Herbert Lumsden
✓ Source-basedstableBritish Army general (1897-1945)
United KingdomLived 1897 to 1945 · aged 47Lieutenant-General Herbert William Lumsden, was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First and Second World Wars.
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Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery with his three corps commanders in late 1942: Lieutenant-Generals Herbert Lumsden, Sir Oliver Leese and Brian Horrocks
A conference between Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Freyberg and Lieutenant-General Lumsden, near Halfaya Pass before the army commander passed into Cyrenacia, 24 November 1942.Awards 3
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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.
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