Roll of Honour
Private James Pollard
Service Number: 240402
Regiment: Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (5th)
Conflict: World War One
Date of Death: 24th October 1917
Age at Death: 20
Burial/Memorial Location: Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Address: 4 North Street, Bicester
Son of George Pollard, of 4 North Street. A chemist's porter. Killed in action.
"Mr and Mrs George Pollard, of North Street, have received information that their son, Pte. J. Pollard, of the Oxon and Bucks Light Infantry, has been killed in action. The information was conveyed in a letter from an officer in his Battalion who says he was killed instantaneously on October 24th and buried in a cemetery near by. Pte. Pollard was 20 years of age. He joined the army in January last, and proceeded to France in June." Bicester Advertiser 02/11/1917