Cabinet Photograph
F. Treble - Photographer
Victoria Hall
Norwich, Norfolk, England
c. 1899
...southern Africa. Lucas was appointed to a committee that determined that while established Yeomanry units would not serve overseas, volunteers could be drawn from them for South African service in special war-raised battalions of what would be known as the Imperial Yeomanry. Lucas himself would serve in South Africa as a colonel in the Imperial Yeomanry, earning the Queen’s South Africa Medal with the “Cape Colony". Orange Free State” and “Transvaal” clasps. Lucas received a Mentioned in Despatches from General Roberts in the 10 September 1901 edition of the London Gazette.
When not soldiering, Lucas was involved in a number of successful businesses including a partnership in the civil engineering firm of Lucas and Aird and directorships in two breweries. His sense of public duty went beyond service in the Yeomanry and he served two terms as mayor of Lowestoft. In 1904 he was justice of the peace for Suffolk, Lucas was made a member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th Class in July 1901, in connection with helping to raise the Imperial Yeomanry In 1902, he was made a companion to the Order of the Bath.
A noted cricketer in his younger days Lucas, made one First Class appearance with the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1880.
Lucas married Edith Hamilton Crake on 4 January 1877. The apparently happy union produced at least seven children. He passed away at Hove, Sussex in May 1941.
Above: Cabinet photographs of two unidentified officers of the Suffolk Yeomanry taken by photographer F. Treble of Norwich. All three of these photos were from the same album group and were in all likelihood taken during the unit's 1899 training session at Norwich.