Paul Gilchrist Pollock
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- Paul Gilchrist POLLOCK. Lance Corporal 15780, 14th Royal Irish Rifles. Son of John and Marion J.F. Pollock, of Duncairn, Antrim. Killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 aged 20 years. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
Paul Gilchrist Pollock, was in the 14th Royal Irish Rifles and was killed on the 1st July at the Somme. There was a memorial plaque to him at St Enoch's Church. Another son was a Royal Navy officer, and Rev Pollock's daughter Elsie was a sister in the Ulster Volunteer Force hospital - after the Great War she became a missionary in Formosa (today Taiwan).
Commemorated on War Memorial St Enoch Presbyterian Church, Duncairn, Belfast. This memorial is located in the Somme Heritage Centre, Bangor Road, Newtownards, Northern Ireland.
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