Band of Hope Medal

Awarded to Arthur John Pollard, C.P.O. Stoker. Quatrefoil-shaped. Obverse: A crown in the centre within a band inscribed: 'BAND.OF.HOPE.' Reverse: In the centre a foul anchor within a laurel wreath.

Arthur John Pollard (1893-1962) joined the Royal Navy in 1911 after being apprenticed to a boiler maker. He served as a stoker during World War I, for some of the time in torpedo boat HMS 'Express' and destroyer 'Albacore'. In 1930 he was promoted Chief Stoker before retiring in 1933. He re-joined the Navy in 1940 and retired again in August 1945. Pollard married Minnie Isabel Bolland in 1922 and was working as a boilerman and machine attendant during 1939 in Slough where he died in 1962.

Object Details

ID: MED1515
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Temperance medal
Display location: Not on display
People: Pollard, Arthur John; Band of Hope
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 37 mm x 35 mm