Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Pair: Private H. Viccars, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 21 October 1916
British War and Victory Medals (S-17149 Pte. H. Viccars. Rif. Brig.) with named card box lid; Memorial Plaque (Henry Viccars) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private J. C. Viccars, Rifle Brigade
British War and Victory Medals (S-36108 Ptew. J. C. Viccars. Rif. Brig.) good very fine (5) £120-£160

Henry Viccars was born in Kensington, London, and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Fulham. He served with the 16th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 21 October 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on Stuff Redoubt, and suffered 138 casualties. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.