Claim: Roger Sewell Bacon, a lawyer, had been elected a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1943.
Evidence: He was a Deputy Judge Advocate from 1940 to 1943 and a legal adviser to the War Office from then until 1946, when he became Chief Justice of Gibraltar. The roles of a JAG include providing legal advice both on field and within an office environment to other members of the military team. Bacon had been appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1943, and was made a Knight Bachelor in 1958, the year after he retired from the East African Court of Appeal. Called to the bar in 1923, he remained in law for the rest of his professional life. They are responsible for representing both individual and groups in court if necessary ("Judge Advocate General FAQs," 2017).