POLLARD

John (son of John Pollard, d. 1810). b. Kings and, Cornwall 27 July 1787; entered navy 1 Nov. 1797; signal midshipman on board the Victory at battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805, helped to arrange the signal England expects every man will do his duty; shot the French man who killed lord Nelson; congratulated by sir Thomas Hardy after the battle; lieut. 14 Nov. 1806; chief officer in coast guard, Stranraer district 2 Aug. 1836 to 12 Jany. 1853; lieut. at Green wich hospital 12 Jany. 1853 to death. d. Green wich hospital 22 April 1868. G.M. May 1868 p. 786; Boase and Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub. (1878) 504.