Main CPGW Record
Surname: MASON
Forename(s): Thomas Kellett
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 333453
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Highland Light Infantry
Battalion / Unit: 14th (Service) Battalion
Division: 40th Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1917-11-24
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Addenda Panel
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Thomas Kellett Mason was the son of Thomas Kellett and Isabella Mason, née Lodge. Thomas, senior, was born at Bradford and Isabella at Hawes, Yorkshire.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 29, Duckett Street - Thomas K. Mason, aged 2 years, born Skipton, son of Thomas K. and Isabella Mason.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 32, Upper Sackville Street - Thomas Kellett Mason, aged 12 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, son of Thomas Kellett and Isabella Mason.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Thomas K. Mason, 333453, H.L.I.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Thomas Kellett Mason, 333453, 9th High. L. I.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Thomas Kellett Mason, 333453, 14th Bn H.L.I. Date and Place of Death: On or since 24 – 28.11.17. Death Pres. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Thomas K. £10 5s. 4d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Thomas.
Thomas served with the 1/9th (Glasgow Highland) Bn Highland Light Infantry and was wounded in May 1917. On returning to France in August 1917 he joined the 14th (Service) Bn Highland Light Infantry. Thomas was killed in action during the Battle of Cambrai, 1917, 20 November-3 December.
Thomas is commemorated in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.
In 2021 the CWGC commemoration for Thomas was transferred from Tyne Cot Memorial to Cambrai Memorial, Louveral – Addenda Panel. His name will be removed from the Tyne Cot Memorial when the appropriate panel is next replaced.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
MASON, T.H., aged 20, H.L.I., son of Mr. and Mrs. T.K. Mason, 32, Upper Sackville Street, Skipton, killed Nov. 24, 1917.
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Private Thomas Kellett MASON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Highland Light Infantry
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 40th Division
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