| 词条 | Tom Pollitt |
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| name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Tom Urquhart Pollitt | birth_date = 14 July 1900 | birth_place = Farnham, Surrey, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|8|13|1900|7|14|df=yes}} | death_place = Ely, Cambridgeshire, England | nickname = | family = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = | role = | club1 = | year1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 1 | runs1 = 20 | bat avg1 = 10.00 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 14 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 21 March | year = 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18985.html Cricinfo }} Tom Urquhart Pollitt {{postnominal|OBE}} (14 July 1900 – 13 August 1979) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer. Initially a non-commissioned officer officer when he joined the Royal Air Force, he later served as a commissioned officer during the Second World War. He also played first-class cricket for the Royal Air Force cricket team. Life and military careerPollitt enlisted in the Royal Air Force as a non-commissioned officer prior to 1931. He played first-class cricket for the Royal Air Force cricket team against the Army at The Oval in 1931.[1] Batting twice in the match as an opening batsman, he was dismissed for 6 runs in the Royal Air Force first-innings by Adrian Gore, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 14 runs by the same bowler.[2] Shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, Pollitt was made a commissioned officer when he was promoted from warrant officer to flying officer in June 1939.[3] In August 1940, he was granted the war substantive rank of flight lieutenant.[4] He was mentioned in dispatches twice in 1941, in January and March.[5][6] He was made an OBE in the 1942 Birthday Honours.[7] He was mentioned in dispatches in June 1943,[8] and the in the same month he was promoted to the war substantive rank of squadron leader, antedated to July 1942.[9] He was promoted to the temporary rank of wing commander in July 1944.[10] A year after the conclusion of the war, he was promoted to the full rank of squadron leader.[11] He was granted seniority in the rank of squadron leader back to June 1945.[12] He was promoted to the full rank of wing commander in July 1947, with seniority to October 1946.[13] He retired from active service in April 1955, retaining the rank of wing commander.[14] He died at Ely in August 1979. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32105/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Tom Pollitt |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-03-20 |url-access=subscription}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13945.html |title=Army v Royal Air Force, 1931 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-03-20 |url-access=subscription}} 3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=34641|date=30 June 1939|page=4454|supp=y}} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=35042|date=14 January 1941|page=276}} 5. ^{{London Gazette |issue=35029|date=31 December 1940|page=35|supp=y}} 6. ^{{London Gazette |issue=35107|date=14 March 1941|page=1574|supp=y}} 7. ^{{London Gazette |issue=35586|date=5 June 1942|page=2488}} 8. ^{{London Gazette |issue=36033|date=28 May 1943|page=2454|supp=y}} 9. ^{{London Gazette |issue=36030|date=25 May 1943|page=2363|supp=y}} 10. ^{{London Gazette |issue=36618|date=18 July 1944|page=3396|supp=y}} 11. ^{{London Gazette |issue=37812|date=6 December 1946|page=6018|supp=y}} 12. ^{{London Gazette |issue=37892|date=25 February 1947|page=992|supp=y}} 13. ^{{London Gazette |issue=38020|date=18 July 1947|page=3421|supp=y}} 14. ^{{London Gazette |issue=40485|date=20 May 1955|page=3001|supp=y}} External links
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