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Vickers

British engineering company, prominent in the manufacture of munitions. In addition to naval and land artillery, the company gave its name to the ‘Vickers gun’, a modified form of the Maxim machine gun, adopted by the British army in 1912, as well as to a series of aircraft in both world wars. Vickers is now part of the BAE Land Systems company.
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Byline: MICHELLE O'KEEFFE THE husband of throat-slash victim Joan Vickers was charged with her murder yesterday.
HUSBAND CHARGED OVER JOAN MURDER; Vickers in court over throat slash ... by The Mirror (London, England)
Byline: Gavin Beech THE injury-ravaged career of dual-purpose jockey Lee Vickers has been dealt another blow after the 29-year-old yesterday underwent an operation on severe facial injuries he sustained in a fall at Ascot on Saturday, writes Gavin Beech.
Vickers out for two months with facial injuries by The Racing Post (London, England)
uk/rememberwhen CAPTION(S): POTS AND POTS OF PANS: Ten former employees of John Vickers and Sons', the Darlington firm which had closed down earlier in the year, were taken on in a new venture in Middlesbrough in November 1983.
Remember When by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
 
 
 
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