Derek Alfred Pollard
He was a colliery clerk in 1939.
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He was the son of Walter Edward Pollard and Elsie Vernice Pollard and the brother of Vernice B and Josephine P Pollard of 35, Addison Villas, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.
Served in the Royal Marine Light Infantry.
Commemorated : Plymouth Naval Memorial as : Sergeant, D. A. Pollard.
Panel Reference : Panel : 102 : Column : 2.
Also Commemorated on a Family Memorial on the grave of his Parents, his Mother, Elsie Vernice Pollard, his Father, Walter Edward Pollard in Eastwood Cemetery, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.
The Inscription on the Family Memorial reads :
"TREASURED MEMORIES OF OUR DEAR MOTHER & FATHER.
ELSIE VERNICE POLLARD, DIED, FEB. 1ST 1971, AGED, 75.
WALTER EDWARD POLLARD, DIED, NOV. 29TH 1971, AGED, 83.
ALSO A DEAR BROTHER, SGT. DEREK ALFRED POLLARD, ROYAL MARINES (SPECIAL SERVICES).
MISSING IN BURMA, APRIL 1945, AGED, 21.
REUNITED."
Photo of Derek Alfred Pollard
Photograph of a Family Memorial in Eastwood Cemetery, Nottinghamshire Commemorating Sergeant, Derek Alfred Pollard by Gary Crosby on the 18th December 2025.