South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 155869 Samuel Algernon BACON - 61st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps

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Died of wounds on Sunday 25th August 1918 aged 20

grave for s a bacon

Military History
     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders British War & Victory Medals Aire Communal Cemetery
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
After March 1917 in France ~ Hillmorton
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Other War Memorials
Hundred Day Offensive February 1917 at Rugby  
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
39th Stationary Hospital, Aire, France  Pte 24065 Royal Warwickshire  
     

Circumstances of Death

Samuel is listed as dying of wounds on 25 Aug 1918 at the 39th Stationary Hospital in Aire, France.

We do not know when Samuel was wounded nor can we find any newspaper reports of his death. Below is a listing of the Battalion war diary for the period 16th to 25th Aug 1918

  • 16th Aug - Pecquer - Casualties: - 2 other ranks wounded
  • 17th Aug - Pecquer - Casualties: - 1 other rank wounded
  • 18th Aug - Pecquer - Casualties: - 2 other ranks wounded
  • 19th Aug - Pecquer - Casualties: - 0 other ranks wounded
  • 20th Aug - Pecquer - Casualties: - 2 other ranks wounded
  • 21st Aug - Pecquer - Casualties: - Nil
  • 22nd Aug - Haverskeque - Casualties: - 4 other ranks wounded
  • 23rd Aug - Haverskeque - Casualties: - 11 other ranks wounded
  • 24th Aug - Haverskeque - Casualties: - 2 other ranks wounded
  • 25th Aug - Haverskeque - Casualties: - 1 other ranks wounded
 
 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
18 Oct 1897 at Withybrook 16 Jan 1898 at Withybrook
   
Parents Names Abode
Sophia May and the late William Bacon  Withybrook                                                  
   
Schools Colleges
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Address History Employment History
1897 - Withybrook 1911 - Scholar
1901 - Dole House, Withybrook  
1911 - The White Lion Inn, Badby Nr Daventry  
1918 - Upper Street, Hillmorton (1918 Voter Roll)  
 

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