Charles John – Lucas – Great Western Railway – Lance Corporal – 27/08/1918

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Title

Charles John – Lucas – Great Western Railway – Lance Corporal – 27/08/1918

Initials / forenames

Charles John

Surname

Lucas

Railway company

Great Western Railway

Military unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 14th Battalion

Military rank

Lance Corporal

Military number

35892

Railway job

Porter, Traffic Department, Evershot

Date died

27/08/1918

Magazine reference

Great Western Railway Magazine, November 1918, p166. Photo: March 1919, p47

Memorial

Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt

Notes

Age 18, the only son of Charles James and Sarah Lucas of East End, Yetminster, Somerset

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission ; Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway)

Date entered

16/08/2017

Last updated

16/08/2017

Citation

“Charles John – Lucas – Great Western Railway – Lance Corporal – 27/08/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/51104.