Basic Details
Surname
Boggis
Forenames
Mason Harold
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler add the extra details but give his death age as 29. As the attached notes suggest, he was married to Eliza (nee Oldfield) and he ran a boot/shoe business as well as playing for a local football team before he enlisted, initially into the East Surreys. He was wounded and then reported missing and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Year of death
1917
Month of death
October
Day of death
30
Age at death
27
Manner of death as stated
unknown
Manner of death reference
Missing
Personal Details
Address
Hebden Bridge
Relationships
husband of Eliza Boggis nee Oldfield