Name
Frederick Luck
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
225457
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
2nd (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
Frederick Luck was born in the summer of 1896 at Abbots Langley. He was one of seven children (four sons and three daughters) born to John William and Eliza Luck. One of his brothers, Leonard, also served in the Great War. In the 1901 and 1911 Census the family was shown living at “Groveland”, Abbots Road, Abbots Langley. John had moved from Kings Langley, where he worked as a Hay Dealer, and in the 1911 Census was recorded as a Dealer and Carter.
Frederick was first recorded in the Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour in April 1917, when he was listed serving with the Suffolk Cyclists. Later in 1917 he transferred to the 1st Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
On 27th February 1918 Frederick married Edith Buswell from Bicester at St Lawrence’s Church at Abbots Langley.
In June 1918 the Parish Magazine noted that after being initially reported missing, news had now been received that Frederick was a Prisoner of War in Germany.
Frederick was recorded in the Absent Voter Records for Autumn 1918, Spring 1919 and Autumn 1919, serving with the 2nd Battalion of the London Regiment, and his home address was given at Abbots Road, Abbots Langley. By this time his father had moved to “Acadia” in Abbots Road, so this might have been his destination. It is anticipated that he had transferred to this unit before his capture, earlier in 1918, and also that he did not return to England from POW Camp in Germany until later in 1919.
Additional Information
Formerly Suffolk Cyclists; 1st Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
