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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Bacon Edmund Castell
|Army number=26840
|Rank=Lieutenant Colonel
|Decorations=Succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his father. Knight of the Garter. Knight of the order of the British Empire. Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division). Territorial Efficiency Decoration 23/6/1942. 3rd Clasp to T.E.D. 13/4/1951.
|Date of birth=18/3/1903 Chelsea, London.
|Age=Not yet known.
|Unit=Commissioned. Joined 108th (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Field Brigade. Posted to 55th Anti-Tank Regiment in command. Ceased TARO commitment on age grounds 22/4/1953. Made Honorary Lieutenant Colonel. Honorary Colonel of 284 (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (1st East Anglian) 20/12/1947.
|Company/Battery=Regimental HQ.
|Task or role=Commanding Officer.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
|Promotions=Captain 1/8/1931 Major 1939. Lieutenant Colonel 1943.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Died 30/9/1982 - registered Lincoln.
|Home address=Father - Sir Nicholas Henry Bacon. Mother - Constance Alice Leslie-Melville. Married Priscilla D Ponsonby 15/1/1936, Ware Hertfordshire.
|Image Name=E_C_Bacon_picture.jpg
|Image Title=Sie Edmund Castell BACON
}}

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