Career
Lumley was about 31 years old, and a captain in the 97th Regiment of Foot (later The Queen"s Own Royal West Kent Regiment) of the British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital. On 8 September 1855 at Sebastopol, in the Crimea at the assault on the Redan, Captain Lumley was among the first inside the work, where he was immediately attacked by three Russian gunners who were reloading a field piece. He shot two of them with his revolver when he was knocked down by a stone which stunned him for a moment, but on recovery, he drew his sword and was in the act of cheering his men on, when he was severely wounded in the mouth. He was born in Forres, Morayshire, Scotland.