Ref ID: 3251
Name
William Pollock.
Description
Belfast Telegraph Newspaper Photograph of Private William Pollock.
Life Story
Name: William Pollock.
Service Number: 29379.
Rank: Private.
Battalion: 2nd Battalion.
Regiment: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Born: 13th December 1897, Belfast.
Died: 21st March 1918.
Address: 130 Boundary Street, Shankill Road, Belfast
.
William Pollock, son of John and Margaret Pollock, lived at 130 Boundary Street, Shankill Road, Belfast
.
The 1901 Ireland Census has William living at 136 Boundary Street, Belfast with his mother, father, occupation, Brushmaker, two sisters, Mary Ann, 7 years, Mill Hand, Ellen, 1 year, and brother John, 5 years
.
The 1911 Ireland Census has William living at 12.2 Boundary Street, Belfast with his mother, father, Brushmaker, three sisters, Mary Ann, 17 years, Ellen, 11 years, Margaret, under 1 year, and two brothers, John, 15 years, Brushmaker, Robert, 6 years
.
William Pollock had signed the Ulster Covenant on the 28th of September 1912, Ulster Day
.
William joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
He was posted as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France.
William Pollock was a Private in 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was Killed In Action on the 21st of March 1918 aged 20 years
.
A local newspaper states.
POLLOCK - Private William Pollock, 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 130 Boundary Street, Belfast, reported missing on the 21st March 1918, is now presumed killed on that date or since
.
Williams mother had placed two notices within the Belfast Telegraph, one in 1918 stating he was missing and asking for information, and the second in 1919 notifying that he had been killed
.
Williams Soldiers Effects were left to his mother Margaret.
A Pension Application Form shows his mother as claimant.
A Dependant Pension Application Form shows his mother as claimant also
.
He received the British War Medal and Victory Medal
.
He is Remembered at Pozieres Memorial, France.
To Remember Is To Honour
.
Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
1919
Classification
Newspaper, Photograph, Photograph - Belfast Telegraph
