Luke Alfred WILCE 1915 - 1944 Ruardean R I P (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Saturday, August 10, 2013, 15:05 (4125 days ago) @ hwilce

Hi,
I don't know Slowhands personally, but it's possible he isn't a relation. He is this site's moderator/head guru and has written many similar tributes on this forum to those Foresters who gave their lives in wartime. However I have a sneaking suspicion based on his posts that Slowhands may have links to Ruardean, altho he does have a wealth of knowledge about all of the Forest.

Re your Luke Wilce, I know Wilce is a prominent name in the Forest including my home town Cinderford, but was your Luke a member of Lydbrook Parish Council in the 1930s ?. If so then have you seen this History of Lydbrook article which mentions him ? I see in our photos section an earlier Luke Wilce of Lydbrook who was perhaps his ancestor.
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/downloads/Stories_Articles/History_of_Lydbrook.pdf

Re the young death of Mabel Wilce, if you are locally-based I strongly recommend you search the old "DF Mercury" archive held in Cinderford Library, unlike the Citizen for example this newspaper's not available online yet. See this prior thread
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=34114

Hope this helps, J