur Percival |
GOC 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division 1940–1941 |
Succeeded by Charles Allfrey |