MAJOR DAVID MITCHELL TOMLINSON
ROYAL SCOTS
2ND APRIL 1915 AGE 38
BURIED: BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, VLAMERTINGHE, FRANCE
David Tomlinson was the grandson of a Scottish engine driver from Leith. He was born in New Zealand, served with a Scottish Regiment, and died "For England" at a time when the word 'England' was used to refer to the whole of Great Britain and the Empire, and when it was acepted that it was 'better together'. The inscription was chosen by his Scottish-born mother.