Personal Number: 240002 Rank: Second Lieutenant Name: Ian Cornish MINNETTE-LUCAS Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 28 July 1942 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35645/supplement/3295/data.pdf FOOT GUARDS. The undermentioned Cadets to be 2nd Lts. 17th July 1942 — Ian Cornish MINNETTE-LUCAS (240002)
Casualty Details | CWGC LIEUTENANT IAN CORNISH MINNETTE-LUCAS Service Number: 240002 Regiment & Unit: Grenadier Guards, 4th Bn. Date of Death: Died 04 April 1945 Age 23 years old Buried or commemorated at HANOVER WAR CEMETERY Grave Reference: 15. E. 5. Location: Germany Son of Guy and Ina Minnette-Lucas.
From The Grenadier Guards in the war of 1939-1945, by Nigel Nicolson and Patrick Forbes. v.1. Page 533 Pages 199/202 Pages 219/220
I briefly mention the death of Ian Minnette-Lucas and his crew in my forthcoming book, Theirs the Strife, which I hope will be available for purchase next week.