Major-General Anthony John Griffin Pollard CB CBE DL (born 8 April 1937) is a former British Army officer.
Educated at Oakham School and Jesus College, Cambridge, Pollard was commissioned into the Royal Leicestershire Regiment in 1956.
[1] As a junior officer he saw action during the Cyprus Emergency and the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation.
[1] He became commanding officer of 1st Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment in 1977 in which role he was deployed to Northern Ireland during the Troubles.
[1] After that he became Director-General of Training and Doctrine (Army) in 1987 and General Officer Commanding South West District in 1990 before retiring in 1992.