Mortimer Luckock, the son of Rt. Rev.
Herbert Mortimer Luckock, was commissioned as a
second lieutenant in the
King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) on 17 February 1900, and shortly thereafter left for South Africa to serve in the
Second Boer War. He took part in operations in the
Orange Free State from April to June 1900, then in the
Transvaal, including the defense of
Vryheid in December 1900. Promotion to
lieutenant came while he served in South Africa, on 21 July 1900, and he received the
Queen's South Africa Medal with three clasps. After the war had ended in June 1902, he returned home with the
SS Kinfauns Castle, leaving
Cape Town in early August 1902. Luckock later served in the
First World War and went on to become Commandant of the Small Arms School in India in February 1922, commander of the
163rd Brigade in June 1926 and Brigadier on the General Staff at
Southern Command in October 1928. After that he became General Officer Commander
54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division in September 1934. He also served as colonel of the
King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (1945–47). ==References==