Allegiance United Kingdom Role British Army officer Service/branch British Army Battles and wars World War I, World War II | Name Robert Pollok Died 1979 Rank Major-general | |
Commands held 1st Bn Irish Guards
1st Guards Brigade
Northern Ireland District
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division Battles/wars World War I
World War II Awards Order of the Bath, 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. 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.
He served in World War I with the Australian Forces in Gallipoli and then transferred to the Irish Guards in 1916. He became Commanding Officer of 1st Bn Irish Guards in 1917.
After the War he 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. 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.
He was appointed General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District in 1938 and GOC 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division in July 1940. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in July 1940 and retired in 1941.