William Walter George Pollard

A Boy 1st Class with H.M.S. Clan McNaughton, William died on 3rd of February 1915 at the age of 16. 

William was born at Lowestoft on 7 September 1898, a son of William Arthur and Florence Pollard of 48 Stevens Street, Lowestoft. He was baptised at Saint John's Church, Lowestoft, on 10 May 1907. 

William had been working as an errand boy when he joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 20 January 1914. He was advanced to Boy 1st Class on 4 September 1914. William joined H.M.S. Clan McNaughton on 11 December 1914.

The Clan McNaughton was lost during a severe gale off the north-west coast or Ireland. All 317 men on board were lost.