Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Leo VICKERS
Rifleman 8824 Leo VICKERS
1st Royal Irish Rifles
Killed in Action, Saturday 1st July 1916, France, age 26
| Home address: | 9 James Street, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1890, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Sarah Jane Vickers and John Vickers 9 James Street, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Married to Margaret A. Vickers, née Farrell 52 Clarendon Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Occupation: | Cotton Weaver, Ashton Brothers |
| Enlisted: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered: | Ovillers Military Cemetery, Somme, France, Mash Valley Memorial. Hyde Cemetery, Hyde, Cheshire, named on a family gravestone. |
| Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
35 soldiers were originally buried in Mash Valley Cemetery but those graves were lost and a memorial erected in Ovillers Military Cemetery.
