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Tom MASON

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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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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 17th (Northern) Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 17th (Northern) Division

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Surname: MASON

Forename(s): Tom

Born: Accrington, Lancs

Residence: Lonsdale, Yorkshire

Enlisted: Leeds

Number: 14417

Rank: Private

Regiment: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion: 9th Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 25/04/16

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

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Surname: MASON

Forename(s): Tom

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 14417

Rank: Private

Regiment: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

Unit: 9th Bn.

Age:

Awards:

Died Date: 25/04/1916

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‘Burnley Express’ (17 May 1916)

LOCAL WAR ITEMS

Pte. T. Mason, 14417, of the Duke of Wellington’s Regt., of Burnley, is officially reported killed.

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Craven Herald and Wensleydale Standard Logo

09 June 1916

BURTON-IN-LONSDALE

A Former Burtonian Killed – Mr. and Mrs. Edward Whitfield, Lowfields, Burton-in-Lonsdale, have received definite information that their nephew, Pte. Thomas Mason, 6th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, was killed in action in France on April 25th. Pte. Mason, who fought at Gallipoli, and then in France, formerly lived with his relatives at Lowfields, and attended Thornton’s Schools. He is the second old boy of the school to be killed during the war.

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