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VICKERS, Sir Geoffrey Charles Geoffrey
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
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Full Name
VICKERS, Sir Geoffrey Charles Geoffrey
Date Of Birth
13 Oct 1894
Age
21
Birth Place
Nottingham
Nationality
British
Resided Place
Nottingham; Leicester; Rugby, Warwickshire; Aston, Birmingham, England
Date
14 Oct 1915
Date Of Death
16 Mar 1982
More Information
Further gazette dates: 27/12/1918 (MiD); 05/11/1918 (Croix de Guerre) Further gazette pages: 15155 (MiD); 13116 (Croix de Guerre) Gazette issue: 31085 (MiD); 30995 (Croix de Guerre)
Rank Name
Second Lieutenant
Rank (2nd)
Temporary Captain
Award Details
Award received from France during First World War (Croix de Guerre).
Gazette Date
1915
Gazette Page
11448 (V.C.); Issue: 29371 (V.C.)
Duty Location
Hohenzollern Redoubt, France; France and Flanders
Service
British Army
Regiment
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
Battalion
1/7th (Robin Hood) Battalion Territorial Force
Place of Death
Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Seniority Date
1 Jun 1916
Conflict Period
World War I
Served For
United Kingdom
award
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)
award
Victoria Cross (VC)
award
British War Medals WW1
award
Victory Medal
award
1914/15 Star
regiment
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
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Publication Title
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
Content Source
London Gazette
Last Updated
31 Oct 2023
Description
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published.
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