THE FIRST V.C.
PRICELESS RELIC LEFT IN A ■WILL. Tho fii'ot Victoria Cross ever awarded is a priceless relic leit under the wiU of Sirs Frances Russell Lucas, ol Croat Culverden, Tunbridge Wells, whose estate was proved at £10,64-7. Mrs Lucas was the widow of Admiral Charles David Lucas, who was the first man in either Navy or Army to win the 1 .0. , -1 o-. This was gamed on .Juno -U, J-so'i, ■jvheu H.M.S. Hecla was bombarding Bomarsunda fortress, in .the Baltic, Wbeu the Hecla was within oOOyds of tlio principal fort a live shell, with the fuse burning, fell on th? deck. Lucas, who was then ’unto, picked up the shell in an instant and hurled it into the sea. Almost before, it reached the water it exploded with a terrific lo ('aptain Hall, of tho Hecla, immediately promoted Lucas a lieutenant, and three vears later Queen Victoria decorated him with the Victoria Cross. Mrs Lucas was the daughter of Captain Hull, of tho Hecla, afterwards Admiral Sir William Hutchison Hall.
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Evening Star, Issue 19024, 20 August 1925, Page 8
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173THE FIRST V.C. Evening Star, Issue 19024, 20 August 1925, Page 8
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