George Northmore Arthur Pollard

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Rear-Admiral (retired) George Northmore Arthur Pollard, R.N. (17 March, 1847 – 8 December, 1920) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Pollard saw considerable active service early in his career. He was still only a midshipman in Wolverine when he participated in suppressing the Morant Bay rebellion in Jamaica (1865), and in operations against war parties of the Fenian Brotherhood in Canada (1866): On 17 November 1865 the Board signified its high approval of his conduct in Jamaica; and he was awarded the Canada General Service Medal with clasp, Fenian Raid 1866.[1]

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 29 December, 1871. As Lieutenant of HMS Simoom he served ashore during the Third Anglo-Ashanti War, 1873-1874, being mentioned in despatches, and awarded the Ashantee Medal.[2] In 1875, now Senior Lieutenant in HMS Nassau, he was present at the bombardment of Mombasa on the East African coast.[3]

Pollard was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1885.

Pollard was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1894.

In 1897 he was appointed to third class protected cruiser Wallaroo, additional, to date February 11, for re-commission for service on the Australian station. Pollard commissioned the ship in Sydney on 21 April 1897.[4] In June 1897 he annexed Bellona Island and the Stewart Islands to the British crown.[5]

Retired due to age on 17 March, 1902.

Pollard was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral (retired) on 26 June, 1905.

His obituary in The Times noted that he was

"Too old to return to the Navy for the late war, [so] served as a special constable, and walked 3,000 miles on that duty."[6]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
William G. Le Cocq 		Captain of H.M.S. Zephyr
6 Oct, 1880[7] 		Succeeded by
Charles K. Hope
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Pike
24 Apr, 1885 – 12 May, 1885 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Gadfly
12 May, 1885[8] – 8 Nov, 1885 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Guy O. Twiss 		Captain of H.M.S. Belleisle
23 Jan, 1888 – c. 1 Mar, 1888 		Succeeded by
The Hon. Richard Hare
Preceded by
Gerald C. Langley 		Captain of H.M.S. Tartar
18 Jul, 1889[9] 		Succeeded by
Charles G. Robinson
Preceded by
William E. B. Atkinson 		Captain of H.M.S. Acorn
28 Sep, 1889[10] – 6 Aug, 1891 		Succeeded by
Frederick S. Inglefield
Preceded by
Walter S. Goodridge 		Captain of H.M.S. Tyne
25 Sep, 1891[11] – 1 Jan, 1894 		Succeeded by
Charles A. Forlong
Preceded by
Robert L. Groome 		Captain of H.M.S. Tribune
24 Jul, 1895[12] 		Succeeded by
George N. A. Pollard
Preceded by
Oswald P. Tudor 		Captain of H.M.S. Malabar
4 Dec, 1895[13] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
George N. A. Pollard 		Captain of H.M.S. Tribune
8 Jul, 1896[14] 		Succeeded by
John E. Bearcroft
Preceded by
Walter H. B. Graham 		Captain of H.M.S. Wallaroo
11 Feb, 1897[15] – 13 Feb, 1899 		Succeeded by
Arthur M. Farquhar
Preceded by
Richard Evans 		Naval Officer in Charge, Ascension
30 May, 1899[16] – 12 May, 1902 		Succeeded by
Robert K. McAlpine

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 171/61.
  2. ↑ National Archives, ref. ADM 171/37.
  3. ↑ The Royal Navy List or Who's Who in the Navy (Witherby & Co., 1916), p. 150.
  4. ↑ London Evening Standard (27 January 1897), p. 4; The Navy List. (October 1898). p. 312.
  5. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald (Tuesday, 31 August 1897), p. 6.
  6. ↑ The Times (Friday, 10 December 1920), p. 13.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1881). p. 254.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 212.
  9. ↑ "The Naval Manœuvres." The Times (London, England), Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col F, p. 3.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 195.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 260.
  12. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 270.
  14. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 312.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 439.

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