Basic Details
Surname
Lumb
Forenames
F
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Frank
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide all the extra details. The brother of Harry, also commemorated on this memorial, he was married with a child and worked at a local mill before enlisting in April 1916. He served on the Somme before being killed at Ypres and commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial: both his brother and both his parents all died in 1917, as did he.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Durham Light Infantry
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
12th Battalion
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Private
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Ypres
Year of death
1917
Month of death
October
Day of death
16
Age at death
27
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action