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Robert Benjamin Lucas (1912-1980)

Soldier
Service No:7893329
Rank:Trooper
Squadron:HQ
Troop:A1 Echelon
Role:Fitter (electrician)
Service:Previously with the 24th Lancers
Civilian
Occupation:Radio Mechanic
Residence:Yealmpton Vicarage, Plympton, Devon (1945),
Burnt House Lane, Exeter, Devon (1980)
Birth:12 Jun 1912 registered in Tavistock, Devon
Death:30 Mar 1980 registered in Exeter
Press:[Western Morning News, 20 Aug 1931]
[Western Morning News, 13 Sep 1945]
Parents
Robert Holmes LucasIrene Elizabeth Burch
Vicar, St Simon's church, Plymouth (1925-1930), Vicar, Yealmpton Parish Church, (1931-1946).
Birth 12 Jun 1873 in Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire.
Baptism 7 Jul 1873 at St Chrysostom church, Everton.
Death registered Sep 1949 in Plympton, Devon.

2nd Lt, Chaplain, 4th Wessex Bde., R.F.A. in WWI.
Birth 26 Oct 1870 in Exeter, Devon.
Death registered Mar 1946 in Plympton, Devon.
Marriage registered Jun 1898 in St Thomas district, Devon.

Notes

Robert was the chief operator of the Regiment's 'Kinema' [Western Morning News, 13 Sep 1945]. The previous holder of this post, until he was wounded in Aug 1944, was L/Cpl 'Jim' Bradley, C Squadron.