Samuel Lomax Military person

Lieutenant General Samuel Holt Lomax (August 1855 - 10 April 1915) was a British Army officer who commanded the 1st Division during the early battles of the First World War. He was seriously wounded by an artillery shell at the First Battle of Ypres and died of his wounds in early 1915, one of the most senior British officers to die on active service during the war.

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Samuel Lomax
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1855
Date of deathApril 10, 1915
Place of death
London

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allegianceUnited Kingdom
military operations
First Battle of the Aisne
Battle of Ulundi
Anglo-Zulu War
First Battle of the Marne
World War I
military branch
British Army
military command1st Division
military unit
90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers)
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
service start1874
service end1874

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