Staff Sergeant John Tomlinson was born on the 23rd May 1917 and was an Interlock Web Presser by trade. He enlisted into The Sherwood Foresters on the 16th of May 1940 and was the husband of Mrs P Tomlinson. 

He served in our Battalions until he transferred to the Royal Artillery on the 27th November 1942 and rose steadily through the ranks becoming War Substantive Sergeant on the 3rd September 1945. On the 7th March 1945 he transferred to the Military Provost Staff Corps where he became a staff Sergeant and remained with them until he was discharged on the 24th July 1946.