India General Service Medal clasp Waziristan 1894-5 script naming 3763 PTE J TOMLINSON 2'D BORDER REGT, British War & Victory Medals named 2592 A SJT J TOMLINSON MANCH R. Edge knock on Victory Medal 6 o'clock.
John Tomlinson was born at Hulme, Manchester, and attested for service in the Border Regiment at Carlisle on 13 January 1893, at the age of 18, giving his occupation as groom. He was promoted Corporal in 1897, Lance Sergeant in 1898, and Sergeant in 1901. He was transferred to the Army Reserve in January 1903; his service record is noted that he served in the East Indies, Waziristan and South Africa, and is entitled to the Queens South Africa Medal with two clasps. During the Great War he served in the Manchester Regiment and later the Labour Corps, and was entitled to a 1914-15 Star trio.
