Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lance-Corporal F. G. Bacon, 15th Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 29 April 1915
1914-15 Star (27795 L.Cpl. F. G. Bacon. 15/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (27795 L. Cpl. F. G. Bacon. 15-Can. Inf.) good very fine

Pair: Corporal J. W. King, 48th Battalion, Canadian Field Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (316926 Cpl. J. W. King. C.F.A.) light contact marks, good very fine

Pair: Lance-Corporal J. T. Stanley, 4th Canadian Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (11192 L.Cpl. J. T. Stanley. 4-Can. Inf.) polished and worn, therefore fine

Pair: Private J. Horsfield, Canadian Army Medical Corps
British War and Victory Medals (523522 Pte. J. Horsfield. C.A.M.C.) light contact marks, good very fine (9) £120-£160

Francis G. Bacon was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, on 4 October 1892 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Valcartier on 20 September 1914. He served with the 15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action at St. Jean on 29 April 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.