Son of Alexander Lumsden, b. abt 1874, a Coal Miner, and Elizabeth Marshall. Born at Hopetoun Lane, Bathgate, County of West Lothian, Scotland.
Grandfather: Alexander Lumsden b 1848 Bo'ness, Scotland
Grandmother: Mary Ann or Maryann
June 6th, 1943 married Annie Howieson Walker. Annie a munitions worker during the war, married Simon in St. David's Church, Bathgate, Scotland.
Five years after Simon's death, Nan married Thomas Smith who was also from Bathgate Scotland. Simon was a Private in the 1st Batallion, Royal Scots Regiment, Service Number 14563626 and died just short of his 28th birthday. The plaque was displayed in St. Davids Church, Bathgate, Scotland to honor Simon's sacrifice. It was later moved after the church permanently closed on Sept 30, 2007. It can be found at The Bennie Museum, 9-11 Mansefield Street, Bathgate, EH48 4HU, West Lothian, Scotland.
The Japanese advance into India was halted at Kohima in April 1944 and Garrison Hill. A long wooded spur on a high ridge west of the village, was the scene of perhaps the most bitter fighting of the whole Berma campaign when a small Commonwealth force held out against repeated attacks by a Japanese Division. The fiercest hand to hand fighting took place in the garden of the Deputy Commissioner's bungalow, around the tennis court, but the heaviest casualties on both sides occurred after relieving forces reached the Garrison and the Japanese were driven off the ridge, so re-opening the road to Imphal. It marked the limit of the Japanese offensive into India in 1944 and was described as the "Stalingrad of the East". Kohima War Cemetery lies on the battle ground of Garrison Hill. The cemetery now contains 1,420 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. Inscription at the Cemetery entrance; "When you go home Tell them of us and say, For your tomorrow - We gave our today."
Grandfather: Alexander Lumsden b 1848 Bo'ness, Scotland
Grandmother: Mary Ann or Maryann
June 6th, 1943 married Annie Howieson Walker. Annie a munitions worker during the war, married Simon in St. David's Church, Bathgate, Scotland.
Five years after Simon's death, Nan married Thomas Smith who was also from Bathgate Scotland. Simon was a Private in the 1st Batallion, Royal Scots Regiment, Service Number 14563626 and died just short of his 28th birthday. The plaque was displayed in St. Davids Church, Bathgate, Scotland to honor Simon's sacrifice. It was later moved after the church permanently closed on Sept 30, 2007. It can be found at The Bennie Museum, 9-11 Mansefield Street, Bathgate, EH48 4HU, West Lothian, Scotland.
The Japanese advance into India was halted at Kohima in April 1944 and Garrison Hill. A long wooded spur on a high ridge west of the village, was the scene of perhaps the most bitter fighting of the whole Berma campaign when a small Commonwealth force held out against repeated attacks by a Japanese Division. The fiercest hand to hand fighting took place in the garden of the Deputy Commissioner's bungalow, around the tennis court, but the heaviest casualties on both sides occurred after relieving forces reached the Garrison and the Japanese were driven off the ridge, so re-opening the road to Imphal. It marked the limit of the Japanese offensive into India in 1944 and was described as the "Stalingrad of the East". Kohima War Cemetery lies on the battle ground of Garrison Hill. The cemetery now contains 1,420 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. Inscription at the Cemetery entrance; "When you go home Tell them of us and say, For your tomorrow - We gave our today."
Son of Alexander Lumsden, b. abt 1874, a Coal Miner, and Elizabeth Marshall. Born at Hopetoun Lane, Bathgate, County of West Lothian, Scotland.
Grandfather: Alexander Lumsden b 1848 Bo'ness, Scotland
Grandmother: Mary Ann or Maryann
June 6th, 1943 married Annie Howieson Walker. Annie a munitions worker during the war, married Simon in St. David's Church, Bathgate, Scotland.
Five years after Simon's death, Nan married Thomas Smith who was also from Bathgate Scotland. Simon was a Private in the 1st Batallion, Royal Scots Regiment, Service Number 14563626 and died just short of his 28th birthday. The plaque was displayed in St. Davids Church, Bathgate, Scotland to honor Simon's sacrifice. It was later moved after the church permanently closed on Sept 30, 2007. It can be found at The Bennie Museum, 9-11 Mansefield Street, Bathgate, EH48 4HU, West Lothian, Scotland.
The Japanese advance into India was halted at Kohima in April 1944 and Garrison Hill. A long wooded spur on a high ridge west of the village, was the scene of perhaps the most bitter fighting of the whole Berma campaign when a small Commonwealth force held out against repeated attacks by a Japanese Division. The fiercest hand to hand fighting took place in the garden of the Deputy Commissioner's bungalow, around the tennis court, but the heaviest casualties on both sides occurred after relieving forces reached the Garrison and the Japanese were driven off the ridge, so re-opening the road to Imphal. It marked the limit of the Japanese offensive into India in 1944 and was described as the "Stalingrad of the East". Kohima War Cemetery lies on the battle ground of Garrison Hill. The cemetery now contains 1,420 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. Inscription at the Cemetery entrance; "When you go home Tell them of us and say, For your tomorrow - We gave our today."
Grandfather: Alexander Lumsden b 1848 Bo'ness, Scotland
Grandmother: Mary Ann or Maryann
June 6th, 1943 married Annie Howieson Walker. Annie a munitions worker during the war, married Simon in St. David's Church, Bathgate, Scotland.
Five years after Simon's death, Nan married Thomas Smith who was also from Bathgate Scotland. Simon was a Private in the 1st Batallion, Royal Scots Regiment, Service Number 14563626 and died just short of his 28th birthday. The plaque was displayed in St. Davids Church, Bathgate, Scotland to honor Simon's sacrifice. It was later moved after the church permanently closed on Sept 30, 2007. It can be found at The Bennie Museum, 9-11 Mansefield Street, Bathgate, EH48 4HU, West Lothian, Scotland.
The Japanese advance into India was halted at Kohima in April 1944 and Garrison Hill. A long wooded spur on a high ridge west of the village, was the scene of perhaps the most bitter fighting of the whole Berma campaign when a small Commonwealth force held out against repeated attacks by a Japanese Division. The fiercest hand to hand fighting took place in the garden of the Deputy Commissioner's bungalow, around the tennis court, but the heaviest casualties on both sides occurred after relieving forces reached the Garrison and the Japanese were driven off the ridge, so re-opening the road to Imphal. It marked the limit of the Japanese offensive into India in 1944 and was described as the "Stalingrad of the East". Kohima War Cemetery lies on the battle ground of Garrison Hill. The cemetery now contains 1,420 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. Inscription at the Cemetery entrance; "When you go home Tell them of us and say, For your tomorrow - We gave our today."
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14563626 Private
S. Lumsden
The Royal Scots
10th. June 1944 Age 28
At the going down of the Sun and
in the morning, we will remember him
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