Later Life
In 1918, Pollard married Mary Ainsley of Trefilan, Purley. He served in the Royal Air Force in a short term commission as a pilot officer in the mid-1920s.
Pollard's autobiography, Fire-Eater: the Memoirs of a VC published in 1932, recounts his experience of the war, from joining the HAC on the outbreak of war up to the armistice. It depicts a man who was able to deal with the violence and huge loss of life by rationalising it as a necessary evil to destroy the enemy. Pollard became a professional writer post-war and published more than 60 books, fiction and non-fiction.
Pollard died in Bournemouth, where he was cremated and is buried.
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