Henry Archdale Tomkinson

Brigadier Henry Archdale Tomkinson DSO* (1881 – 21 January 1937) was a British Army officer and polo champion. He was captain of the team that won the 1914 and 1921 International Polo Cup. In 1927 he was the team manager for the International Polo Cup game.[1]

Vivian Noverre Lockett, Frederick W. Barrett, Henry Archdale Tomkinson, John Arthur Edward Traill, and Leslie St. Clair Cheape, the team captain, arriving on 1 June 1914 on the RMS Carmania to play in the International Polo Cup that will be held at the Meadowbrook Polo Club
John Arthur Edward Traill and Henry Archdale Tomkinson in the US for the International Polo Cup

Tomkinson was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st (Royal) Dragoons on 8 January 1901, and promoted to lieutenant on 27 June 1901.[2] He served with his regiment in South Africa during the Second Boer War. Following the end of the war, he left South Africa with other officers and men of the regiment on the SS Kildonan Castle, which arrived at Southampton in October 1902.[3]

He was later promoted to the rank of brigadier.

He died on 21 January 1937.[4]

References
  1. "5 British Polo Stars Sail on Minnetonka. Colonel Tomkinson, Manager, Accompanies Squad on Way to Big Matches Here". The New York Times. 3 July 1927. Retrieved 29 March 2011. They were accompanied by Colonel Henry A. Tomkinson, veteran internationalist and team manager. Another member of the team, Captain JP Dening, already is in ...
  2. Hart′s Army list, 1903
  3. "The Army in South Africa - Troops returning home". The Times (36887). London. 1 October 1902. p. 8.
  4. "Henry Archdale Tomkinson". The New York Times. 22 January 1937. Retrieved 14 April 2011. Brigadier Henry Archdale Tomkinson, manager of ...
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