Among his contemporaries was the late John Berry.ĭuring the Second World War he served in the regular army, reaching the rank of captain, saw service in North Africa and Italy and fought at the Battle of Montecassino. His father, a blacksmith and carpenter, used to sketch and model for pleasure, but Robert was (as far as we know) the first in the family to paint and draw professionally.Īt 14 he won a scholarship to study art at a technical school. Young Robert made the best of an itinerant life, joining the Scouts and Southwark Cathedral choir. The family moved frequently between London and his father’s native Tyneside, chasing work. Robert Lumley was born in Southwark, London, in 1920, the elder of two surviving children.
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