Lomax S H Lt Gen CB General Staff
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S. H. LOMAX, C.B.
HEADQUARTER’S STAFF
SAMUEL HOLT LOMAX, C.B., was the third son of Thomas Lomax, of Grove Park, Yoxford, Suffolk.
He entered the School in 1869, was in the School XX in 1872, and joined the Army in 1874, being gazetted to the old 90th Regiment, which subsequently became the and Battalion of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). He served in the South African Wars of 1877-8-9, taking part in both the Kaffir and Zulu campaigns, and was present at the battles of Kambula and Ulundi.
The whole of his Regimental career was spent with the Cameronians, and he became Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st Battalion in 1897. In 1908 he became Major-General, and just before the War broke out was in command at Aldershot of the 1st Division.
On the outbreak of War he was given a Division which he commanded during the Retreat from Mons and the critical days round Ypres at the end of October, 1974, on the 31st day of which month he was wounded. For his services during these trying times he was mentioned in Despatches, promoted Lieutenant-General “for distinguished service in the field,” and awarded a C.B.
He was wounded by a shell which fell in the midst of a group of Staff Officers, killing five of them (one being Lieut.-Col. Arthur Percival, O.R.), and was invalided home. The ultimate cause of his death, on April 10th, 1915, was an operation for appendicitis, the result of shock at the time of his wounds. Age 59.
He married in 1884 Mary Helen, only daughter of John P. Alston, of Mineburn, Strathaven, Lanarkshire, by whom he had two children.
Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1