Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Alfred Oliver Pollard NPG x48081

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Lafayette

Pollard entered the First World War as a private, but was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for an act of bravery on 29 April 1917 at Gavrelle, France. The London Gazette reported on 8 June 1917: 'The troops of various units on the left of this Officer's battalion had become disorganised owing to the heavy casualties from shell fire; […] 2nd Lt. Pollard at once realised the seriousness of the situation, and... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.