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.