 After the war, Pollock was involved in actions by "Norfolk" to provide gunfire support against insurgents in the Malayan Emergency and also in Java.He returned to HMS Excellent as a gunnery instructor in January 1946 and, having been promoted to lieutenant commander on 1 June 1946, became an application officer at the Admiralty Signals Research Establishment in August 1947.He became Fleet Gunnery Officer to the Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station in October 1949.