British Royal Marine Brigadier General, World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. He was gazetted for the award on June 8, 1917 for his actions as a major in the 1st Howitzer Battery of the British Royal Marine Artillery on April 3-4, 1917 in Francilly, France. Born in Faizabad, British India, his father was employed in the Indian Civil Service. He received his education from the Bristol Grammar School in Tyndalls Park, Bristol, England. In 1890 he joined the British Royal Marine Artillery as a junior officer and served in the Mediterranean and Ascension Island until 1907, when he returned to England to attend Staff College. He then served as a staff officer at Singapore and was promoted to the rank of major in 1913. When World War I broke out in July 1914, he returned to England and was sent to the Western Front in France with the Royal Marine Howitzer Brigade until 1915 when he was assigned to staff duty with the British Army. A year later, he returned to the Western Front to command the 1st Howitzer Battery where he won the Victoria Cross for gallantry in April 1917. Following his award, he was promoted to the rank of temporary brigadier general and commanded the 14th Infantry Brigade and was killed in action at Blairvill, near Arras, France. His Victoria Cross citation reads: "Maj. Frederick William Lumsden, D.S.O., R.M.A. For most conspicuous bravery, determination and devotion to duty. Six enemy field guns having been captured, it was necessary to leave them in dug-in positions, 300 yards in advance of the position held by our troops. The enemy kept the captured guns under heavy fire. Maj. Lumsden undertook the duty of bringing the guns into our lines. In order to effect this, he personally led four artillery teams and a party of infantry through the hostile barrage. As one of these teams sustained casualties, he left the remaining teams in a covered position, and, through very heavy rifle, machine gun and shrapnel fire, led the infantry to the guns. By force of example and inspiring energy he succeeded in sending back two teams with guns, going through the barrage with the teams of the third gun. He then returned to the guns to await further teams, and these he succeeded in attaching to two of the three remaining guns, despite rifle fire, which had become intense at short range, and removed the guns to safety. By this time the enemy, in considerable strength, had driven through the infantry covering points, and blown up the breach of the remaining gun. Maj. Lumsden then returned, drove off the enemy, attached the gun to a team and got it away. In addition to the Victoria Cross, he received the Companion of the Order of the Bath, the Distinguished Service Order (with three bars), the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal (1914-20), the Victory Medal (1914-19), the Belgian Croix de Guerre, and was Mentioned in Despatches (one whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer that describes one's gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy) on four separate occasions. His Victoria Cross and other medals are on display at the Royal Marines Museum in Southsea, Portsmouth, England.