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Capt. Clifford Gibaud Tomlinson MiD.
British Army Sherwood Foresters
from:Biskra, Westfield Road, Leicester
I have recently been presented with an image of what appears to be my cousin, Clifford Tomlinson in uniform in 1915. He was born 30th of January 1891 in Barton Regis, Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Thomas Benjamin and Susie Tomlinson (nee Gibaud). The leather trade was on both of his parents side of the family.
In an article printed in the London Gazette dated September 1915, Private Clifford Tomlinson, from Inns of Court Officers Training Corps was to become Second Lieutenant from 30th of January 1915 - 30th of January 1917. He served in France in the Sherwood Foresters Regiment. He became Captain and was mentioned in Despatches.
Following WW1, in 1919, he was asked by his uncle Mr Frank Gibaud of Bagshaw & Gibaud, to join the firm in Port Elizabeth, South Africa which he did, becoming Company Director and remaining with them for 41 years. He passed away in June 1975 in Port Elizabeth, SA.
