Name
Harry Charles Tomlin
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/11/1918
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
32355
East Surrey Regiment
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
VIII. E. 23.
Germany
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour (Book), Hitchin
Pre War
He was the only son of Mrs C. Tomlin of 59, Grove Road, Hitchin. He was born in Leicester and enlisted in Hitchin. Before joining the army be was in business as a fruiterer and greengrocer.
Wartime Service
Harry joined the Middlesex Regiment on the 3rd May 1916 with the Regimental Number 2952.
When he arrived in France on the 16th December 1916 he was posted to the Training Reserve of the 1st Battalion of the East Surrey Regiment. Later he was posted to the 7th (Service) Battalion of the East Surreys with the Number 32355. The Battalion was in the 37th Brigade of the 12th Division.
He was reported as missing on the 3rd May 1917 and then as a prisoner of war in Germany. He died before he could be released and was buried in Plot 8, Row E, Grave 23 in the Cologne Southern Cemetery in Germany.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
