Basic Details
Surname
Mason
Forenames
John
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Honours
Long Service and Good Conduct Medals
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He had been married twice, a Provincial Grand-Master of the Humility Lodge and working as a printer before the war. He had served in the Boer war as a concentration camp guard at Ladysmith and served 27 years as a Territorial, hence he both spoke at a recruiting meeting in August 1914 and was called up as a CSM. He is also commemorated on IWM 2639 (as he was a Boer War Veteran), 2224, 596, and 2670.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Lancashire Fusiliers
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Colour Sergeant (Colour Sergeant Major)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Turkey
Town of death
Dardanelles
Country of burial
Turkey
Town of burial
Dardanelles
Cemetery
Lancashire Landing British Military Cemetery.
Year of death
1915
Month of death
August
Day of death
7
Age at death
47
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action