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Bertram Wilfred Bacon

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  • Photo was first published in the Nottingham Evening Post on 20th September 1915 and is courtesy of Jim Grundy and facebook pages Small town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918.
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Carrington Nottingham
Bertram was born in 1890 the son of John a commercial traveller in the printing trade and Annie Bacon (née) Harrison. His father was born in 1865 in Chesterfield and his mother was also born in 1865 at Nottingham. Married at Nottingham in 1884, they had seven children, all born at Nottingham, one of whom died in infancy. Bertram’s surviving siblings were Clarence Clifford b.1885, Leonard b.1887, Ernest b.1895, Grace b.1894 and Cyril b.1904. In 1908 Bertram married Eleanor Mabel Stainsby at Nottingham and they had two children, Bernard Victor (b.1909) and Stella (b.1910). In 1911 Bertram’s parents lived at 31 Sherbrook Road Carrington whilst he, Eleanor and their children lived at 82 Leicester Street St Ann’s Nottingham. Eleanor married John Buxton in 1917 and lived at 11 St Cecilia Terrace Peas Hill Road St Ann's Nottingham.
22 Aug 1915
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698311 - CWGC Website
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B Sqdn South Nottinghamshire Hussars
Bertram Wilfred Bacon enlisted at Nottingham first entering theatre (Egypt) 26/4/1915 transferring to Gallipoli 22/8/1915. Helles Memorial Panel 17
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  • Photo was first published in the Nottingham Evening Post on 20th September 1915 and is courtesy of Jim Grundy and facebook pages Small town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918.
    Bertram Wilfred Bacon - Photo was first published in the Nottingham Evening Post on 20th September 1915 and is courtesy of Jim Grundy and facebook pages Small town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918.
  • The Helles Memorial, Gallipoli upon which Bertram Wilfred Bacon's name is commemorated, photo is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
    Bertram Wilfred Bacon - The Helles Memorial, Gallipoli upon which Bertram Wilfred Bacon's name is commemorated, photo is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
  • Photograph showing the panel on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli which commemorates Bertram Wilfred Bacon and is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
    Bertram Wilfred Bacon - Photograph showing the panel on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli which commemorates Bertram Wilfred Bacon and is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918

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