Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: J. B. Pollock, Esq., Uganda Government Service

Defence Medal, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. John B. Pollock, B.Sc., c/o Lt. Col. H. C. Pollock, 50 Fardwich Rise, Hertfod, Herts.’; Colonial Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, E.II.R. (E/26 J. B. Pollock, Uganda) edge prepared prior to naming, and number officially corrected; Uganda Independence Medal 1962, unnamed as issued; together with a miniature Defence Medal, good very fine and better (4) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of David Lloyd.

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John B. Pollock was born in 1920 and was educated at Bedford School and the Royal School of Mines. He served as a metallurgist with the Geological Survey of Uganda from 1946, and was advanced Senior Chemist, whilst still in the service of the Uganda Government, in 1957. He enrolled in the Uganda Police Special Constabulary on 27 December 1950, and was awarded his Colonial Special Constabulary Medal in 1960 (Uganda Gazette 15 December 1960).