Morpeth Herald 25/06/1915 carries a brief obituary:
Mrs Allan, of Blagdon Terrace, Seaton Burn, has just received official intimation that her grandson, Private John Bacon, of the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers (NF), has died in Boulogne Hospital, France, from gas poisoning. Prior to the outbreak of the war, the deceased was employed at Seaton Burn Colliery.
John Bacon is remembered at Seaton Burn on S88.01
