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213866 Pte. J. J. Bacon British Army 1/7th Btn. London Regiment On the 17th May 1915 J. J. Bacon of the 7th Londons was involved in the Battle of Festubert. His medical record records: he states that when occupying an enemy trench he was buried by an explosion. He was in hospital in France for six weeks and then returned to the firing line. While working there his knee gave trouble and was sent home. He then spent 21 weeks in various British hospitals diagnosed with chronic arthritis in knee. He was discharged 9th June 1916 when he was 23 years old.
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