1914-15 Star

Awarded to Arthur John Pollard, CPO Stoker. A uniface star of four points, the upper covered by a crown, with two crossed swords entwined by a short scroll. Inscription: '1914-15.'. An oak garland superimposed upon the whole. Inscription: 'G'. with a 'V' within it. Inscription. Reverse: 'K.12172 A.J.POLLARD.ACT.L.STO., R.N.' Suspended from a red, white and blue watered-silk ribbon. Mounted on a bar with three others.

Arthur John Pollard (1893-1962) joined the Royal Navy in 1911 after being apprenticed to a boiler maker. He served as a stoker during World War I, for some of the time in torpedo boat HMS 'Express' and destroyer 'Albacore'. In 1930 he was promoted Chief Stoker before retiring in 1933. He re-joined the Navy in 1940 and retired again in August 1945. Pollard married Minnie Isabel Bolland in 1922 and was working as a boilerman and machine attendant during 1939 in Slough where he died in 1962

Object Details

ID: MED1511
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Events: World War I, 1914-1918
Date made: circa 1918
People: Pollard, Arthur John
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 44 mm
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