[4] During the early stages of World War I, she was often requested to perform at charity concerts and provided entertainment to wounded soldiers in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

There she appeared alongside a number of well-known entertainers, actors and singers of the early twentieth century such as Jamieson Dodds, Joan Lockton, Dorie Sawyer, Fred Kitchen and Basil Howes' Plaza Tiller Girls.

[6] In 1933, Bacon appeared as a London accented barmaid in the first film adaptation of J.B.Priestley's humorous novel 'The Good Companions'[6] which featured famous actors such as John Gielgud.

[10] In 1939, she joined ENSA and for the duration of World War II she performed as a comedian and singer entertaining armed forces personnel at home and overseas.

[14] The tour which apparently kept going through the bitterly cold and notoriously bad winter of 1939–40 saw Bacon perform to soldiers in tents in freezing conditions.

[18][19] She still appeared in comedy-drama films and had a significant role as Maggie, the wife of the protagonist in the football centred comedy drama Up For The Cup.

[26] Second-Lieutenant Lionel Calvert was killed on 30 January 1917 at Vimy Ridge whilst assigned to a Tunnelling Company of the Royal Engineers.

In 1940, that particular officer, Air Vice Marshal Patrick Playfair escorted Bacon to the cemetery where her late husband Lionel Calvert was buried during winter 1939–40.

However, tragedy was to strike the family again on 20 September 1939, when he died of wounds after his Fairey Battle light bomber crashed while on a reconnaissance flight whilst serving with the RAF's 150 Squadron.