BORN HULL 1894. SCULCOATES. ONLY SON OF JAMES MASON & ANN ELIZABETH McBAIN, OF HESSLE ROAD. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 40262, WITH THE 21ST BATTALION, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 441988, TO 939TH LABOUR CORPS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 31/05/1918, AGED 24. BURIED AT ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE HE LEFT BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE”
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Military Number:
40262
Rank:
Private
Date Died
31/05/1918
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
24
