The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sergeant R B Pollard

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Sergeant Richard Batty POLLARD, 203171, 2nd / 4th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 1295, The Buffs), killed in action, Egypt, 4th November 1917, age 21.

Born in British Guiana,  son of Edward Biskersleth and Sarah Ann Pollard, (nee Hill), of Strawberry Farm, Bisley, Woking, Surrey.

1911 Census - Riding Hill, Bisley, Woking, Surrey - James Hill, head, age 41, married, farmer, own account, born Bisley, Surrey; Rose Hill, wife, age 41, married 12 years, 4 children, 2 still alive, born Knapp Hill, Surrey; Dorothy Hill, daughter, age 6, born Bisley, Surrey; Irene Hill, age 2, born Bisley, Surrey; Mary Hill, sister, age 47, single, born Bisley, Surrey; S A Pollard, sister, age 44, married 18 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Bisley, Surrey; E B Pollard, brother in law, age 55, married, pensioner Civil Service, born British Guiana; E H Pollard, nephew, age 17, single, school, British Guiana; R B Pollard, nephew, age 14, school, British Guiana.

Enlisted Ashford, Kent.  Resided Bisley, Woking, Surrey.

15th June 1918, Probate - Richard Batty Pollard, of Strawberry Farm, Bisley, Woking, Surrey, died 4th November 1917 at Palestine Administration (with Will). London 15th June to Sarah Anne Pollard (wife of Edward Bickersteth Pollard). Effects £168 6s 3d.

Buried at Beersheba War Cemetery, G. 35., Israel. Commemorated Bisley War Memorial.

External link to Wye South Eastern Agricultural College

NOTE: Soldiers Died in the Great War show Battalion as 2nd/4th: CWGC web site shows it as 2nd /5th.