File on Dvr Frederick Luke, Royal Field Artillery, Victoria Cross winner, 1914
file, record
Accession Number
NAM.1974-07-83-503
Description
Victoria Cross file, Dvr Frederick Luke, Royal Field Artillery, 1914. Associated with the Battle of Cateau, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1914. Driver Frederick Luke, 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, won the Victoria Cross at Le Cateau on 26 August 1914. He was involved in recapturing a gun under heavy fire from Geman forces. Captain Douglas Reynolds and Driver Job Drain were also awarded the Victoria Cross for the action. From a collection of 596 files relating to Victoria Cross recipients between 1855 and 1967, compiled by the Rev Canon William Murrell Lummis MC, Rural Dean of Hingham, Norfolk, retired Captain, Suffolk Regiment.
Events
Le Cateau, Battle of, 1914 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)
Associated collection
