Vickers, John Henry

Pte 22347 6th Bn KOYLI
Was engaged in the fighting around Ypres and on 5 October 1915 was wounded by shellfire at St. Eloi.
War Diary entry for 5 Oct reads "2 men killed and 8 wounded from whizbangs and Trench mortars"

Transferred to the casualty clearing station at Bailleul, he died of his wounds two days later, on 7 October 1915. (from the war diairies of 6Bn)

Buried Bailleul Commonwealth Cemetery Extension, France
Plot 1 Row B Grave 161

Name recorded on War Memorial, Grimethorpe, Yorks

6th Battalion KOYLI - Formed at Pontefract 12.8.1914 - K1, to Inkerman Barracks Woking as 43rd Brigade.
Nov 1914 Witley
Feb 1915 Aldershot
21.5.1915 Landed at Boulogne
Disbanded 19 February 1918 in France; troops transferred to 16 Entrenching Bn.