Vickers, Frank Horatio –

Son of James Vickers, pawnbroker, and of Angelina Vickers, of 272, Blackburn Road, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Hit by a projectile from an anti-aircraft gun whilst asleep and died in Boulogne Military Hospital.

Personal details

  • Surname: Vickers
  • Forename: Frank Horatio
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Not known
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 26
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: July 11th, 1915
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Private
  • Unit: 5th (Territorial) Battalion.
  • Service number: 2928
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: Not known
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
  • CWGC reference: VIII. B. 60.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/12/1914 16/07/1915 06/08/1915 25/08/1916 25/08/1916 13/07/1917 26/04/1918
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7d 6b* S1i* 7b/g 8m* 4g 6d-e
  • Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 16/07/1915

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