Pollard James Private 7365448 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 17:22, 11 July 2023

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	\|Army number=7365448.		\|Army number=7365448.
	\|Rank=Private.		\|Rank=Private.
	\|Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches and Service Awards.		\|Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches (gazetted posthumously 8/11/1945) and Service Awards.
	\|Date of birth=Birth registered Q1 1918 South Shields.		\|Date of birth=Birth registered Q1 1918 South Shields.
	\|Age=27 at the time of his death.		\|Age=27 at the time of his death.

70bgadmin at 17:13, 11 July 2023

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	\|Wounded=Not as far as is known - other than the injuries which caused his death.		\|Wounded=Not as far as is known - other than the injuries which caused his death.
	\|Prisoner of War=No.		\|Prisoner of War=No.
	\|Died/Killed in action=Killed in action 13/4/1945. Initially interred in Westervoort, Holland, map sheet 6, 1/25,000 781754. Reburied on 28/8/1946 in Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands, Grave 2.A.5. Headstone inscription reads "UNKNOWN TO THE WORLD HE STANDS BY MY SIDE AND WHISPERS "DEAR MOTHER"".		\|Died/Killed in action=Killed in action 13/4/1945. It seems, from the Field Ambulance War Diary, that the ambulance in which Private Pollard was travelling was the subject of a direct hit from a shell, which killed both him and the casualties being carried. Initially interred in Westervoort, Holland, map sheet 6, 1/25,000 781754. Reburied on 28/8/1946 in Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands, Grave 2.A.5. Headstone inscription reads "UNKNOWN TO THE WORLD HE STANDS BY MY SIDE AND WHISPERS "DEAR MOTHER"".
	\|Home address=Son of Mary Ellen Pollard (nee Gates) of South Shields. Father James Pollard.		\|Home address=Son of Mary Ellen Pollard (nee Gates) of South Shields. Father James Pollard.
	\|Image Name=Pollard_James_187th_Field_Ambulance.jpg		\|Image Name=Pollard_James_187th_Field_Ambulance.jpg
	\|Image Title=Private James Pollard.		\|Image Title=Private James Pollard.
	}}		}}

70bgadmin at 16:59, 11 July 2023

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70bgadmin at 16:56, 11 July 2023

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	\|Died/Killed in action=Killed in action 13/4/1945. Initially interred in Westervoort, Holland, map sheet 6, 1/25,000 781754. Reburied on 28/8/1946 in Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands, Grave 2.A.5. Headstone inscription reads "UNKNOWN TO THE WORLD HE STANDS BY MY SIDE AND WHISPERS "DEAR MOTHER"".		\|Died/Killed in action=Killed in action 13/4/1945. Initially interred in Westervoort, Holland, map sheet 6, 1/25,000 781754. Reburied on 28/8/1946 in Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands, Grave 2.A.5. Headstone inscription reads "UNKNOWN TO THE WORLD HE STANDS BY MY SIDE AND WHISPERS "DEAR MOTHER"".
	\|Home address=Son of Mary Ellen Pollard of South Shields.		\|Home address=Son of Mary Ellen Pollard of South Shields.
	\|Image Name=~~File:~~Pollard_James_187th_Field_Ambulance.jpg		\|Image Name=Pollard_James_187th_Field_Ambulance.jpg
	\|Image Title=Private James Pollard.		\|Image Title=Private James Pollard.
	}}		}}

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Pollard James
|Army number=7365448.
|Rank=Private.
|Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches and Service Awards.
|Date of birth=
|Age=27 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Posted to 187th Field Ambulance.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Details awaited.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed but possibly when the 187th Field Ambulance joined the Brigade.
|Promotions=
|Wounded=Not as far as is known - other than the injuries which caused his death.
|Prisoner of War=No.
|Died/Killed in action=Killed in action 13/4/1945. Initially interred in Westervoort, Holland, map sheet 6, 1/25,000 781754. Reburied on 28/8/1946 in Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands, Grave 2.A.5. Headstone inscription reads "UNKNOWN TO THE WORLD HE STANDS BY MY SIDE AND WHISPERS "DEAR MOTHER"".
|Home address=Son of Mary Ellen Pollard of South Shields.
|Image Name=File:Pollard_James_187th_Field_Ambulance.jpg
|Image Title=Private James Pollard.
}}

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	\|Rank=Private.		\|Rank=Private.
	\|Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches and Service Awards.		\|Decorations=Mentioned in Despatches and Service Awards.
	\|Date of birth=		\|Date of birth=Birth registered Q1 1918 South Shields.
	\|Age=27 at the time of his death.		\|Age=27 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Posted to 187th Field Ambulance.		\|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Posted to 187th Field Ambulance. Served Normandy and North West Europe. Killed in action 13/4/1945.
	\|Company/Battery=Not yet known.		\|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
	\|Task or role=Details awaited.		\|Task or role=Details awaited.
	\|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed but possibly when the 187th Field Ambulance joined the Brigade.		\|Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed but possibly when the 187th Field Ambulance joined the Brigade.
	\|Promotions=		\|Promotions=None known.
	\|Wounded=Not as far as is known - other than the injuries which caused his death.		\|Wounded=Not as far as is known - other than the injuries which caused his death.
	\|Prisoner of War=No.		\|Prisoner of War=No.
	\|Died/Killed in action=Killed in action 13/4/1945. Initially interred in Westervoort, Holland, map sheet 6, 1/25,000 781754. Reburied on 28/8/1946 in Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands, Grave 2.A.5. Headstone inscription reads "UNKNOWN TO THE WORLD HE STANDS BY MY SIDE AND WHISPERS "DEAR MOTHER"".		\|Died/Killed in action=Killed in action 13/4/1945. Initially interred in Westervoort, Holland, map sheet 6, 1/25,000 781754. Reburied on 28/8/1946 in Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands, Grave 2.A.5. Headstone inscription reads "UNKNOWN TO THE WORLD HE STANDS BY MY SIDE AND WHISPERS "DEAR MOTHER"".
	\|Home address=Son of Mary Ellen Pollard of South Shields.		\|Home address=Son of Mary Ellen Pollard (nee Gates) of South Shields. Father James Pollard.
	\|Image Name=Pollard_James_187th_Field_Ambulance.jpg		\|Image Name=Pollard_James_187th_Field_Ambulance.jpg
	\|Image Title=Private James Pollard.		\|Image Title=Private James Pollard.
	}}		}}