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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Lumsden, Peter V. (Peter Vernon), 1892-1967
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Description area
Dates of existence
1891-1967
History
Peter V. Lumsden, a graduate of Trinity College School, was born in Toronto and spent most of his life in Ontario with the exception of time served in the military: he and his twin brother , Gordon Leith Lumsden both signed up for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in 1914. Peter listed his profession as “banker” at that time. He later resigned from the CEF to take a commission from the British Expeditionary Force with which he went to Mesopotamia, earning a British War Medal and a Victory Medal. He became a Captain in the Royal Field Artillery. In 1942, he married Agnes Croder in Prince Edward Island. In later years he worked in London, Ontario in the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.