BORN HULL 1892. SON OF DAVID TOMLINSON (1869-1944), AND CLARA JENNISON, OF 90 OSBOURNE STREET, HULL. SON OF A METAL MERCHANT. HE ASSISTED IN THE BUSINESS.
HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1913. HIS WIFE EDITH KATE FARR (1894-), LIVED AT 15 CLARENDON TERRACE, CLARENDON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD ONE SON, HERBERT CHARLES TOMLINSON, BORN 20/08/1915.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED WITHTHE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SAW ACTION IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. WAS KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 20/07/1916, AGED 24.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE KINGS HALL, WW1 CHURCH ROH, SYMONST STREET, HULL. HE WAS ALSO LISTED AS KILLED ON THE ALEXANDRA STREET SHRINE (HDM 23/10/1916).
HIS WIFE WROTE IN HIS OBITUARY “MAY HIS REWARD BE AS GREAT AS HIS SACRIFICE”. HIS PARENTS, WROTE THE FOLLOWING PROSE – “HE LEFT HIS HOME IN PERFECT HEALTH. HE LOOKED SO YOUNG AND BRAVE. WE LITTLE THOUGHT HOW SOON HE WOULD BE LAID IN A SOLDIER’S GRAVE. A LOVING SON. A BROTHER KIND. A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LEFT BEHIND. FOR ONE AND ALL HE DID HIS BEST. MAY GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST.”
