Anthony Pollard | |
Birth Date: | 8 April 1937 (aged 87) |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Serviceyears: | 1956–1992 |
Servicenumber: | 446685 |
Rank: | Major-General |
Branch: | British Army |
Commands: | 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment British Forces, Belize School of Infantry British military mission to Uganda South West District |
Battles: | Cyprus Emergency Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation Northern Ireland |
Awards: | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Major-General Anthony John Griffin Pollard (born 8 April 1937) is a former British Army officer.
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.
He is married to Marie-Luise; they have four sons.[1]