| Rank | Private |
| Service # | 53586 |
| Resident | Chatham |
Regimental number: 53586 Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5780 – 1, Item: 539519, PDF: B5780-SO01. Date of Birth 05/11/1880 at Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland. Son of Henry Lucas of Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland. A farm labourer. Attestation: 2/11/1914 at Chatham, ON. to 24th Kent Regt. CDP 19/07/17.
Age: 33 years, 11/mths, Height: 5’ 7”, Girth: 37”. Complexion: Dark, Eyes: Dark Grey, Hair: Dark Brown. Medical Exam 2/11/14 at Chatham, ON. “Fit”.
18th Bn. 1914 Nov. to Apr. 9/12/1915 presailing 9/12/15 to 10/12/15 Tonsillitis. as 18th Bn. Theatre of War: – France. Sailed from Halifax, NS. aboard S.S. Grampian. Departed 18/04/15 and arrived in England 29/04/15. Embarked for France from Folkstone 14/09/16. Granted eight days leave 14/06/16.
He was hospitalized for a ‘Compound Fracture’ of the Femur and Humarus. He would be hospitalized since the commencement of the war.
12/02//17 was admitted for a malignant growth on his neck. Was hospitalized for 92 days. 15/05/17 Pathological Lab discovered a “Growth on agar shows a Gran positive Diplococcus for 12 days hospitalization. !4/05/17 Hospitalized Carcimona of neck and died of Carcimona 27/09/17. The tissue from his neck. Micro sections showed – Malignant growth – Type – squamous – Cell Caicenona or Endothelioma. In total Reginald was in hospital for 238 days.
LUCAS: Initials: R G Nationality: Canadian Rank: Private Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment) Unit Text: 18th Bn.DOD, Date of Death: 27/09/1917 Service No: 53586 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 19. Cemetery: CLIVEDEN WAR CEMETERY, Grave Ref: 19, Buckinghamshire, UK.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
| Sources | Chatham Daily Planet (04-11-1914), Chatham Daily Planet (19-07-1917), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5780 - 1, LAC, CVWM |
| Supplemental Information | DOD, Date of Death: 27/09/1917 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 19. Cemetery: CLIVEDEN WAR CEMETERY |
| Height | 5'7" |
| Eye Colour | Dark Grey |
| Age | 33 yrs. 11 mths. |
| Complexion | Dark |
| Hair | Dark Brown |
| Birthplace | 05/11/1880 at Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland |
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