Born at Danesmoor, Derby but was later to live in Jacksdale. A family member has been able to tell us that he was under age when he volunteered, enlisting at Chesterfield. His patriotic and exciting adventure, tragically, became a harsh reality, when he was captured and transferred to a Prisoner of War Camp, near Hamburg, Germany. 

He is said to have been shot on Sunday 11^th November 1917, by the Germans, for refusing to work in the notorious salt mines which were a route to certain death. We do not know his exact age at death, but we believe that he was still in his teenage years.

 Buried at The Hamburg Cemetery, Germany. 

In early November 2001, The Jacksdale Memorial Group hosted a successful Heritage Presentation Day. During the day a visiting nephew, John Bacon, was so moved by a photograph of an uncle he had never seen before that he decided to join us in our research and become a member of the group.    

Last updated 6^th August 2002