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Surname: MASON
Forename(s): Tom
Place of Birth: Accrington, Lancashire
Service No: 14417
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 9th (Service) Battalion
Division: 17th (Northern) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1916-04-25
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 6.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Tom Mason was the son of John Robert and Mary Mason (née - ). John was born at Borwick, Lancashire and Mary in Ireland.
1891 Accrington, Lancashire Census: 11, Dutton Street - Thomas Mason, aged 3 months, born Accrington, son of John and Mary Mason.
1901 Borwick, Lancashire Census: Borwick Lodge - Tom Mason, aged 10 years, born Accrington, Lancashire. [Tom was living with his grandmother, Agnes Mason, widow.]
Tom Mason lived for a time with his uncle and aunt, Edward and Maria Harriet Whitfield, née Mason at Lowfields, Westhouse in the Parish of Burton-in-Lonsdale.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Tom Mason, 14417, West Riding Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: (2b) Balkans. Date of entry therein: 7 July 1915. [Tom served with the 8th (Service) Bn Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) at Gallipoli.]
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Tom Mason, 14417, 10. [sic] W. Rid. R. K. in A. 25.4.16.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Tom Mason, 14417, 9th Bn West Riding Regt. Date and Place of Death: 25.4.16. In action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Aunt and sole legatee - Mrs. Lucy A. Halstead. £11 13s. 11d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Tom. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs. Lucy Halstead. Relationship: Aunt. Address: Hill House, Burton-in-Lonsdale.
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 17th (Northern) Division
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