Personnel Profile
Reginald Bacon
Naval officer and technical specialist
Reginald Bacon served in the Royal Navy during the period when modern technology was transforming the service. He became associated with technical and administrative work as well as operational responsibilities.
His career reflects the increasing complexity of naval war, in which machinery, engineering, heavy gunnery, and organized planning became inseparable from seamanship and courage. Officers of his type were essential to the effective functioning of the modern fleet.
Bacon is important because he represents the professional and technical side of modernization. His service helps explain the human systems behind twentieth-century naval capability.