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Surname: LUMBY
Forename(s): Harry Stoils
Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire
Service No: 266628
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/7th Battalion. (Leeds Rifles)
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1917-10-09
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 42 to 47.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Harry Stoils Lumby (born 1 December 1897) was the son of John Leeming and Jane Stoils Lumby, née Fleming. Both parents were born at Skipton, Yorkshire.
1901 Ripon, Yorkshire Census: 16, Water Skellgate - Harry Stoils Lumby, aged 3 years, born Leeds, Yorkshire, son of John Leeming and Jane Stoils Lumby.
1911 Leeds, Yorkshire Census: 42, Carlton Cross Street - Harry Stoils Lumby, aged 13 years, born Leeds, son of John Leeming and Jane Stoils Lumby.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Harry Lumby, 4159, 266628, 1/7th W. York. R. K. in A. 9.10.17.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Harry Lumby, 4159, 1/7 W. York. R.; 4159, attd. 6th Scottish Rifles; 266628, 1/7 W. York. R. Killed in Action 9.10.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Harry Lumby, 266628, 1/7th Bn W. Yorks. Date and Place of Death: 9.10.17 Belgium. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - John L. £4 18s. 4d. Brother Sole Legatee - George. £9 10s. 0d.
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
LUMBY, Harry. [Additional]
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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23 November 1917
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Rifleman H. S. Lumby, West Yorkshire Regt., is reported wounded and missing since 9th October. He is the third son of Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Lumby, of Leeds, and formerly of Skipton. He is only 19 years of age, having joined up when he was 17, viz., in 1915, along with two other brothers who are also in France. He had been in France nineteen months and should have started his leave the very day he was missing. Rifleman Lumby was employed, before enlisting, in the office of Messrs. Beevers and Adgie, chartered accountants, Leeds.
28 December 1917
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Rifleman H. S. Lumby, West Yorkshire Regiment, reported wounded and missing since the 9th October, is now officially stated to have been killed in action or died of wounds. He was the third son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lumby of Leeds, formerly of Skipton-in-Craven. He was only 19 years of age, having joined up when he was 17, viz., in 1915, along with two other brothers who are also in France. He had been in France 19 months, and should have started his leave the very day he was missing. Rifleman Lumby was employed, before enlisting, in the office of Messrs. Beevers and Adgie, Chartered Accountants, Leeds, after having had a successful scholastic career. A quiet, retiring boy, he had many friends who have always admired the keenness he displayed to serve his country when yet so young.
26 April 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR – WOUNDED AND MISSING
Private George Lumby is reported missing. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Lumby, Leeds, and grandson of the late Mr. George Fleming, of Skipton. A younger brother, Rifleman Harry Lumby, was killed in action some weeks ago, and another brother is in France.
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