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Vickers
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Vick·ers  (vkrz), Jonathan Stewart Known as "Jon." Born 1926.
Canadian tenor widely acclaimed for his performances in operas by Wagner and Verdi.
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The name Vickers dates back to 1927 when Lord Armstrong merged his successful hydraulic and tank-making firm with the Sheffield-based Vickers Company.
Farewell to a great name by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
The Vickers company of Sheffield was developing along similar lines and into similar product areas and in 1927, Vickers and Armstrong-Whitworth merged their defence businesses into a new subsidiary called Vickers-Armstrong.
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The Vickers company of Sheffield was developing along similar lines and into similar product areas and in 1927, Vickers and Armstrong-Whitworth merged their defence businesses into a new subsidiary called Vickers-Armstrong.
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