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Private R VICKERS

Service Number: 17561
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 August 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

IV. A. 4A.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Margaret Vickers, of Spout Lane, Leighton, Iron Bridge, Salop, and the late Thomas Vickers.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET BE YOUR REST TO MEMORY EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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