2324: Bandsman William Howard Tomlinson

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posted on 2024-01-16, 17:20 authored by Lest We Forget Project Team

William Howard Tomlinson was in the Army Service Corps. He was a bandsman and played the French horn. He sent a postcard to his wife and children from Lyon in 1917. They sent a photo of themselves back to him in May 1918 He was in Salonika where he probably contracted malaria. He was in Batoum in the Georgian Republic in late 1918. He also has documents showing he was on board the hospital ship Glengorm Castle.

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Name of contributor(s)

Ian Ward

Subject of the story/individual the object(s) relate to

William Howard Tomlinson

Date(s) the event(s) in the story took place

1914 - 1918

Location(s) where the event(s) in the story took place

Lyon, France / Salonika / Bartoum, Georgia

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Army pay books, photos of army band, bandsmen, postcard, family photo postcard, sick report form, hospital ship form.

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City Hall, Bradford (02/02/19)

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Lest We Forget World War One

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