Personnel Profile
Charles Davis Lucas
Naval officer
Charles Davis Lucas served in a role connected with the Royal Navy during crimean war. This career belongs to the broader professional and institutional history of Britain’s maritime world.
He is associated with award of the first victoria cross for conspicuous bravery. This formed part of the way maritime service operated through discipline, knowledge, administration, exploration, or specialist expertise.
He is significant because this biography helps widen the personnel record beyond the most familiar names. Charles Davis Lucas belongs to the broader human history of British naval and maritime service.