Capt.Frederick Charles Lucas MBE
Captain Fred Lucas (born in Catel, Guernsey in 1893 and died in St Peter Port in 1971) led a distinguished career in the merchant navy. He was a Captain with Coastlines Shipping, skippering the Guernsey Coast. He won his MBE in the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940 when under enemy fire he repeatedly evacuated British soldiers. He was a devoted father to Marie and Nancy and grandfather to Martin, Adam, John and Mark. His name is remembered on the decal of the Invergordon lifeboat. We live in his awe.
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