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John Edward Lucie 1909 - 1941

John Edward Lucie was born circa 1909 to Anne Lucie and John Lucie. He married Dora Alice Lucie, and they had children Veronica Ann (Lucie) and John Leslie Lucie. He also married Dora Alice Lucie. John Lucie died at age 31 years old on June 10, 1941 at North Sea, and was buried at Chatham Naval Memorial 41 in United Kingdom.

John Edward Lucie

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circa 1909

June 10, 1941

North Sea

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1909

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Birthday

circa 1909

Birthdate

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Birthplace

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Nationality & Locations

British
Military Service

Rank: Gunner Regiment: Royal Navy Unit/ship/squadron: H.m.s. Pintail
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1941

Death

June 10, 1941

Death date

Blown uo on the HMS Pintail

Cause of death

North Sea
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Chatham Naval Memorial 41 in United Kingdom
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On 10 June 1941, the Harwich based patrol vessel HMS Pintail was escorting a convoy near 62-Buoy some 30 miles off the Humber when the steamship "Royal Scot" detonated an acoustic mine, blew up and sank. Pintail immediately dashed to the scene to help in the rescue, but she was also caught out by an acoustic mine, close to the steamship. HMS Pintail blew up and was lost almost immediately, instantly killing her Commanding Officer, Lt. John Leopold Elphinstone McClintock, RN, six-officers and forty-eight ratings. Lt.Cdr. D.J.L. Heber-Percy, RN, Commanding Officer of HMS Quantock, a destroyer also based at Harwich, which was passing with another convoy, reported later, "It was the most dreadful sight that I had ever seen. It did not seem possible that there could be any survivors". HMS Quantock and another ship however, did manage to rescue one-third of her crew, twenty-two in all. 28 nautical miles east-south-east of Spurn Point in position 53º30'536"N, 00º52'625"E. "A year after this sinking, a beautiful new ship called H.M.S. Pintail came out to join us, I think from Harwich. We plodded along over a mirror-like sea, the sun glittered and flashed from the water as she glided past us. We were so envious of her power and grace. Suddenly she speeded up, and carving white wings of water, she cut across our bows. There was a huge explosion and she heeled on to her side, still cutting through water, with a white wave curling over her decks, ripping off depth-charges, and men like cotton reels and dolls, like a dying animal, and then NOTHING! Everything vanished! There ahead of us was the mirror-like sunlit sea, but nothing else. We were stunned. Then suddenly the scene changed, becoming macabre. Bodies came to the surface. Not exactly complete men, but parts missing, and entrails floating after some bodies. It was pitiful. It still flashes into my mind and it hurts. Time does not heal."

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John Edward Lucie lived 45 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 32.

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In 1909, in the year that John Edward Lucie was born, the NAACP was founded by W. E. B. Du Bois. The organization focused on legal strategies designed to confront the critical civil rights issues of the day - which included lynching and segregation in schools. The goal was to secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution.

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In 1919, by the time he was merely 10 years old, in January, Nebraska was the 36th state to ratify the 18th Amendment, making it the law of the land. The 18th Amendment established Prohibition - a law against the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. Private consumption and possession were not prohibited. Several months later, the Volstead Act was passed, creating laws to enforce the Amendment. Bootlegging and bathtub gin followed.

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John Lucie's Family Tree & Friends

John Lucie's Family Tree

Anne Lucie

John Lucie

John Edward Lucie c. 1909 - Jun 10, 1941

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Dora Alice Lucie