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Mar 4, 1894
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Born to Richard
Henry and Sarah Elizabeth (nee Bramin) Lumley at Wheatley Ontario
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Sep 7, 1915
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Attested into
the 70th Battalion at Sarnia Ontario
Ø Number 123137
Ø Next of kin given as Richard Lumley (father) of Sarnia Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Labourer
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Baptist
Ø Assigned to “B” Company
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Dec 2, 1915
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Reported to be
AWL (Absent Without Leave)
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Dec 7, 1915
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Reported for
duty from being AWL
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Dec 25, 1915
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Reported to be
AWL for the day
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Mar 3, 1916
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Reported to be
AWL
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Mar 9, 1916
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Reported for
duty from being AWL
There is no
punishment recorded in the file for any of the above absences, however, at the very least
his pay would have been forfeited for the days he was AWL and he most likely would have
been subject to additional punishment
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Apr 24, 1916
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Embarked the SS
Lapland at Halifax Nova Scotia
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May 5, 1916
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Disembarked at
Liverpool England
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Jul 10, 1916
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The 70th
Battalion was absorbed into the 39th Reserve Battalion at the West Sandling
Camp
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Jul 24, 1916
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Admitted to the
Moore Barracks Hospital diagnosed with German Measles
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Aug 8, 1916
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Discharged to
duty from hospital
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Oct 13, 1916
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Transferred to
the 21st Battalion
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Oct 14, 1916
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Arrived at the
CBD (Canadian Base Depot) at the Rouelles Camp, Havre France as part of a draft of 101
Reinforcements
TOS (Taken On
Strength) the 21st Battalion
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Nov 4, 1916
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Left the CBD to
join the 2nd Entrenching Battalion
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Nov 7, 1916
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Joined the 2nd
Entrenching Battalion at Hersin
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Dec 12, 1916
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Joined the 21st
Battalion in the front line near Bully Grenay
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Apr 13, 1917
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Pte Lumley was one of
12 men wounded by German Artillery and removed to No 23 CCS (Casualty Clearing Station)
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Apr 15, 1917
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Died of his
wounds at No 23 CCS
Lapugnoy Military Cemetery
Pas de Calais France
Post war the
British War Medal, Victory Medal, Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny) and Scroll were sent to
his father, Richard Lumley, at 241 Exmouth St, Sarnia Ontario
A Memorial
Cross was sent to his mother, Sarah Lumley, at the same address
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