20 June: Life Before Capture
Both Poppy and CHTL had longed for children. Finally, in December 1919, the long awaited pregnancy had occurred. Both Poppy and CHTL had longed for children.…
19 June: Colonel Smyth
An incident happened on the 19th June which set a dangerous backdrop to the capture of General Lucas. There was a confusion as to how the British should behave in Ireland and how republicans and protesters should be dealt with, and a lack of clear direction from Westminster.…
18 June: An Introduction
My grandfather Brig. General Cuthbert Henry Tindall Lucas was captured by the IRA in 1920 and held for over a month. He was treated exceptionally well and eventually ‘allowed’ to escape. It is one of the few ‘good’ stories to come from a very dark period during the Irish War of Independence.…