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Anthony Pollard

Anthony Pollard

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This article is about the army officer. For the historian, see A. J. Pollard.

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

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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]

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  1. [1]
    Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
  2. [2]
    "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  3. [3]
    "No. 52952". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1992. p. 2.
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