THE FIRST V.C.
PRICELESS RELIC LEFT IN WILL HOW IT WAS WON. The first Victoria Cross ever awarded is a priceless relic'left under the will of Mrs Frances Russell Lucas, of Great Cuiverden, Tunbridge Wells*, whose estate was proved at £10,647. Mrs Lucas was the widow of Admiral Charleq David Lucas, who was the first man in either Navy or Army to win the V.C. This was gained on June 20, 1954. when H.M.S. Hecla was bombarding Bomarsunda fortress, in the Baltic. When the Hecla was within 500 yards of the principal fort a live shell, witli the fuse burning, fell on the deck. Lucas, who was then ’mite, picked up the shell in an instant and hurled it into the. sea. Almost before it reached the-water it exploded with a terrific roar. Captain Hall, of the Hecla, immediately prompted Lucas to lieutenant, and three ye a its later Queen Victoria decorated him with the Victoria Cross. . Mrs Lucas was the daughter of Captian ’Hall, of the Hecla, afterwards Admiral Sir William Hutchison Hall.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4867, 19 August 1925, Page 2
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174THE FIRST V.C. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4867, 19 August 1925, Page 2
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