Background
VICKERY, Charles Edwin Son of Technology G. Vickery, Assistant Solicitor, Corporation of London.
VICKERY, Charles Edwin Son of Technology G. Vickery, Assistant Solicitor, Corporation of London.
Studied at Felsted School, Essex. Aerzen, near Hanover, Germany. Obtained first commission in Royal Field Artillery fromDonegal Artillery, 1900.
Served with 42nd Battery in South Africa. Present at Language’s Nek, Belfast, and Lydenburg, and operations in Transvaal and Orange River Coluny (despatches, Queen's and King"s medals, 5 clasps, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order). Served with South. Nigerian Regiment in operations in West Africa, 6 (slightly wounded, despatches, medal and 4 clasps).
Northern Nigeria, 1906 (despatches).
Companion of the Distinguished Service Order 1902. Royal Field Artillery.
Club: Sports.