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==Details== Vickers was 33 years old, and a [[private (rank)|private]] in the 2nd Battalion, [[The Royal Warwickshire Regiment]], [[British Army]] during the [[World War I|First World War]] when the deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. The citation stated:<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29371|page=11450|date=16 November 1915|supp=y }}</ref> {{Blockquote|On 25 September 1915 at [[Hulluch|Hulloch]], [[France]], during an attack by his battalion on the first line German trenches, Private Vickers on his own initiative, went forward in front of his company under very heavy shell, rifle and machine-gun fire and cut the wires which were holding up a great part of his battalion. Although it was broad daylight at the time, he carried out this work standing up and his gallant action contributed largely to the success of the assault.}} He received his medal from [[George V]] at [[Buckingham Palace]] in 1916.<ref name="GBO" />
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