FOR ENGLAND

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.