Vickery, Remington George: Service no. 53168

CVWM Page: Note that this page incorrectly attributes this soldier’s battalion as the 13th. The CWGC site’s Grave Registration Report and Register both indicated that this soldier is a member of the 18th Battalion.

Note that the Nominal Roll lists his forename incorrectly as Kennington.

Digitized Service Record

Source: Regimental Rouge

Find-A-Grave

Family Search: When Sergeant Remington George Vickery was born on 25 May 1894, in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Edwin Vickery, was 34 and his mother, Alice Emma Smith, was 32. He immigrated to Canada in 1912 and lived in London, Ontario, Canada in 1914. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 20, his occupation is listed as ironworker in London, Ontario, Canada. He died on 9 April 1917, in Thélus, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 22, and was buried in Thélus, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

PTE Vickery London Advertiser July 11 1916 Page 3
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Source: Operation Picture Me via The 18th Battalion Facebook Group. London Advertiser. Circa 1916.
Two Reported Killed Write They Are Alive One a German Prisoner London Advertiser July 11 1916 Page 3
London Advertiser. July 11, 1916. Page 3.
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Source: Operation Picture Me via The 18th Battalion Facebook Group. London Free Press. May 9, 1917.
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