Name |
William LUCAS |
Rank/Number |
Corporal 201709 |
Regiment |
Royal Berkshire Regiment 5th Battalion |
Enlisted |
Reading |
Age/Date of death |
25 27 Apr 1917 |
How died/Theatre of war |
Died of wounds France & Flanders |
Last known address |
Chalvey Grove |
Cemetery |
Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France |
Grave or Memorial Reference |
V.C.23 |
Location of memorial |
Slough Memorial at St Mary's Church |
Date/Place of birth |
c1892 Reading, Berks |
Date/Place of baptism |
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Pre-war occupation of Casualty |
1911: private soldier in Hussars |
Parents |
Henry & Jessie Lucas |
Parent's occupation |
inn waiter |
Parents' Address (last known) |
48 Swansea Rd, Reading, Berks |
Wife |
Elizabeth Mary Lucas |
Wife's Address (last known) |
7 Selwood Place, Chalvey Grove, Slough |
Notes |
widow found a letter notifying her of his death while sorting letters at Slough Post Office |