# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herbert-lumsden
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:13:20.307Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herbert-lumsden"
name: "Herbert Lumsden"
slug: "herbert-lumsden"
description: "Lieutenant-General Herbert William Lumsden, was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First and Second World Wars. He commanded the 1st Armoured Division in the Western Desert campaign, and later commanded X Corps at the Second Battle of El Alamein, before being relieved by his superior, Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery. He was killed in action by the Japanese in early 1945, becoming the most senior combat casualty of the British Army of the Second World War."
tagline: "British Army general (1897-1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gen_H_Lumsden_circa_1943_IWM.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1897-04-08"
deathDate: "1945-01-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.35
  momentum:             3.26530612244898
  historical:           8.958281333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "هربرت لومسدن"
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    title: "هربرت لومزدن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Lumsden"
    title: "Herbert Lumsden"
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    title: "הרברט למסדן"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Lumsden"
    title: "Herbert Lumsden"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump