William Frederick – Bacon – Great Eastern Railway – Able Seaman – 31/05/1916
Title
William Frederick – Bacon – Great Eastern Railway – Able Seaman – 31/05/1916
Initials / forenames
William Frederick
Surname
Bacon
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Royal Navy
Military rank
Able Seaman
Military number
SS/5375
Railway department
Goodman's Yard
Railway job
Messenger
Ship
HMS Black Prince
Date died
31/05/1916
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine: August 1916, p213
Memorial
Chatham Naval Memorial
Notes
Age 19, son of John and Elizabeth Mary Bacon of 23 Fifth Avenue, Manor Park, London. He had been employed with the GER as a vanguard for three years and was later employed as a messenger at Goodman's Yard. His farther was a carman at Bishopsgate. His brother was in the Royal Engineers. He was killed at the battle of Jutland.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (Image: Great Eastern Railway Society); Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
24/10/2016
Last updated
24/10/2016
Citation
“William Frederick – Bacon – Great Eastern Railway – Able Seaman – 31/05/1916,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 8, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/62057.