The Freedom of the City of London parchment certificate and Great War Memorial Scroll awarded to Private D. W. Pollock, 1st City of London Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Captain, Worcestershire Regiment, who was killed in action at Gallipoli on 6 May 1915

Freedom of the City of London parchment certificate, named to ‘Douglas William Pollock’, mounted in a glazed display frame; Memorial Scroll, inscribed ‘Capt. Douglas William Pollock, Worcestershire Regt.’, mounted in a glazed display frame surmounted with Worcestershire Regiment collar badge; together with the recipient’s carte de visite, 150mm x 105mm, with image of Pollock in uniform, signed on reverse ‘Douglas, C.I.V. 1900’, good condition (3) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Douglas William Pollock was educated at St. Paul’s School and was initially a bank clerk by occupation. He joined the 1st City of London Rifle Volunteers in 1897 and served with their detachment in South Africa during the Boer War in No. 1 Mounted Infantry Company, City Imperial Volunteers, after which he joined the Imperial Yeomanry (Honourable Artillery Company detachment), 34th Company, 11th Battalion on 28 January 1901. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 9 March 1901, transferring to the Worcestershire Regiment on 26 June 1901. Next serving with the West Africa Field Force, he was Local Lieutenant, 22 August 1903; Lieutenant, Worcestershire Regiment, 14 April 1904; and Captain, 22 June 1912.

Pollock was killed in action during the Great War whilst serving with ‘Z’ Company, 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, during the Second Battle of Krithia at Gallipoli on 6 May 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.