Private 1840 James Roger BACON

1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Killed in action in the Battle of Hill 60 (2nd Battle of Ypres). France and Flanders, 25th April 1915, age 22

Commemorated Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 8

Awarded 1914 Star with clasp, British War and Victory Medals

Son of James and Elizabeth Bacon (nee Haddon). 154 Haunchwood Road, Whittleford, Nuneaton

• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI RWR | Stockingford Council School | Stockingford St. Paul’s

Links

• CWGC Record for Private Bacon
• Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Other Information

Attended Stockingford Council School

Enlisted at Nuneaton

1911 Census states employed as a miner coal clipper on

1911 Census living with parents and 7 siblings