| Vickery | Charles Edwin | | Lieutenant | VICKERY, CHARLES EDWIN, Lieutenant, was born 6 July 1880, son of T G Vickery, Assistant Solicitor, Corporation of London, and of Mrs Vickery, of Foxway Rise, Fleet. He was educated at Felsted School Essex, and at Aerzen, near Hanover, Germany; obtained his first commission in the Royal Field Artillery 7 April 1900, and was promoted Lieutenant 3 April 1901. He served with the 42nd Battery in South Africa; was present in operations in Natal, March to June 1900, including action at Laing's Nek (6 and 9 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 November, including, actions at Belfast (26 and 27 August) and Lydenberg (5 to 8 September); operations in the Transvaal 30 November 1900 to February 1902, and April to 31 May 1902; operations in Orange River Colony, February to April 1902. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 29 July 1902]; received the Queen's and King's Medals with five clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 31 October 1902]: "Charles Edwin Vickery, Lieutenant, Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". Lieutenant Vickery was employed with the West African Frontier Force 4 July 1903 to 12 August 1906, and with the South Nigerian Regiment 1903-4, in Southern Nigeria (wounded; Medal with clasp); Southern Nigeria, 1904 (clasp); Southern Nigeria, 1904-5; operations of the Ezza Patrol (Despatches); Southern Nigeria, 1905-6; the Bende-Onitsha Hinterland Expedition (Despatches; clasp). He was with the Egyptian Army 13 October 1907 to 13 February 1912; was engaged in the campaign in the Sudan in 1908, taking part in the operations in Jebul Nyima District in Southern Kordofan (Egyptian Medal with clasp); was promoted Captain 23 September 1909; was again engaged in operations in Southern Kordofan in 1910 (Sudan Medal with clasp; 4th Class Medjidie). He served in England and India, 1912-13. He was reappointed to the Egyptian Army 8 March 1913, and was with it until 23 May 1915, receiving his Majority 30 October 1914. Major Vickery, during the European War, took part in operations in the Sudan, 1914, for which he received another clasp to the Sudan Modal, and the Fourth Class Order of the Nile. He served in Gallipoli on the Staff of the 11th Division (including the evacuation of Suvla), and Egypt, 1915, and France, 1916. He was employed in a special mission to the King of the Hedjaz, December 1910 to March 1917, and returning to France in 1917, took part in the Battle of Arras, in command of a battery of the 3rd Division. He became Acting Lieutenant Colonel 8 August 1917, and was appointed to command a Brigade of Artillery in the Guards Division. With this brigade he took part in the battles of Flanders and Cambrai in 1917, and the German offensive and the British offensive in 1918, marching from Maubeuge to Cologne after the Armistice, and remaining with the brigade until it was broken up after the march through London in March 1919. He was wounded; was seven times mentioned in Despatches; was given the Brevet of Lieutenant Colonel 3 June 1918; created a CMG in 1919; awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Second Class Order of Nahda (conferred by the King of the Hedjaz), and was awarded a Bar to the Distinguished Service Order.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Royal Artillery |
