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Private JOHN WILLIAM BACON

Service Number: 28783
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 May 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVAL WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, VIEUX-BERQUIN

I. AA. 33.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William W. and Mary J. Bacon, of 59, Downend Rd., Fishponds, Bristol. Native of Downend, Glos.
  • Personal Inscription CALLED TO HIGHER SERVICE
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Buried or commemorated at

AVAL WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, VIEUX-BERQUIN
Nord France
Number of casualties: 415
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