DOUGLAS GEORGE LUCAS
- Died: 04 Jun 1917
- Rank: Private
- Service no at death:
- Died: 04 Jun 1917
- Rank: Private
- Service no at death:
Personal
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- Surname: LUCAS
- Forename: DOUGLAS GEORGE
- Initials: D G
- Date of Birth: 18 Jun 1884
- Place of Birth: Wimborne
- Place of Birth Source: Army Service Record
- Address: Newtown, Sixpenny Handley
- Schools attended:
- Employment / trade: Hurdle maker; Woodman
- Place of work:
- Family (parents and grandparents): Parents illegitimate son of Maria Lucas (18861935), who later married George Witherington Grandparents Andrew and Mary Lucas
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- Notes: Douglas left UK for Canada in April 1913 and arrived in Montreal on 8 May 1913.
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- Regiment at call-up: Canadian Infantry
- Regiment at discharge:
- Rank at call-up: Private
- Service no at call-up: 675118
- Date of attestation: 10 Jan 1916
- Date of call-up:
- Area reported to: Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada
- Source: Army Service Record
- Naval vessels served:
- Decorations and awards:
- Other service details: Sailed from Halifax, Canada on SS Lapland on 30 Oct 1916. Arrived in England 11 Nov 1916. Arrived in France 15 Feb 1917. May 1917 gun shot wound to the hand. Bullet shot away top finger which turned septic.
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Death and Memorial
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- Age at death: 34
- Date of death: 04 Jun 1917
- Regiment at death: Canadian Infantry
- Battalion at death: 2nd Bn.
- Rank at death: Private
- Circumstances of death: 3 Jun 1917 Invalided to Bellhampton Hospital, Glasgow after gun shot wound. Operation in which ileum perforated and died of wounds 4 Jun 1917.
- Service no at death:
- Field of action at death: Home
- Place of death: Bellhampton Hospital, Glasgow
- Location of grave: Sixpenny Handley churchyard
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- Other memorials: Sixpenny Handley War Memorial
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