BORN HULL 12/02/1887. SON OF MR RUBEN YEOMAN VICKERS (1851-1924) & ANNIE JANE HOLLIS (1857-1903) AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. SON OF A RAILWAY CLERK. BROTHER TO HAROLD, WINIFRED, VIVIAN AND BASIL. HE LIVED AT 208 STOCKWELL ROAD, CLAPHAM, LONDON. WORKED AS AN ACCOUNTANT’S CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN LONDON. JOINED THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. SERVED AS A CORPORAL IN THE EGYPTIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. DIED ON 06/11/1915, AGED 28.
HE IS COMMEMORATED AT CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY.
HIS BROTHER, VIVIAN, WAS A RAILWAY, SUPERINTENDENT AND DIED ON 10/05/1916, AGED 35, IN DERBY.
First name:
ERIC ANDREW
Military Number:
1602
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
06/11/1915
Place died:
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Age:
28
29 , WESTBOURNE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
