Arthur Tomlinson

Bank: National Bank of Scotland

Place of work: Galashiels branch

Died: 23 February 1945

Arthur Ian Tomlinson was born in about 1922, the son of Margaret Tomlinson. He worked for National Bank of Scotland at its branch in his home town of Galashiels.

During the Second World War Tomlinson left the bank to go on war service, becoming a Flying Officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He died in a mid-air collision between two planes over an airfield in the Bahamas on 23 February 1945. He was 22 years old.

Arthur Tomlinson is commemorated on a bank war memorial at Gogarburn campus, Edinburgh.