Name
Basil Kenrick Wing Bacon
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
13/12/1914
42
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Major
Worcestershire Regiment
“D” Company, 1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Mentioned in Despatches
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LE TOURET MEMORIAL
Panel 17 and 18.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Headstone in St John’s Churchyard, Hale, Surrey
Plaque in St John’s Church, Hale, Surrey
Pre War
Born on 28 May 1872 in Eastbourne, Sussex son of Capt. Kenrick Verulam Bacon J.P. and Jessie (Wing) Bacon of Hale, Farnham, Surrey. Educated at the United Services College 1887-90. He was unmarried. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant on 4 Oct 1893 from the militia, promoted Lieutenant 14 Dec 1896 and Captain on 14 Feb 1900. Served in the South African war 1899-1902. Mentioned in Dispatches (10 Sep 1901). Promoted to Major on 1 Apr 1909 and served in South Africa, Ceylon, India and Cairo until the outbreak of WW1.
Wartime Service
Killed in action near Neuve Chapelle.
Additional Information
United Services College, Westward Ho, Devon amalgamated with Imperial Service College in Windsor in 1912 and then moved to Haileybury College, Hertford Heath in 1942.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
