Basic Details
Surname
Lumb
Forenames
H
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Harry
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He enlisted in August 1914, was a member of a Lewis gun section and was lost in the failed attack on the Schwaben Redoubt along with many others of the Regiment and of Calderdale. he is also commemorated on IWM 2130 and the Thiepval Memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Corporal
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Somme
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Somme
Cemetery
Mill Road British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
3
Age at death
23
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Missing