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HENRY WILLIAM LUCAS

  • Died: 15 Nov 1917
  • Rank: Private
  • Service no at death: 17448
  • Died: 15 Nov 1917
  • Rank: Private
  • Service no at death: 17448
Personal
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  • Surname: LUCAS
  • Forename: HENRY WILLIAM
  • Initials: H W
  • Date of Birth: 1887
  • Place of Birth: Sixpenny Handley
  • Place of Birth Source: 1911 Census
  • Address:
  • Schools attended: Sixpenny Handley School c.1891
  • Employment / trade: Road labourer
  • Place of work:
  • Family (parents and grandparents): Son of William Lucas and Matilda Ellen nee Long of Handley, Salisbury. Grandparents Levi and Elizabeth (nee Joy) Lucas Henry William and Amelia (nee Adams) Long
  • Spouse Name: Not married
  • Notes: Salisbury.
Military
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  • Regiment at call-up: Devonshire Regiment
  • Regiment at discharge:
  • Rank at call-up: Private
  • Service no at call-up: 17448
  • Date of attestation:
  • Date of call-up:
  • Area reported to: Andover
  • Source: 1911 Census
  • Naval vessels served:
  • Decorations and awards:
  • Other service details: Served in 194th Company, Labour Corps (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
  • Other rank:
  • Other service no: 116170
  • Service facts:
Death and Memorial
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  • Age at death: 30
  • Date of death: 15 Nov 1917
  • Regiment at death: Devonshire Regiment
  • Battalion at death:
  • Rank at death: Private
  • Circumstances of death: Died of wounds received in France in Bagshot Hospital, Nottingham
  • Service no at death: 17448
  • Field of action at death: France
  • Place of death: Bagshot Hospital, Nottingham
  • Location of grave: Handley St Mary Churchyard
  • Position: Section E North of West end of Church.
  • Other memorials: Sixpenny Handley War Memorial
  • Newspaper Reference :