Robert Pollok (British Army officer)

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Robert Pollok
Born1884
Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland
Died1979 (aged 94–95)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1903–1941
RankMajor-General
Unit15th The King's Hussars
Irish Guards
Commands held1st Battalion, Irish Guards
1st Guards Brigade
Senior Officers' School, Sheerness
Northern Ireland District
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order

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.

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

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. ^ Generals.dk
  3. ^ "No. 34893". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 July 1940. p. 4244.
Military offices
Preceded by Commandant of the Senior Officers' School, Sheerness
1933−1935 		Succeeded by
Preceded by GOC British Army in Northern Ireland
1938–1940 		Succeeded by
Preceded by GOC 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
1940–1941 		Succeeded by
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