Commonwealth war graves commission
Rank:Corporal
Service No:24421
Date of Death:20/06/1916
Age:20
Regiment/Service:Canadian Infantry 13th Bn.
Grave Reference: I. N. 10.
Cemetery:WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Hugh and Elizabeth MacLucas, of Ardchattan, Argyll, Scotland.
Enlisted at Hamilton, Ontario, 14th Aug., 1914.
Kenneth is memorialised on the Oban Memorial
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/84288/MacLUCAS,%20KENNETH%20MacKENZIE
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/108770421/person/112046995430/facts
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/5640092
http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-ftopic4427.html
SNWM - WW1
Surname MACLUCAS
Forename Kenneth Mackenzie
Rank L Cpl
Service number 24421
Decoration
Place of birth
Date of death 20 June 1916
Theatre of death Unknown
Cause of death Unknown
SNWM roll CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Unit name 13th BATTALION, ROYAL HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA
CWGC - MacLUCAS, Kenneth Mackenzie
Rank: Corporal.
Service No: 24421.
Date of Death: 20/06/1916. Age: 20. (Died of wounds.)
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry 13th Bn. (Quebec Regt.)
Grave Reference: I. N. 10.
Cemetery: WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Hugh and Elizabeth MacLucas, of Ardchattan, Argyll, Scotland.
Enlisted at Hamilton, Ontario, 14th Aug., 1914.
Headstone schedules record Hugh MacLucas, Esq., Ledaig, Argyll, Scotland.
Ledaig is also known as Benderloch.
1901 Census
Argyll, Ardchattan, Ardchattan
Mansion Croft Nr. 2, recorded (spelling as transcription):-
Kenneth McLucas (5), son, born Ardchattan;
Hugh McLucas (35), Blacksmith, born Lanarks., Partick;
Elizabeth McLucas (30), Wife, born Argyle, Ardchattan;
siblings, including a 10 month old lad named Malcolm.
notes from Oban Memorial description
Corpl Kenneth MacKenzie McLucas was the son of Hugh and Elizabeth of Ardchattan, Argyll. Hugh worked as a blacksmith. Kenneth enlisted into the Canadian army on 23rd September 1914 where he gave his birth date as 2nd December 1895. He stated that John, his brother of Hezeldean Cottate, Oban was his next of kin. Kenneth told the enlistment officer that he worked as a shipper and had previously served for 1 year in the 91st Regt., Hamilton. Kenneth told he was 18 years and 9 months old, 5' 9" in height with an expansion range of 3". He had a fresh complection, blue eyes and fair hair with a vaccination mark on his left arm. Kenneth signed his papers Kenneth MacLucas on that day in Hamilton, Ontario. Kenneth served as Corporal 24421 and died on 20 June 1916 aged 20 and rests in Wimereux Communal Cemetery Scott,
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