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Lieutenant-General Herbert Lumsden, CB, DSO *, MC (8 April 1897 – 6 January 1945) was a British Army general and the most senior British army combat casualty of World War II. ==Early career== Herbert Lumsden was born in 1897, the son of John Lumsden. Educated at The Leys School, at the outbreak of World War I he was only 17 years old. He served in the ranks with the Territorial Force for ten months before passing into the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned into the Royal Horse Artillery on 13 August 1916.〔(Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives )〕 On 26 July 1918 Lumsden was awarded the Military Cross. The citation read; :''For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during 13 days of continuous fighting in charge of a forward section. He invariably showed the greatest coolness and courage in the face of danger, keeping his section in action, and always volunteering for any officer's patrol work. As FOO he was consistently shelled whenever he moved his OP, and, although finally wounded, he continued to work and observe for his battery.''
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