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Emile Lucas was serving his country when he joined the French Navy during world war two, he was stationed in Greenock Scotland when the French Navy surendered to German forces.Emile was from a small French town called Laval in the Loire valley, a town he would never see again.In 1938 he transfered into the Royal Navy, for some obscure reason he was asked to take an English name, he chose the name Peters.In 1941 he met Mary Jane Reilly who worked in a factory producing munitions a 17 year old local girl, they fell in love. They married in December 1941 in St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church Greenock.Emile never saw his native France again he remained in the United Kingdom until his premature death in 1963 at the age of 42.He left behind three daughters and a son, I am that son i'm now 53 years old and long to know this man I lost so young, who was he, what were his roots I need to know for they are my roots! My Mother is now gone to so their is no older family to tell me the things i need to know to make me a complete person before I pass on .

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