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'''John George Anderson Lucas''' [[Military Cross|MC]] (25 April 1921 – 24 May 2013) was a [[British Army]] officer of the Second World War who won the [[Military Cross]] in 1944 for his actions attacking Japanese machine gun posts while serving with the [[Chindits]] ([[6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles]]) in Burma. [[Michael Allmand]] won a posthumous [[Victoria Cross]] for his part in the same events. Later, Lucas contracted [[Pappataci fever|sandfly fever]] and was left unconscious in a foxhole with just a gun, some bullets and water. Waking a day or two later, he walked for several days to catch up with his men who were astonished to see him emaciated but alive. He was soon back in action. After the war, Lucas returned to [[Aylesbury]] to manage JP Lucas & Co., the family furnishing business.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10123412/Major-John-Lucas.html Major John Lucas.] ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', 16 June 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article3795352.ece Major John Lucas.] ''[[The Times]]'', 20 June 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2015. {{subscription required}}</ref><br />
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