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Private R W VICKERS

Service Number: 40919
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 October 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE

VI. B. 2.

France

Photos taken in cemeteries in France by Director of Technical Services - March 2011 (Note: many of the headstones in this set were photographed by DTS to show the extent to which their condition had deteriorated, where this is apparent an appropriate keyword has been added).

Photographer: Brian Davidson (DTS)

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jennie Vickers, of Hood St., St. John's Chapel, Co. Durham. Native of Stanhope, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1569
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