His brother Private Alfred Vickers enlisted at Nottingham he served with the 2/7th battalion Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire) Regiment. He was killed in action on 23rd April 1917 and is buried in Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery (grave reference: I.C.11).
CWGC headstone personal inscription: 'Safe in the arms of Jesus'
Notices of his death published 25th October 1916 in the Nottingham Evening Post :-
“VICKERS. – Killed in action, September 27th, Signaller William Horace Vickers, aged 21. I miss him and mourn him in silence unseen, and think of the happiness that might have been. – From his sorrowing fiancée, mother and sister.
“VICKERS. – Killed in action, September 27th, 1916, Signaller W. H. Vickers, Sherwood Foresters, of 61a, Willoughby-street, age 21 years. Sleep on beloved, and take thy rest, you always tried to do your best, you answered country's call, and a brave hero you did fall. A noble life laid down. – From his sorrowing mother, sisters Edith and Lily, Ada and Hettie (in Australia), and brother Alf (in Ireland).”
In memoriam notices published in the Nottingham Evening Post dated 27th September 1917 : -
“VICKERS. – In loving memory of Signaller William Horace Vickers, killed in action September 27th, 1916. Far away from those who loved him, comrades laid him down to rest; a noble hero, true and brave, peacefully sleeps in a soldier's grave. – From his loving mother, sisters Edith and Lily.
“VICKERS. – In loving memory of our dear brother, Signaller William Horace Vickers, killed in action September 27th, 1916. A young life, full of promise, sacrificed on the altar of duty. Asleep in Jesus, far from thee, thy kindred and their graves may be; but thine is still a blessed sleep, from which none ever wake to week. – Inserted by his loving sisters Ada and Hettie (Australia).”
Notices courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
Nottingham Evening Post, ‘1914-1918’, 27 September 1935: ‘Vickers. In loving memory of William, killed September 27th, 1916. Mother and sisters.' (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)