Basic Details
Surname
Mason
Forenames
J
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
John
Served or died
Served
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He married twice, was a printer by trade and was awarded 2 medals for his South African service where he was a guard at a concentration camp in Ladysmith. He spent 27 years as a Territorial, spoke at a recruiting meeting in August 1914 and, aged 47, was killed on 7th August 1915 in the Dardanelles: he is buried there in the Lancashire Landing Cemetery.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Lancashire Fusiliers
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd Vol. Battalion
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Sergeant
Our References
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Unit (Primary - Our reference)
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