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.
Vickers, Frank Horatio –
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: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- Loyal North Lanacashire Regiment - 5th Battalion (Territorials) Memorial (Queen's Park) - Bolton
- 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