Cuthbert Lucas
Cuthbert Lucas | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 March 1879 |
| Died | 1958 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1898 - 1932 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Unit | 87th Brigade Machine Gun Corps Training Centre 4th Division 17th Infantry Brigade |
| Battles/wars | Second Boer War Irish War of Independence |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
Major-General Cuthbert Henry Tindall Lucas CB CMG DSO (1 March 1879 - 1958) was a British Army officer who commanded 4th Division.
Military career
Lucas was commissioned into the 2 Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment in 1898.[1] He served in the Second Boer War and then in the Egyptian Army and Sudan Civil Service.[1] He served in World War I with the British Expeditionary Force and fought at Gallipoli in 1915 where he was promoted to command the 87th Brigade of the 29th Division. He led the 87th Brigade during the Battle of the Somme[2] and into 1917 before becoming Commandant of the Machine Gun Corps Training Centre in 1918.[1] He was appointed General Officer Commanding 4th Division in October 1918 during the closing stages of the War.[3]
On 30 June 1919, Lucas was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Hertfordshire.[4] He was made Commander of 17th Infantry Brigade in Ireland on 30 October 1919,[5] and in June 1920, during the Irish War of Independence, he was captured by the IRA and held in East Clare until he was released four weeks later.[6][7] He became Assistant Adjutant General at Aldershot Command in 1924 and served with the staff at General Headquarters, British Army of the Rhine from 1927 before he retired in 1932.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ Brigadier General’s blog from the Somme Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Army Commands Archived July 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No. 31478". The London Gazette. 29 July 1919. p. 9587.
- ^ Townshend, Charles (2013). The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence, 1918-1923. Allen Lane.
- ^ Chronology of Irish History 1919 - 1923 Archived 2007-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ireland 1922 - 1919
- 1879 births
- 1958 deaths
- British Army generals of World War I
- Royal Berkshire Regiment officers
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- British military personnel of the Irish War of Independence
- Deputy Lieutenants of Hertfordshire