Basic Details
Surname
Lumb
Forenames
S
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Samuel
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra detail. Widely commemorated in Calderdale (they found him on no less than 7 memorials) he was married, with a child and worked as a solicitor's articled clerk in Halifax. He was also a member of both the Masonic and Bowling clubs in Lightcliffe. He died of sepsis from a gunshot wound in his thigh and is buried in Luddenden Foot where his parents lived. He was not an apparent relation to the other 2 Lumbs on this memorial according to their research.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Town of death
Orpington
Country of burial
England
Town of burial
Luddenden Foot, Calderdale
Cemetery
Congregational Church
Year of death
1917
Month of death
November
Day of death
2
Age at death
35
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds