King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

Colonels of the King's Own Royal Regiment

Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock CB CMG DSO

Born 27 Nov 1877. 2nd Lieutenant 17 February 1900. Lieutenant 21 July 1900. Served in South Africa 1900-02. In Transvaal, Natal, Orange River Colony, and Defence of Vryheid. Captain 1907. School of Musketry, Hythe, 1907-1911. Staff Captain A M LO 5 August 1914. Brigade Major 24th Infantry Brigade 8 January 1915. Major 1 September 1915.
GSO 2 17th Division, 24 November 1915. GSO 2 4th Army, 5 December 1916. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel and GSO 1 4th Army 31 January 1917. GSO 1 Staff College 1 March 1919. Colonel 1 January 1921. GSO 1 HQ India 18 March 1921. Commandant Small Arms School, India, 7 February 1922. Brigade Commander 163rd Infantry Brigade, 13 June 1926.
BG GS Southern Command, 9 October 1928.
Major General 1932. Commanding 54th Division TA, 14 September 1934. CB CMG DSO.
Retired 1 September 1938. Honorary Colonel Cambridgeshire Regiment TA, 25 December 1929 and Royal Corps of Signals TA, 13 August 1938. Honorary Colonel 54th Division, Royal Army Service Corps, TA, 20 May 1939. Colonel of the King’s Own, 1 January 1945.
 

Captain Russell M Luckcock, 2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0651/25

Major General R M Luckcock, Colonel of the Regiment, circa 1947.
Accession Numbers: KO1017/087 and KO1017/113

Major General Luckcock's medals are in the museum's collection:

Full size medals:

Commander of the Bath, Neck Badge, to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/01
CMG, Neck Badge, Companion of St. Michael and St. George, to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/02
Distinguished Service Order to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/03
Queen’s South Africa Medal to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/04
King’s South Africa Medal to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/05
1914 Star to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/06
British War Medal to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/07
Allied Victory Medal to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/08
1935 Jubilee Medal to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/09
1937 Coronation Medal to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/10
Legion of Honour, French, to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/11
Croix de Guerre avec palme, to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/12
Defence Medal, to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/13

Miniature Medals:

Commander of the Bath, to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/14
Companion of St. Michael and St. George, to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/15
Distinguished Service Order to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/16
Queen’s South Africa Medal to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/17
King’s South Africa Medal to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/18
1914 Star to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/19
British War Medal to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/20
Allied Victory Medal to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/21
1935 Jubille Medal to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/22
1937 Coronation Medal to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/23
Legion of Honour, French, to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/24
Croix de Guerre avec palme to Major General Russell Mortimer Luckcock, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Colonel of the Regiment, 1945-1947
Accession Number: KO3123/25