BORN HULL 1882. SON OF JOHN & ANN P LUKE, OF 9 BARMSTON STREET, HULL . ONE OF THREE SONS SERVING. HIS WIFE ADA ELLEN LUKE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HE WAS REGULAR ARMY SOLDIER. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/09/1914, AGED 33. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 17TH OCTOBER 1914, AND THE HULL TIMES, ON 24/10/1914. * HE LEFT A WIDOW AND TWO CHILDREN.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, SEINE-ET-MARNE, FRANCE
HIS BROTHER, FRANK CECIL LUKE, SERVED IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HIS OTHER BROTHER HERBERT ERNEST LUKE JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY.
First name:
STEPHEN
Military Number:
6000
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Date Died
14/09/1914
Place died:
LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, SEINE-ET-MARNE, FRANCE
Age:
33
72 , PORTLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK