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Brig.Gen. Frederick William Lumsden VC, CB, DSO.
British Army 14th Brigade Royal Marine Artillery
from:Hampton Court Palace, Middlesex.
(d.4th Jun 1918)
Commanding 14th Brigade, Royal Marine Artillery, Frederick Lumsden was killed in action on the 4th of June 1918. He is buried in the Berles New Military Cemetery in France. Awarded the Croix de Guerre (France). He was the son of the late James Foot Lumsden (Indian Civil Service) and husband of M. E. A. Lumsden, of Hampton Court Palace, Middlesex.
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 30122, dated 8th June, 1917, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery, determination and devotion to duty. Six enemy field guns having been captured, it was necessary to leave them in dug-in positions, 300 yards in advance of the position held by our troops. The enemy kept the captured guns under heavy fire. Maj. Lumsden undertook the duty of bringing the guns into our lines. In order to effect this, he personally led four artillery teams and a party of infantry through the hostile barrage. As one of these teams sustained casualties, he left the remaining teams in a covered position, and, through very heavy rifle, machine gun and shrapnel fire, led the infantry to the guns. By force of example and inspiring energy he succeeded in sending back two teams with guns, going through the barrage with the teams of the third gun. He then returned to the guns to await further teams, and these he succeeded in attaching to two of the three remaining guns, despite rifle fire, which had become intense at short range, and removed the guns to safety. By this time the enemy, in considerable strength, had driven through the infantry covering points, and blown up the breach of the remaining gun. Maj. Lumsden then returned, drove off the enemy, attached the gun to a team and got it away."
