Samuel Vickery
Private, 1st Battalion. Dorsetshire Regiment
- Register No.
- 1253 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Private all Privates →
- Unit
- 1st Battalion. Dorsetshire Regiment (register: Dorset Regiment) all Dorset Regiment VCs →
- Date of action
- 20 October 1897 on this day → all of 1897 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Tirah Campaign
- London Gazette
- the 20th May 1898 on this day → all of 1898 →
- Born
- 6th February 1873 at Warnbrook, Chard, Somerset
- Died
- 20th June 1952 at Cardiff
- Memorial / grave
- Cremated at Glyntaff Crematorium, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire
- Medal held by
- the Dorset Regiment Museum, Bridport Road,
Digest of citation
On 20th October 1897 at Tirah, India during an attack on the Dargai Heights, Private Vickery rescued a wounded man, after running down a slope on the Heights, taking him back to the safety of cover. Whilst serving with Brigadier-General Kempster's Column in the Waran Valley, he distinguished himself again after he had been attacked by the enemy at a time that he was separated from his company. He killed three of his attackers
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
VICKERY, Samuel. (reg No. 1253).
Private. 1st Battalion. Dorsetshire Regiment.
London Gazetted on the 20th May 1898.
VC Medal's Custodian is the Dorset Regiment Museum, Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset.
Born on 6th February 1873 at Warnbrook, Chard, Somerset.
Died on 20th June 1952 at Cardiff. Cremated at Glyntaff Crematorium, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire.
Digest of Citation reads: On 20th October 1897 at Tirah, India during an attack on the Dargai Heights, Private Vickery rescued a wounded man, after running down a slope on the Heights, taking him back to the safety of cover. Whilst serving with Brigadier-General Kempster's Column in the Waran Valley, he distinguished himself again after he had been attacked by the enemy at a time that he was separated from his company. He killed three of his attackers.
Dorchester, Dorset.
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