John Henry Lucas
Service number
P/JX 397483
Military unit
HMS President III Royal Navy
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
01 Dec 1944 (21 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Son of John Richard & Mary Lucas, of Grange Avenue, Beeston [e.1939 & 45]. His father's ashes were subsequently interred at Lenton church yard and the accompanying gravestone included a reference to the death of John Henry Lucas.
Military history
Portsmouth Naval Memorial Panel 82, Column 3
It is not clear whether he was one of the crew or a passenger on the Empire Dace steamship when it sank in the vicinity of Missolonghi, Greece having hit a mine.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Memorial to John Henry Lucas in Lenton churchyard.
Photo: Paul Bexon via The Lenton Times (LT 27, page 23)